DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) While Monday’s completion of the first round of the WTA’s 1000-series Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships was peppered with many straight set wins – by the likes of seeded players such as No. […]
DUBAI, February 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) One of the many positive takeaways from the 20th anniversary women’s singles final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the Emirates, battled down to the wire by World No. 2 Simona […]
DUBAI, February 22, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 2 Simona Halep gave everything she had. So did her young opponent, Elena Rybakina. Both proved that in order to win, you have to fight for every ball. In a Dubai […]
DUBAI, February 22, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been a difficult week for former champions at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Just ask defending champion Belinda Bencic and two-time winner Elina Svitolina (2017, 2018). Both lost in the first round earlier this week. One […]
DUBAI, February 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) American Jennifer Brady’s tennis season had barely begun when she beat World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in the second round of a WTA Premier hard court event Brisbane, Australia. What a way to […]
DUBAI, February 20, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Calm and confident – and with a power game that is gathering everyone’s attention – Elena Rybakina found her way to match point during her quarterfinal round match at the Dubai Duty Free […]
DUBAI, February 20, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) It’s a shame that someone had to lose what turned out to be an extraordinarily entertaining – some are calling it an epic – match between top-seeded Simona Halep and Ons Jabeur, the […]
DUBAI, February 19, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Second seed Karolina Pliskova needed just 67 minutes to reach the quarterfinal round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as she dropped just three games against No. 39 Kristina Mladenovic en route […]
DUBAI, February 19, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Elena Rybakina arrived in the Emirates Monday for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships unseeded and unsung. But don’t let her quiet, shy demeanor fool you. She’s out to win. Just 20, the […]
DUBAI, February 18, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) For the first 25 minutes of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s first-round match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships against defending champion Belinda Bencic, nothing could go right for the 28-year-old Russian. She lost the […]
