BARCLAYS DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dubai-UAE
February 14-20, 2010
$2,000,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

Results - Saturday, February 20, 2010
Singles - Final
(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. (4) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 63 75

Doubles - Final
(2) Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) d. Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) 76(5) 64

Final Facts
- Williams wins the 42nd Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of her career. The last time the 29-year-old successfully defended a title, as she has in Dubai, was at Wimbledon in 2007-08.
- The title, her first since Acapulco just over 12 months ago, puts Williams back in the lead for active leaders in singles titles on the Tour - just ahead of Justine Henin's 41.
- Williams had lost her last three finals, while 20-year-old Azarenka had won her last three. Williams is now 42-25 in Tour singles finals, while Azarenka is 3-5.
- Williams had won her only previous meeting with Azarenka in straight sets, at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
- Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez capture their first title of the year, and first since winning the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha last November. They have both now won 13 Tour doubles titles, including nine together.
- Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik, who upset top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the semis, were playing their first final together in their fourth tournament as a team.

Final Quotes
Venus Williams, 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships singles champion:
"I expected her to come out and play well. I respect her game, the effort she gives... even though I was leading in the second set, she just never gave up. Obviously I'm happy to close the tournament out. I've had a lot of success here the last two years, and I enjoy my time off the courts too. I go to the Souqs and make the best of it. So playing well here makes it even more satisfying for me."

Victoria Azarenka, 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships singles runner-up:
"It was very high quality tennis from both of us. I had a little bit of bad luck on a few balls, but I'm proud of what I did today. It wasn't so much about power, but more about the precision - she was hitting it so close to the lines. She played too well today."

María José Martínez Sánchez, 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships doubles champion:
"In doubles, if you are focused all the time, you have a chance in every game, and we changed the match. The Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha was a very important tournament and we won. This is the second Premier tournament since Doha and we won. So now our next goal is to win a Grand Slam. Doesn't matter which one."

Nuria Llagostera Vives, 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships doubles champion:
"We had good feelings about playing Cara and Liezel because the last time we played them we won. But we knew today would also be very tough, even if it wasn't them – and it was really tough. We knew these two girls play very good doubles. For us, every single doubles pair is dangerous. Doesn't matter who they are or what ranking they have."