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The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is on in Dubai this week and next.<\/p>\n

The female tournament has kicked off, concluding\u00a0with\u00a0the final\u00a0on Sunday February 20th. The men’s tournament starts on Monday February 22nd with the\u00a0final taking place\u00a0on Sunday February 27th.<\/p>\n

The tournament began as a men’s only competition in 1993 and has for the past 19 years attracted the ‘who’s who of tennis’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Roger\" — \n
Roger with one of his seven trophies.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Roger Federer holds the records for most titles (seven), most finals (nine), and most consecutive titles (three), sharing the last record with\u00a0Novak Djokovic. He couldn’t make it this year due to a knee injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n
$\"Ana\"$
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Ana coasted to victory in the first round yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Former World #1 Ana Ivanovic is in town and\u00a0kicked off her tournament with a first round\u00a06-1 6-0 smashing of\u00a0Australia’s Daria Gavrilova.<\/p>\n
For those of you not overly interested in a small round yellow ball being hit at 100mph from one side of a net to another, tennis players like to party.<\/p>\n
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Tennis players can take selfies too. Here’s Ana Ivanovic with the proof.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Last night Ana and other female stars attended the player’s party at the Dubai Duty Free Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
$\"Simona\"$
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Reigning champ Simona Halep is back to defend her crown<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Last year’s winner,\u00a0Simona Halep is the top seed and favorite to win the women’s tournament. The 23-year-old is\u00a0currently ranked #3 in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Simona reached the\u00a02014 French Open\u00a0final (her first Grand Slam final)\u00a0where she played against\u00a0Maria Sharapova, losing in three sets. She also reached the final of the\u00a0WTA Finals\u00a0the same year, losing to\u00a0Serena Williams\u00a0in straight sets after having defeated her earlier in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Having recently recovered\u00a0from injury, Simona is in town to defend her crown.<\/p>\n
$\"Simona$
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simona celebrating winning last year’s championship<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tickets are still available<\/a> for both the women’s\u00a0and the men’s tournaments. If you want to go today, a basic grandstand ticket will cost\u00a0you AED\u00a075\u00a0and a Prime ticket for the whole week is a whopping AED\u00a02,750.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A grandstand ticket for the women’s final is AED\u00a0500\u00a0and AED\u00a0700 for the men’s<\/p>\n
If you can’t skip off work but want to keep an eye on the action, the Dubai Tennis Champs are keeping their twitter feed<\/a>\u00a0updated so check it out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now read:\u00a0 20 amazing things for you to do in Dubai this February<\/a><\/p>\n
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Roger with one of his seven trophies.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Roger Federer holds the records for most titles (seven), most finals (nine), and most consecutive titles (three), sharing the last record with\u00a0Novak Djokovic. He couldn’t make it this year due to a knee injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n
$\"Ana\"$
\n
Ana coasted to victory in the first round yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Former World #1 Ana Ivanovic is in town and\u00a0kicked off her tournament with a first round\u00a06-1 6-0 smashing of\u00a0Australia’s Daria Gavrilova.<\/p>\n
For those of you not overly interested in a small round yellow ball being hit at 100mph from one side of a net to another, tennis players like to party.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
$\"314$
\n
Tennis players can take selfies too. Here’s Ana Ivanovic with the proof.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Last night Ana and other female stars attended the player’s party at the Dubai Duty Free Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
$\"Simona\"$
\n
Reigning champ Simona Halep is back to defend her crown<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Last year’s winner,\u00a0Simona Halep is the top seed and favorite to win the women’s tournament. The 23-year-old is\u00a0currently ranked #3 in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Simona reached the\u00a02014 French Open\u00a0final (her first Grand Slam final)\u00a0where she played against\u00a0Maria Sharapova, losing in three sets. She also reached the final of the\u00a0WTA Finals\u00a0the same year, losing to\u00a0Serena Williams\u00a0in straight sets after having defeated her earlier in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Having recently recovered\u00a0from injury, Simona is in town to defend her crown.<\/p>\n
$\"Simona$
\n
simona celebrating winning last year’s championship<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tickets are still available<\/a> for both the women’s\u00a0and the men’s tournaments. If you want to go today, a basic grandstand ticket will cost\u00a0you AED\u00a075\u00a0and a Prime ticket for the whole week is a whopping AED\u00a02,750.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A grandstand ticket for the women’s final is AED\u00a0500\u00a0and AED\u00a0700 for the men’s<\/p>\n
If you can’t skip off work but want to keep an eye on the action, the Dubai Tennis Champs are keeping their twitter feed<\/a>\u00a0updated so check it out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now read:\u00a0 20 amazing things for you to do in Dubai this February<\/a><\/p>\n
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