TSITSIPAS READY FOR DUBAI

The most exciting new star to arrive on the ATP Tour in recent years is ready to make his second bid for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title.

Stefanos Tsitsipas arrived in Dubai a year ago as a budding superstar after upsetting Roger Federer at the Australian Open. Although Federer avenged that defeat in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final to claim his eighth Dubai crown and the 100th singles title of his career, Tsitsipas overcame Federer again in the semi-finals of the ATP Finals in London before going on to win one of the biggest prizes in the sport with victory over Dominic Thiem.

“The rise of Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last year has been astonishing,” said Colm McLoughlin, Executive ViceChairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free. “His performances here in Dubai a year ago clearly demonstrated that his victory over Roger Federer in Melbourne was not going to be just an isolated success, and he has gone on to become one of the most promising of the new generation of players to be a contender for a Grand Slam title. We wish him well both here in the upcoming Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and in the future.”