Dubai Tennis Open announces revised schedule

Sunday, 16 February 2020 11:57

Sixth seed Kiki Bertens has withdrawn from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, prompting a revised schedule for the women's draw.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

Revised WTA Main Draw Singles following withdrawal from Kiki Bertens 👀 #DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/ccfSpUTAzd
— Dubai Tennis Champs (@DDFTennis) February 16, 2020

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