Second seed Novak Djokovic will try to defend his title and 7th seed Mikhail Youzhny will try to become the first Russian to win the $2 million Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship in today’s final. Djokovic had all he could handle against tireless Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, while Youzhny continues as the event’s hottest player against Austrian [...]
Dubai is known as a place the world comes together for excitement. In Friday’s semifinal matches, the Barclay’s Dubai Tennis Championship will feature the tournament favorite and three relative upstarts. Perhaps we need Roger Federer to keep order in the pro tennis house after all. Austrian Jurgen Melzer began the quarterfinals with a stunning upset [...]
What a mess! The fans at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship are witnessing the unpredictable nature of men’s tennis. On Wednesday, a trio of stunning upsets continued to highlight the need for top players to stay in top form. When the game’s elite fail to get in playing shape and stay there, they are very [...]
Marin Cilic may be seeded sixth and ranked sixth internationally, but he is the player, no other tour player wants to play right now. In his first round match at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Tournament, the surging Croatian showed why. Cilic, who has won two AP tour events this year and who sports a spectacular [...]
Last year’s champion and this year’s top seed Novak Djokovic fought off first round opponent Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 6-4 in the opening match of the $1.6 million 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship on Monday. The Spaniard offered stern resistance before succumbing to the hard-serving Serb and world number 2. Trailing 0-5 in the second set [...]
Just when it appeared Venus Williams had lost her early momentum, the five-time Wimbledon Champion once again showed the mettle that has made her such a force on the WTA tour. 20-year old challenger Victoria Azarenka left no doubt that her day is on the horizon, but her big breakthrough will have to come another [...]
Venus Williams had all the answers for Shahar Peer’s upset bid in their semifinal match at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship. The third seeded Williams used her blistering serve and a relentless ground assault to stave off the Israeli star’s bid for her third consecutive upset. Peer entered the tournament as the 22nd ranked tour [...]
The three and four seeds, Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka, lead the march toward the crown in the $2 million Dubai Open but they have some work to do before claiming the title. Two formidable roadblocks stand in the way. In a tournament of upsets, only Azarenka and Williams have played consistently. Top seeds Caroline [...]
