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A festive dinner was held on January 31 in Herzlia, at thehome of Sasson & Gollar Khakshouri,in honor of the Fed Cupby BNP PARIBAS between Israel and Russia.Guests attending the dinner were the Fed Cup teams from bothIsrael and Russia,Members of the Russian Tennis Federation,Members of the Israel Tennis Association, ITFrepresentatives including theITF President, Mr Francesco Ricci Bitti, Andrew Jarrett,Referee of the Fed Cup tie and Referee of Wimbledon, ITFRepresentative Alison Sowersby, senior ITF chair officials,Marianne Alves and Pascal Maria, the Ambassadors of Russia,Belarus and Georgia and additional honored Guests.Mr Ricci Bitti thanked Sasson Khakhsouri for his wonderfulhospitality and said he was pleased to be in Israel for thisprestigious tie where Russia as Fed Cup champion in 2007 anda Team he is closely associated with, was playing in Israela country which he has always held close to his heart.He thanked his good friend David Harnik for inviting him tovisit Israel at this time and be part of the occasion oftwo home ties where Israel faced Russia in the Fed Cup andIsrael faced Sweden in the Davis Cup.He congratulated Sasson that his son, Allon, is often seenin the box at important tournaments and that he has remainedin international tennis.Sasson Khakshouri welcomed the Russia team and congratulatedMaria Sharapova on her victory at the Australian Open 2008.He complimented Shamil Tarpishev, Captain of the Fed Cupteam from Russia for his achievements over the years and ofhis great achievements that both the Fed Cup and Davis Cupteams had been crowned world champions, several times. Heextended his best wishes to Shamil, for anticipated goodresults in the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, 2008.Sasson went onto say that no matter what the result of theFed Cup tie, he hoped that the event would be played in truefriendship.The Official Draw ceremony was held at the Daniel Hotel.,Herzlia.Teams member for Israel: Shahar Peer, Tzipora Obziler, KerenShlomo and Julia Glushko, captain Oded JacobRussian team members: Maria Sharpova, Anna Chakvedtze,Dinara Safina, Elena Vesnina, captain Shamil Tarpishev