Apple Script to rename single files in folders

Hey guys, I am trying to write a script to automatically rename a lot of files. Here is the situtation:
I have a MainFolder with many SubFolders inside. Inside each SubFolder is 1 word document. Is there a way to write a script that automatically renames each of of those word documents to its folder's name. Example.
BEFORE:
                  -SubFolder1 - 1.doc
                  -SubFolder2 - 1.doc
-MainFolder -SubFolder3 - 1.doc
                  -SubFolder3 - 1.doc
AFTER:
                  -SubFolder1 - SubFolder1.doc
                  -SubFolder2 - SubFolder2.doc
-MainFolder -SubFolder3 - SubFolder3.doc
                  -SubFolder3 - SubFolder4.doc
Thanks.

The following script should do what you are asking for:
set mainFolder to choose folder
tell application "Finder"
    repeat with thisFolder in (get folders of mainFolder)
        try
            set name of (file 1 of thisFolder whose name extension is "doc") to (name of thisFolder & ".doc")
        end try
    end repeat
end tell
If there's just one file in each subfolder (wich is not exactly the same as “one Word document”), you could remove the “whose name extension is "doc"” filter.

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