1. Dubai is one of the most important competitions in the "March into Singapore" trip that lasts for a whole season.
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tournament is a top-level event and the first stop of the two-week Middle East Championship. The second stop is Qatar Open. The total prize money of Dubai Station is $2 million, and the champion can pocket the prize money of $465,480 and 470 points.
2. Dubai has a strong lineup.
Although the top players retired, there were still four TOP 10 players and 10 TOP20 players in Dubai. The top eight seed players are Halep, Muguruza, Navarro, Kvitova, Bencic, carolina Pliskova, Winch and kuznetsova.
Halep is looking forward to getting back on track.
Defending champion Halep's performance so far this season can only be described as mediocrity. At the beginning of the Australian Open, she lost to kuznetsova in the semi-final in Sydney. Later, at the Australian Open, the Romanian suffered a bigger surprise, losing to the qualifier Zhang Shuai in the first round. Later, in the Romanian and Czech Confederations Cup, Halep, who led the team, won one win and one loss in her two women's singles competitions-she won Kvitova, but lost to carolina Pliskova. Can we see Halep's state pick up in Dubai?
4. Is Halep expected to defend his title successfully?
Previously, two players successfully defended their titles in Dubai: David (2009- 10) and Haining (2003-04 and 2006-07). If Halep succeeds this year, she will become the third player to successfully defend her title in Dubai.
If Kvitova can pass the first two rounds, her performance is worth looking forward to.
Kovitova has participated in this competition in the last five years, and failed to win the championship twice in succession for four times: in 2009, she lost to Shuluf, 20 10 to Bai Weiling Morita, 20 14 and 20 15 to Navarro. However, in this year, the only time she won more than two games in a row, Kvitova will finally win the championship (she defeated Wozniacki, Ivanovich and Agnes Skala Dvanska on the way to promotion).
6.Bencic, welcome to TOP 10.
After reaching the final in St Petersburg, Bencic was among the top ten for the first time in his career. Since 1975 established the computer ranking system, Bencic has been the top ten player in 1 16.
7. On the other side of the globe, Rio Station kicked off the Latin American season.
With the opening of the Rio Open, the Latin American season kicked off this week. The top seed of this competition is local player Pereira, in addition to Larsson, Covic and christina mchale.
8. Can Pereira finish the hat trick?
In April last year, Pereira won the championship in Bogota, becoming the first Brazilian to win the WTA women's singles title in 27 years. Subsequently, Pereira won another championship in the Brazilian Tennis Cup in Florianopolis. Can Pereira score a hat trick in Rio?
9. Can Maria's record be tied?
This Maria is not another Maria. In Bogota, Pereira became the third Brazilian player to win the WTA women's singles title after Maria bueno (3 champions) and Nigel Diaz (2 champions).
It is rare for Brazilian players to win the championship in local competitions. Pereira is the second Brazilian player to win a local competition in the Open era-before that, Diaz won the championship in Guarua with 1987.