Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
$1,500,000 (Tier II)
Results – Monday, February 25, 2008
Singles – First Round
(8) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 75 60
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 36 63 62
Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (WC) Selima Sfar (TUN) 61 63
Doubles – First Round
(2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP/ESP) 62 46 106
Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) d. Garbin/Navratilova (ITA/CZE) 62 46 104
Mirza/Schiavone (IND/ITA) d. (WC) Kuznetsova/Mauresmo (RUS/FRA) 64 64
Singles Qualifying – Final Round
(1) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Zheng Jie (CHN) 63 36 62
(2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) d. (9) Akiko Morigami (JPN) 76(1) 60
(3) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 62 64
(6) Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. (7) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 63
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 62 67(5) 62
Aiko Nakamura (JPN) d. Andreja Klepac (SLO) 64 57 76(5)
Order of Play – Tuesday, February 26, 2008
REVISED following withdrawal of Sharapova (replaced by lucky loser Morigami)
Centre Court (from 14.00hrs)
1. Chakvetadze vs. Radwanska
2. Schiavone vs. Bartoli
3. Mirza vs. Dushevina (NB 19.00hrs)
4. Mauresmo vs. Medina Garrigues
Court 1 (from 14.00hrs)
1. Bammer vs. Makarova
2. Morigami vs. Szavay (NB 15.30hrs)
3. Uhlirova/Voskoboeva vs. Foretz/Sfar
4. Black/Huber vs. Peng/Sun
Court 3 (from 14.00hrs)
1. Safarova vs. Li
2. Petrova vs. Srebotnik
3. Nakamura vs. Vaidisova
For more information on the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, please visit www.dubaitennischampionships.com.
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I read somewhere that Li had withdrawn a couple days ago. Is that correct?
The Dubai site schedule shows:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008 – REVISED
CENTRE COURT start 2:00pm
[6] A Chakvetadze (RUS) vs [Q] A Radwanska(POL)
F Schiavone (ITA) vs [7] M Bartoli (FRA)
Not Before 7:00pm
[WC] S Mirza (IND) vs [Q] V Dushevina (RUS)
A Mauresmo (FRA) vs [Q] A Medina Garrigues(ESP)
COURT 1 start 2:00pm
S Bammer (AUT) vs [Q] E Makarova (RUS)
Not Before 3:30pm
*[LL] A Morigami (JPN) vs A Szavay (HUN)
V Uhlirova (ITA) / G Voskoboeva (RUS) vs [WC] S Foretz (FRA) / S Sfar (TUN)
[1] C Black (ZIM) / L Huber (USA) vs S Peng (CHN) / T Sun (CHN)
COURT 3 start 2:00pm
L Safarova (CZE) vs [LL] A Sugiyama (JPN)
N Petrova (RUS) vs [Q] K Srebotnik (SLO)
[Q] A Nakamura (JPN) vs N Vaidisova (CZE)