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Tournament: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Dates: February 18 - February 24, 2024
Level: WTA 1000
Total Financial Commitment: $3,211,715
Surface: Hard (outdoor)

Seed Player Entry Ranking

1 Iga Swiatek 1
2 Aryna Sabalenka 2
3 Elena Rybakina 3
4 Coco Gauff 4
5 Jessica Pegula 5
6 Ons Jabeur 6
7 Marketa Vondrousova 7
8 Maria Sakkari 8
9 Karolina Muchova 9
10 Jelena Ostapenko 10
11 Barbora Krejcikova 11
12 Beatriz Haddad Maia 12
13 Daria Kasatkina 13
14 Liudmila Samsonova 14
15 Qinwen Zheng 15
16 Veronika Kudermetova 17
Caroline Garcia 19
Ekaterina Alexandrova 20
Victoria Azarenka 22
Elina Svitolina 23
Magda Linette 24
Donna Vekic 25
Emma Navarro 26
Sorana Cirstea 27
Elise Mertens 28
Anastasia Potapova 29
Anhelina Kalinina 30
Jasmine Paolini 31
Lin Zhu 32
Lesia Tsurenko 33
Marie Bouzkova 34
Leylah Fernandez 35
Xinyu Wang 36
Marta Kostyuk 37
Karolina Pliskova 38
Varvara Gracheva 39
Petra Martic 40
Sofia Kenin 41
Tatjana Maria 42
Caroline Dolehide 43
Sloane Stephens 44
Paula Badosa SR
Angelique Kerber SR

wow! packed field.. WTA 1000 so it is to be expected, I suppose.. Opportunity for Swiatek and Rybakina to redeem themselves, after a poor show at the AO.. Rybakina was probably injured, so she will bounce back - cant figure out what went wrong with Iga.. too many forehand errors, and poor second serve, which was always a problem, espcially on high-bounce hard courts.. she can get away with that spun serve on clay but on hard courts, that much spin doesnt help - the ball just sits up and begs to be hit.

eager to see if Osaka enters.. depends on Abu Dhabi I suppose..how she does there

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:47 am eager to see if Osaka enters.. depends on Abu Dhabi I suppose..how she does there

She crashed out in both singles and doubles.

I hope Sabalenka continues her run here..it is the kind of medium-paced court she will do well on..she certainly seems to have grown in confidence, which reflects even in the way she moves to the ball .this version of Sabalenka should be awesome ..very hard to beat

is the Doha tournament even happening? It is supposed to be before this one, the draw is tomorrow, but I see no activity on their site.. something is off..

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:08 pm is the Doha tournament even happening? It is supposed to be before this one, the draw is tomorrow, but I see no activity on their site.. something is off..

Yes - qualifying starts tomorrow. Collins lost today and is supposed to play Birrell tomorrow in qualifying.
Sorribes Tormo the same

Very much doubt Pegula is playing .Muchova? Wish she would but ..

She's injured, right? Like most of the times?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:51 am She's injured, right? Like most of the times?

Pegula has already pulled out with a neck injury. muchova has not surfaced from the deep, so far as I know ..has anyone sighted her,?

I think of Muchova as a mermaid...

Qualifying Draw

1 KALINSKAYA, Anna vs MASAROVA, Rebeka ESP
PARKS, Alycia USA vs 16 RAKHIMOVA, Kamilla

ALT BABOS, Timea HUN vs TIMOFEEVA, Maria
WC RAINA, Ankita IND vs 11 TOMOVA, Viktoriya BUL

3 BUREL, Clara FRA vs SASNOVICH, Aliaksandra
LYS, Eva GER vs 12 CRISTIAN, Jaqueline ROU

4 FRECH, Magdalena POL vs RODIONOVA, Arina AUS
WC NIANGADOU, Coumba Ben MLI vs 13 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ

5 COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta ITA vs WC SONMEZ, Zeynep TUR
SIEGEMUND, Laura GER vs 14 PERA, Bernarda USA

