The first round of the women’s tennis gets under way today at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2016. Taking centre court at 2pm – American Madison Brengle takes on 31 seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova, who’s fresh from playing at the Australian open tennis. Also on centre court this afternoon is Italian Camila Giorgi as she takes on German Andrea Petkovic.

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