Play continues to be suspended at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships due to rain. If the rain stops, the courts will be dried and play will resume. No matches will commence before 7:45pm on Centre Court and Court 1 and no matches will commence before 8:00pm on court 3 and court 7. The only match to be cancelled is the doubles match between Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci and Yi-Fan Xu/ Saisai Zheng on court 3. Further updates to come.
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