DUBAI: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic insists that while he may have only been given the medical all-clear to compete at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as recently as five days ago, he has no intention of using this week’s ATP 500 tournament as competitive training, revealing that he values every trophy he wins “three or four times more than he did 10 years ago.”
DUBAI: After 20 years in the sport, Tunisian Malek Jaziri called time on his trailblazing career on Monday night after losing in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The 39-year-old Pan Arab Games gold medalist lost to Alejandro Fokina of Spain 6-2, 6-0 on center court before saying goodbye to an appreciative crowd. Jaziri had been granted a wildcard to
Novak Djokovic has paid tribute to Tunisian Malek Jaziri, who will draw the curtain on his two-decade professional tennis career with one last hurrah in Dubai this week. At 39, Jaziri walks away as one of the most influential players from Tunisia, North Africa and the Arab world in the last 15 years. “He is my ‘habibi friend’, I always called him that,” world No.1 Djokovic
Matthew Ebden, who is the 2022 Wimbledon Men s Doubles Champion, was bought on as the marquee player for season four of the Tennis Premier League and was the most expensive pick up at the Auction. Despite stiff competition from other franchises for the signature of the grand slam winning Australian, he was picked up by Delhi Binny s Brigade for Rs 8.45 lakh due to smarts of their mentor Aditya Khanna. In a
The eight franchises have put their best foot forward, assembling strong and competitive squads, packed with exciting talent from all over the world, ahead of the fourth edition of the Tennis Premier League (TPL) at the player Auction held in .