6 BRONZETTI, Lucia ITA vs MARTINCOVA, Tereza CZE
HIBINO, Nao JPN vs 15 MINNEN, Greet BEL

7 TREVISAN, Martina ITA vs HUNTER, Storm AUS
WC SIMUNYU, Celine IRL vs 10 BUCSA, Cristina ESP

8 WANG, Xiyu CHN vs ANDREEVA, Erika
ERRANI, Sara ITA vs ALT OZ, Ipek TUR

Main Draw Singles

1 SWIATEK, Iga POL/Bye
STEPHENS, Sloane USA vs Q Qualifier
GRACHEVA, Varvara FRA vs MARIA, Tatjana GER
KALININA, Anhelina UKR vs 15 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR

10 KASATKINA, Daria vs KOSTYUK, Marta UKR
ZHU, Lin CHN vs POTAPOVA, Anastasia
Q Qualifier vs LINETTE, Magda POL
Bye/6 ZHENG, Qinwen CHN

3 GAUFF, Coco USA/Bye
MERTENS, Elise BEL vs TSURENKO, Lesia UKR
PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE vs WC ZHANG, Shuai CHN
WC KRUEGER, Ashlyn USA vs 16 GARCIA, Caroline FRA

9 OSTAPENKO, Jelena LAT vs Q Qualifier
BADOSA, Paula ESP vs WC SUN, Lulu SUI
Q Qualifier vs Q Qualifier
Bye/5 JABEUR, Ons TUN


8 SAKKARI, Maria GRE/Bye
SINIAKOVA, Katerina CZE vs NAVARRO, Emma USA
FERNANDEZ, Leylah CAN vs Q Qualifier
PAOLINI, Jasmine ITA vs 11 HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz BRA

14 ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina vs Q Qualifier
MARTIC, Petra CRO vs DOLEHIDE, Caroline USA
RUS, Arantxa NED vs AZARENKA, Victoria
Bye/4 RYBAKINA, Elena KAZ

7 VONDROUSOVA, Marketa CZE/Bye
ANDREEVA, Mirra vs STEARNS, Peyton USA
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia vs BOUZKOVA, Marie CZE
Q Qualifier vs 12 SAMSONOVA, Liudmila

13 KUDERMETOVA, Veronika vs WC YASTREMSKA, Dayana UKR
KENIN, Sofia USA vs CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU
WANG, Xinyu CHN vs VEKIC, Donna CRO
Bye/2 SABALENKA, Aryna

Sunday Order of Play

CENTRE COURT
Starts at 2:00 AM

RUS M. ANDREEVA vs USA P. STEARNS
UPCOMING
CZE K. SINIAKOVA vs USA E. NAVARRO
UPCOMING
USA S. STEPHENS vs FRA C. BUREL
UPCOMING
USA A. KRUEGER vs FRA C. GARCIA (16)
UPCOMING
USA S. KENIN vs ROU S. CIRSTEA

COURT 1
Starts at 2:00 AM

RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (14) vs POL M. FRECH
UPCOMING
CHN X. WANG vs CRO D. VEKIC
UPCOMING
RUS A. KALINSKAYA vs AUS S. HUNTER
UPCOMING
ITA J. PAOLINI vs BRA B. HADDAD MAIA (11)
UPCOMING
BEL E. MERTENS vs UKR L. TSURENKO

COURT 2
Starts at 2:00 AM

BLR A. SASNOVICH/GER L. SIEGEMUND vs JPN E. HOZUMI/JPN M. NINOMIYA
UPCOMING
KAZ A. DANILINA/CHN S. ZHANG vs BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS/UKR N. KICHENOK
UPCOMING
IND A. RAINA/IND P. THOMBARE vs JPN S. AOYAMA/SRB A. KRUNIC
UPCOMING
UKR L. KICHENOK/LAT J. OSTAPENKO (6) vs NED A. RUS/CHN X. WANG

COURT 3
Starts at 2:00 AM

FRA V. GRACHEVA/GER T. MARIA vs JPN N. HIBINO/POL M. LINETTE
UPCOMING
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA/USA B. MATTEK-SANDS vs CHN H. GUO/CHN X. JIANG
UPCOMING
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA/RUS A. PANOVA vs USA A. PARKS/CHN Y. XU