By Sean Bradley
Photo Credit: Mario Rolla
(April 20, 2011) At the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Nadia Lalami, the Moroccan underdog, upended the No. 1 seeded Aravane Rezai, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4. Lalami, the 20-year old Moroccan native, has only won a single WTA win and only played in 4 career WTA matches (all of them first-round losses at this same tournament) but has not made it to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
She let the first set fall, but got even with a second-set tie break win and won out in the third. She is currently ranked No. 497, though will no doubt receive a significant jump in the rankings following this event.