2011 Mubadala World Tennis Championship (January)
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
Abu Dhabi acquired a style of the best rivalry the lads’s recreation has ever witnessed.
Nadal and Federer entered 2011 as the highest two on the planet, whereas each had been sweeping up Grand Slams for enjoyable. The closing which adopted between them within the UAE capital lives lengthy within the reminiscence.
Both epic units went to tie-breaks. Both had been settled by the slim margins of 7-4, 7-3.
It could be Nadal who’d prevail, beginning a season highlighted by a sixth French Open success.
2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Andrey Rublev beat Andy Murray 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
A fairytale victory was denied two years in the past, in Abu Dhabi.
2009 and 2015 champion Andy Murray got here into December 2021’s occasion on the again of significant accidents and main surgical procedures. His continual hip drawback was anticipated to place paid to any illusions of victory for 2022.
But this doomsday state of affairs was, nearly, averted.
Murray defeated fellow Brit Dan Evans 6-3, 6-2 within the quarter-finals and downed old-rival Nadal 6-3, 7-5 within the last-four. Andrey Rublev awaited within the closing.
Russia’s defending champion proved too sturdy, prevailing inside two units. But the struggle showcased by Murray won’t be forgotten.
2018 Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Venus Williams beat Serena Williams 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
It was the exhibition line-up everybody at Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex wished.
The iconic Williams sisters went into battle within the one-off conflict, with the elder Venus displaying the youthful Serena she nonetheless had it.
They, first, exchanged units in entrance of a joyous crowd, pushing the competition into an excellent tie-break.
Venus would emerge victorious from that engrossing stanza towards her 23-time Grand Slam-winning sibling, prevailing 10-8.
