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Dubai Tennis Open announces revised schedule

Sunday, 16 February 2020 11:57

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Sixth seed Kiki Bertens has withdrawn from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, prompting a revised schedule for the women's draw.

This means, Kim Clijsters will face ninth seed Garbine Muguruza in the opening round, while two-time champion Elena Svitolina will play one of the qualifiers or lucky losers.

The top two seeds, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova have been handed a first-round bye.

The qualifying rounds got underway on Saturday and will continue till Monday morning when the six qualifiers will be known before the start of the main draw.

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