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Serena Williams is back in Dubai a year after pulling out at the last possible moment from the hard-court event. And the world No. 1 says that she hopes to make amends for that embarrassment by working to win the title at this edition for the first time.
Dubai Duty Free, the world’s leading airport retailer, and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced today that global tennis stars Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki have re-signed as brand ambassadors for Dubai Duty Free. The announcement coincides with the celebration of a decade-long partnership between Dubai Duty Free and the WTA.
She only stayed for the first week, but women's tennis diva Maria Sharapova gave value for money to some of her many sponsors at the start of the Sochi Olympics, most notably South Korean conglomerate Samsung.
Petra Cetkovska is a genuine upset artist, but she doesn't often beat Top Five players. Especially not players who are about to take the #2 ranking, and who had yet to lose a match this year! Did Li Na get nervous contemplating a career high?
As you have doubtless noticed by now, Daily Tennis occasionally devotes a feature to science as it relates to tennis -- usually physics (because that's what makes tennis possible) or biology (because that's what makes tennis players possible). To improve our coverage, the author periodically goes through some of the science magazines and web sites looking for relevant material.
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.
Sorana Cirstea was hurting in Fed Cup. It was a bit of a surprise she did so well in the first round. But it appears it caught up to her. Which means she will stay below the Top 25.
Ana Ivanovic emerged as the only winning seed on the day as the No. 9 advanced into the second round when Daniela Hantuchova retired injured trailing 7-5, 1-0. A similar fate befell Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova as the tenth seed was unable to continue at 5-5 against Russian cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova.
Australian Open winner Li Na had only minimal time for Chinese New Year celebrations at home five days after lifting her second grand slam event title, The top seed at this week's Doha event said that she had some abbreviated time with her family at home in Wuhan before returning to the training grind.
Venus Williams saved face for the American sisters after the Doha pullout of world No. 1 Serena, powering into the second round over Petra Martic 6-2, 6-2. The elder sibling next faces fellow former Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, with the Czech making her first appearance since a first-round Australian Open loss following a recovery from a virus.
With sister Serena withdrawing from WTA tennis over the next month as she claims an Australian Open back injury, Venus Williams is suddenly making up the numbers for the unpredictable sister act as she plays at the Dubai Open starting next week.
Li Na is set to become the world’s no.2 ranked female tennis player in just seven days’ time as the Australian Open champion bids to capitalize on the enforced withdrawals of Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka from this week’s Qatar Total Open in Doha.
Plans to strengthen the grass court season between the French Open and The Championships, Wimbledon took another significant step forward today with the news that Nottingham is to host an ATP250 men’s event during the week before Wimbledon from 2015.
There are a number of skeptics out there who don’t believe that the forthcoming International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), which will play its first season from November 28 to December 20, will really fly, but Morgan Menahem, the CEO of the IPTL, thinks that the league has bright future.
Eugenie Bouchard has been getting better almost daily in recent months. It showed in the first set of her match with Serbia's Vesna Dolonc; Bouchard blasted through it in twenty minutes. Then -- perhaps she realized that she was a set away from winning the tie.
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