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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
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Notable players: Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza, Petra Kvitova, Belinda Bencic
u200bThis week’s WTA Premier level tournament sees four of the Top 10 players in action, with Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza, Carla Suárez Navarro, Petra Kvitova, Belinda Bencic, Karolina Pliskova, Roberta Vinci and Svetlana Kuznetsova rounding out the top eight seeds of the draw. On Monday, both Pliskova and Kuznetsova lost their opening matches, to CoCo Vandeweghe and Julia Goerges, respectively.