Women’s tennis was the winner on Friday when Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships presented the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the principle organising body of women’s professional tennis, with a special memento to mark its 50th anniversary. Prior to the second Singles semi-final on Centre Court at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, fans were treated to a highlights video celebrating 50 …

World No.1 Iga Swiatek remains on course to make it back-to-back titles on the WTA Tour after storming into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final with an impressive victory over fifth seed Coco Gauff in front of a delighted Centre Court crowd on Friday evening. Swiatek will need to be at her silky best for Saturday’s showdown after Barbora …

World No.5 Caroline Garcia is looking to turn the page on her season after visiting Dubai’s landmark Mohammed Bin Rashid Library during WTA Week. The French World No.5 toured the iconic lectern-shaped library and got the chance to explore some of the more than 300,000 books housed inside the cultural hotspot. Garcia is hoping the tour will give her the …

The 2023 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships got off to a blistering start under Sunday sunshine, as two stalwarts of the women’s game came out firing on all cylinders inside the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Opening proceedings on the emirate’s famed Centre Court, Madison Keys recorded a comfortable first-round victory over Italian opponent Jasmine Paolini. The American, now ranked …

Sport Desk DUBAI: World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka has backed herself for a title tilt at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, but only if she follows her process of dealing with one match at a time. Following a maiden Grand Slam win at last month’s Australian Open – a triumph that propelled the Belarusian to her current career-high ranking …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Seventeen-year-old history-maker Stefania Bojica slipped out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday, but did so with her head held high, acknowledging the experience gained in what was her first WTA 1000 event had “surpassed all expectations”. On Friday, the young amateur not only became the first UAE-born female to play in Dubai’s WTA tournament …

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is set for a star-studded week of world-class action following the Official Draw for the WTA 1000 event, which takes place at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium from February 19–25. With 64 players in the draw, including 17 of the world’s Top-20 ranked players, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships field includes five …

Grade 1 winner Nations Pride (pictured)was the headline act on day seven of the Dubai World Cup Carnival and he didn’t let his supporters down, posting a smooth success in the G3 Dubai Millennium Stakes (presented by DP World.) The winner of the inaugural Jumeirah Derby at Meydan Racecourse last season, he was dropping in distance here to 2000metres but the result …

By Muhammad Rafiq RAS AL KHAIMAH: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, the much anticipated Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon returned for its 16th edition this morning, with an electrifying race that saw world-class athletes, Benard Koech and Hellen Obiri cross the finish line …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Glossy, grinning cut-outs of World No.1 Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic greet visitors to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, electrical testing is undertaken on the scoreboards above the stands on Centre Court, and the Dubai Duty Free pop-up merchandise stores are fully stocked with branded tee-shirts, keyrings, and tennis balls. It can mean only one …