Full Player Line-Up and Teams Announced For World Tennis League in Dubai
DECEMBER 19 (6pm) |
Kites v Eagles |
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Swiatek v Garcia |
Entertainment: Tiesto |
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DECEMBER 20 (6pm) |
Falcons v Hawks |
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Sabalenka v Rybakina |
Entertainment: Wizkid |
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DECEMBER 21 (6pm) |
Falcons v Eagles |
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Badosa v Garcia |
Entertainment: Ne-Yo |
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DECEMBER 22 (6pm) |
Hawks v Kites |
Thiem v Aliassime |
Kontaveit v Swiatek |
Entertainment: deadmau5 |
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DECEMBER 23 (2pm) |
Eagles v Hawks |
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Garcia v Rybakina |
Entertainment: Mohammed Ramadan |
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DECEMBER 23 (6pm) |
Falcons v Kites |
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Sabalenka v Swiatek |
Entertainment: Mohammed Ramadan |
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DECEMBER 24 (6pm) |
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Entertainment: Armin Van Buuren |
“The World Tennis League promises a memorable experience for everyone who attends the Greatest Show On Court, and the four teams are certain to provide excitement and thrills galore as they each fight it out for the right to be crowned champions,” said Scott Davidoff, the CEO of the WTL. “And what better combination can there be, with award-winning entertainers following on-court tennis action to round out each day in style.”
Taking part alongside Djokovic will be Alexander Zverev, who by reaching the 2022 French Open semi-finals climbed to No. 2 in the world; Felix Auger-Alliassime, who as one of the most talented young players on the ATP Tour has been re-writing the history books of Canadian tennis; and Nick Kyrgios, one of the most colourful characters in the game and runner-up to Djokovic in the 2022 Wimbledon final.
Joining them will be former world No.3 and 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem, who is working his way back up the rankings after suffering a severe wrist injury; Grigor Dimitrov, former junior world No.1 and Bulgaria’s most successful player in ATP history with three Grand Slam semi-final appearances and the winner’s trophy earned at the 2017 ATP Finals; Gael Monfils, acclaimed as one of the greatest showmen the sport has ever seen; Andreas Seppi, the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces; and Indian doubles veteran Rohan Bopanna, who at 42 still holds a doubles ranking inside world’s top 20.
The women’s line-up is just as impressive, headed by dominant world No.1 and three-time Grand Slam winner Iga Świątek, who this year has been setting new records on the WTA Tour; reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, who has wins this year over three former Grand Slam champions; Anett Kontaveit, winner of six WTA titles, with another 10 runner-up trophies and the first Estonian to participate in the WTA Championships where she went all the way to the 2021 final; and Paula Badosa, a former French Open junior champion competing in the World Tennis League after climbing to number two in the world during 2022.
Joining them are Aryna Sabalenka, who is a multi-Grand Slam semi-finalist (Wimbledon, 2021 and US Open, 2021 and 2022), and a former doubles world No.1 with two Grand Slam doubles titles; Bianca Andreescu, the highest-ranked female Canadian in history, who became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title at the 2019 US Open and the first player to win a Grand Slam singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006; Caroline Garcia, one of only a handful of players to defeat number one Świątek in 2022, a year in which she reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open; Sania Mirza, the first woman from her country to win a WTA singles title, the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title, the doubles at Wimbledon in 2015, and the first Indian woman to rise to world number one in either singles or doubles; and Eugenie Bouchard, who contested the 2014 Wimbledon final.
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