DUBAI: Emirates, the Official Airline of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, offered tennis fans memorable experiences during the two week run of the much anticipated tennis event. The championship, which ended yesterday, crowned Romania’s Simona Halep as Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) champion while Novak Djokovic from Serbia won the Association of Tennis Professionals 2020 (ATP) title. Emirates offered tennis …

DUBAI: World number one Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 to win his fifth Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships crown, and his first since 2013. It was the first men’s final between the top two seeds in Dubai since 2015, and Tsitsipas was denied the title for the second straight year after falling to Roger Federer in the 2019 …

DUBAI:  Top seed Novak Djokovic fought off three match points before overcoming third seed Gael Monfils 2-6 7-6 (8) 6-1 to reach the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, and he will now meet second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who ended the run of unseeded Daniel Evans 6-2 6-3. Four-time champion Djokovic is now on a 20-match winning streak dating …

Sports Desk DUBAI:  Top seed Novak Djokovic eased past Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, and he will next play third seed Gael Monfils who defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-3. Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and unseeded Daniel Evans will battle for the other place in the final after both claimed tense victories. …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Top seed Novak Djokovic and second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday kept on course for a showdown in Saturday’s final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Djokovic took just 59 minutes to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals, and Tsitsipas beat Alexander Bublik 7-6 (1) 6-4. There were wins too for third seed Gael Monfils who ended …

DUBAI: The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships served up some Centre Court thrillers on Tuesday, as Stefanos Tsitsipas and Benoit Paire overcame challenging opponents and Fabio Fognini and Roberto Bautista Agut failed to survive the first round. Second seed Tsitsipas came through a difficult first set before beating Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (1) 6-1 and Paire fought off four match points as …

News Desk DUBAI: GymNation reinforced its position as UAE’s fastest growing fitness brand with the recent openings of its Bur Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah branches. The fitness chain also announced plans to open branches in Downtown, Silicon Oasis, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah during the course of 2020. The home grown U.A.E fitness concept opened its doors in January to over 3000 …

KARACHI: Samir Mir Shaikh Business Leader & educationist inaugurated Higher Education Commission All Sindh Inter-University Boxing Championship 2020 at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari Karachi. Boxers from different University from Sindh are participating in the championship. Including University Of Karachi , Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari , IQRA University , Jamshoro University , Agricultural University Tando Jam & others. PR

KARACHI: Standard Chartered upskilled community coaches from Karachi United Football Club (KUFC) to build future footballers of Pakistan. This programme was led by two Liverpool FC academy coaches for 12 KUFC coaches who work across underserved communities and are an integral part of the Bank’s annual football community league. Steven Gillespie and Paul O Brien, coaches who work with the …

News Desk DUBAI:  Top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic is ready for action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this week, in what will be his first tournament since lifting the Australian Open trophy for the eighth time last month. He will be bidding for his fifth title in Dubai, after winning in 2009-11 and 2013, and …