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Less than a month ago Australian Open semi-finalist Eugenie Bouchard was the talk of women’s tennis but this weekend she is forced to play the qualifying rounds of the next week’s Dubai Duty Free Championships.
Serena Williams has been granted a wild card into next week's Dubai event in a surprise move for the world Number 1 who had given every impression that she would not be playing again until Miami in late March.
A white Christmas is off the agenda this year for the Roger Federer family as the world No. 6 opts to remain in Dubai at his training base and celebrate the holiday before heading straight to Australia for the start of his 2014 season.
Roger is one smooth cat. Man he just is. He can't help it. He just exudes a quality that says I know who I am.
Roger true to form is getting his pre - Australian summer training in his beloved Dubai. Both he and Mirka always enjoyed their time there. We were also right in feeling he was playing with Wilson rackets that were larger than his usual 90 inches.
Roger Federer may well forego appointing a new coach after splitting in the autumn with Californian Paul Annacone, with the Swiss hinting that he might be quite well-served by his longtime ally on court Severin Luthi.
Been a while since I checked in last. Although insanely hot, I arrived in Dubai a few weeks ago, stepping away from tournaments in order to rehab my hip injury.
Tomas Berdych went up an early break in the first set -- and then started to lost his grip.
This was, as it turns out, an incredibly routine day for the top four seeds, none of whom lost more than six games.
Michael Llodra's ranking just took a beating, so he can use this, but still, it makes you wonder about Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's motivation.
The first set was all about Petra Kvitova playing like we know she can.
Sara Errani has had her leg strapped up, but she knows very well how to deal with her doubles partner.
This seems to be the event where Petra Kvitova is finally rediscovering herself.
Dubai Big Results Before Wednesday: Victoria Azarenka is out of Dubai with a foot injury. It is the second
Controversy seems to dog recent confrontations between Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych. The latest reason for argument blew up just before the world no.4 moved through to the semi-final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships and both players called for a review to the ATP World Tour rulebook.
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