FUJAIRAH: Officially kicking-off today, the 1st Squash Tournament 2021 taking place at the Tennis & Country Club Fujairah, with 32 players from different nationalities competing against each other in a total of 64 matches. The tournament opening will be graced by the attendance H. H. Sheikh Engineer Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Director of Fujairah e-Government Department, Mr. Abdul Ghafour …

Aslan Karatsev defeated qualifier Lloyd Harris 6-3 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday to claim the first ATP Tour title of his career. He is the first Russian to win the prestigious title, after Marat Safin in 2001 and Mikhail Youzhny in 2007 and 2010 both finished as runner-up, and it is the first time …

DUBAI: Aslan Karatsev continued his incredible run of victories this season by edging past second seed Andrey Rublev 6-2 4-6 6-4 on Friday to reach the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The tournament wild card will now play qualifier Lloyd Harris, who claimed an equally stunning 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(6) upset victory over third seed and world number 12 …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Aslan Karatsev and Lloyd Harris made tournament history on Thursday as they advanced into the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. “Since 1998 only one wildcard had reached the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, when Malek Jaziri defeated fellow wild card Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2018, and now we applaud another similar and …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Garbine Muguruza ended the gallant run of Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday, beating her 7-6(6) 6-3 to claim the eighth title of her career. The past three finals have also featured one unseeded player, with Daria Kasatkina in 2018 and Elena Rybakina in 2020 also finishing as …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Garbine Muguruza battled for over two hours to overcome a defiant Elise Mertens 6-4 7-6(5) on Friday to reach the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, and the number nine seed will now face unseeded Barbora Krejcikova, who beat Jil Teichmann 7-5 6-2. Muguruza, who was contesting her third Dubai semi-final, now has 17 wins …

GAYDON: When Aston Martin makes its return to the FIA FormulaOne World Championship® at the end of this month, it will be with more than two grand prix contenders on the Formula 1® Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2021 grid:  For the first time in the history of the sport the Official Safety and Medical cars of Formula 1® will also …

DUBAI: Organisers of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships have announced defending champion Simona Halep has withdrawn from the tournament. Halep, who was due to compete in Dubai for the eighth time, was looking forward to defending her title but has withdrawn with a lower back complaint. Halep said: “Unfortunately I am not feeling 100 per cent in my lower back, …

By Muhammad Rafiq KUALA LUMPUR: Work is well in hand for the annual Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships which will be hosted at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in a week’s time. It will be the 21st staging of the WTA event and the 29th time the star-studded ATP tournament has been hosted in Dubai. “The tournament has grown to become …

The Meydan Hotel is all set to end racing season with a bang as the city’s most discerning 5-star hotel takes center stage in the road to the Dubai World Cup. Transforming into the perfect locale to stay, dine and play this March, the UAE’s only racecourse facing hotel pairs uninterrupted views, delicious flavours and equestrian spirit as they countdown …