World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka Duel in Dubai 4
Novak Djokovic has won the Dubai Tournament consecutively for the past 3 years.
While oil and water may not mix, oil and tennis seem to merge beautifully. That will become perfectly obvious as the oil-rich United Arab Emirates hosts its annual tennis extravaganza on outdoor hardcourts in Dubai beginning on February 20, ending March 3, 2012.
The tournament known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships will begin with a week-long foray featuring the top women in the world to be followed later by the top-ranked men as the second week gets underway.
The luxurious accommodations plus the rich setting make this venue one of the more popular ones for the tennis pros who journey here year after year.
In fact, it remains the site of one of Roger Federer’s chief training centers where the Swiss comes to get his body in prime condition for the long season ahead—usually during the hot month of July.
Despite the home court advantage, Federer has not won in Dubai since 2007. He will be hoping to change that this year.