Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters open "Exhibition Weekend" in Dubai
As part of Expo 2020 in Dubai, some tennis legends will be honored this weekend. The exhibition event will open with a duel between two former world number ones: Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters .
by Michael Rothschädl
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Feb 19, 2022, 07:15 am
Kim Clijsters had recently cautiously rejected an upcoming comeback on the WTA tour, now the Belgian is at least returning to the big exhibition stage. And there he has to deal with another, already retired athlete: the Dane Caroline Wozniacki. She ended her professional career at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year in 2020. At the event where the former world number one was able to win her only major title.
Kim Clijsters has four of them, and she will open the tennis weekend at Expo 2020 in Dubai with her duel with Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday. Clijsters and Wozniacki have met three times in their professional careers, three times with the better ending for the Belgian.
Also starting in Dubai will be John McEnroe, Bahrami, Richard Krajicek and Mark Philippoussis, who will compete in doubles on Saturday. Finally, on Sunday, Mansour Bahrami and Fabrice Santoro will conclude the event.