Shahar Peer, the Israeli number one, has been denied a visa to compete in the Dubai Tennis Championships in the UAE. The WTA Tour has said it will review the future of the tournament, and in the meantime, Japan's Ayumi Morita will replace Peer to play fifteenth seed Anna Chakvetadze.
Elsewhere in Dubai, Ana Ivanovic will set out for revenge in her second round match. She will play Russian teenager Alisa Kleybanova after she beat compatriot Anna Lapushchenkova in three sets. Other winners were sixteenth seed Kaia Kanepi, who saw off qualifier Tamira Paszek in three sets, thirteenth seed Jie Zheng, Tsvetana Pironkova, Vera Dushevina, Sybille Bammer, Julia Schruff and Sara Errani, who will now play Serena Williams.
In Memphis, Jelena Dokic has been drawn against top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round of the Cellular South Cup after beating Alexandra Panova to qualify for the event. The pair met at the Australian Open, with Dokic winning in three sets.
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