Always actively looking at the special events happening here, we were taken aback to randomly discover that the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tournament was scheduled for February. As avid tennis fans, we were thrilled...but a little embarrassed...to learn of this event only a week before the actual tournament.
Nonetheless, we were able to get tickets to the women's semi-finals match day, which turned out to be a brilliant day of tennis. Although many of the top players - Serena and Wozniacki - had dropped out due to injury, and others - Halep and Muguruza - had been defeated earlier in the week, the two semi-final games were outstanding. All eager and hungry to win, the women were competitive, intense and the matches much closer than the results would indicate.Final Outcomes:
Barbora Strycova def, Caroline Garcia
Sara Errani def. Elina Svitolina
The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium is located in the heart of the Irish Village, which is one of the earliest expat communities established in Dubai. The area has an inviting and intimate feel to it, with lots of greenery and twinkling lights lining the restaurant-lined walkways. In the main area is a recreation of an Irish street, with an old pharmacy, trinket shop and a lively Irish pub that hosted a passionate band hyping up the crowd who were enjoying the sunny Friday (a weekend day here) over a couple of pints.
An awesome day of tennis in a really cool new area - we've marked it clearly in our calendars for next year!
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