Dubai, United Arab Emirates) – This Monday begins the World Tennis League, an exhibition tournament in Dubai which will bring together some of the main names on the circuit from December 19 to 24. The indoor hard-court event will feature 18 players divided into four mixed teams, who will compete in an ATP duel, a WTA match and a mixed doubles match. The top two teams advance to the final.

On this first day of matches, there will be three matches between Kites and Eagles. The opening duel will pit Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime against Australian Nick Kyrgios, starting at 11 a.m. (Brasilia time). Shortly after, at 12:30 p.m., the Polish Iga Swiatek and the French Caroline Garcia enter the court. To close the day, Holger Rune and Sania Mirza will challenge Garcia and the Indian Rohan Bopanna, at 2 p.m.

teams
Kites: Iga Swiatek, Félix Auger-Aliassime, Eugénie Bouchard, Holger Rune and Sania Mirza
Eagles: Nick Kyrgios, Bianca Andreescu, Andreas Seppi, Caroline Garcia, Rohan Bopanna
Falcons: Paula Badosa, Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov and Aryna Sabalenka
Falcons: Anett Kontaveit, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem and Elena Rybakina

Program
December 19 – Kites versus Eagles
11:00 a.m. – Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Nick Kyrgios
12:30 p.m. – Iga Swiatek vs. Caroline Garcia
2 p.m. – Holger Rune/Sania Mirza vs. Caroline Garcia/Rohan Bopanna

December 20 – Falcons vs. Hawks
Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev
Aryna Sabalenka vs Elena Rybakina
Grigor Dimitrov/Paula Badosa vs. Dominic Thiem/Anett Kontaveit

December 21 – Falcons vs. Eagles
Novak Djokovic vs Nick Kyrgios
Paula Badosa vs. Caroline Garcia
Grigor Dimitrov/Aryna Sabalenka vs Bianca Andreescu/Andreas Seppi

December 22 – Hawks v Kites
Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
Anet Kontaveit vs Iga Swiatek
Alexander Zverev/Elena Rybakina vs Eugenie Bouchard/Felix Auger-Aliassime

December 23 – Eagles vs. Hawks
Nick Kyrgios vs Alexander Zverev
Caroline Garcia vs. Elena Rybakina
Rohan Bopanna/Bianca Andreescu vs. Dominic Thiem/Anett Kontaveit

December 23 – Falcons v Kites
Novak Djokovic vs Felix Auger-Aliassime
Aryna Sabalenka vs Iga Swiatek
Grigor Dimitrov/Paula Badosa versus Holger Rune/Sania Mirza

December 24 – End