World’s best let their hair down at Dubai Tennis Championships WTA Players’ Party - GulfToday

World’s best let their hair down at Dubai Tennis Championships WTA Players’ Party

  • 22 Feb 2023
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Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova poses for a picture during the WTA Players’ Party.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The world’s best female tennis players swapped baselines for base drops as they took a few hours away from tournament’s play at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships’ WTA Players’ Party on Tuesday evening.

Top-ranked stars including World No.1 Iga Swiatek, World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka, World No.5 Caroline Garcia, and World No.6 Coco Gauff joined their fellow players to mingle with dignitaries.

The WTA Players’ Party featured an assortment of live entertainment, dancers and performers, including Mo the Magician, UAE-based five-piece band About Last Night; singer Laura Ingham, who supported Alicia Keys at the Dubai Jazz festival 2019; and Jen Stelco – a renowned speed painter.

The ongoing Dubai Tennis Championships started with the 23rd staging of the WTA event, featuring nine of the world’s top 10.

 

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