CENTRE COURT
From 2pm:
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [3] v Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) [4] v Madison Brengle (USA)
From 7pm:
Simona Halep (ROU) [1] v Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [2] v Elina Svitolina (UKR)
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COURT 1
From 2pm:
Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Julia Goerges (GER)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs Sara Errani (ITA)
CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs Andrea Petkovic (GER)
COURT 3
From 2pm:
Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) vs Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Darija Jurak (CRO)
Not before 4pm:
Barbora Strycova (CZE) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) vs Timea Babos (HUN) / Julia Goerges (GER)
Sara Errani (ITA) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) / Saisai Zheng (CHN)
MATCH OF THE DAY
Simona Halep v Ana Ivanovic
Dubai fans, and organisers as well, would have preferred to see these two clash in the later stages of the tournament, for Halep and Ivanovic are two of the biggest crowd-pullers of the WTA Tour.
The draw has, however, decided otherwise and the defending champion will start her campaign against the former world No 1, who looked sharp in her first-round win over Daria Gavrilova, dropping just one game.
Head-to-head, Halep leads 2-1 in completed matches, but only a reckless punter would dare to predict the winner of this clash.
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