New tennis event for Qatar

Qatar is to hold the Sony Erricson WTA end of season championship after offering prize money of four and a half million dollars, the highest prize money ever offered in the history of women's tennis. The event will start in November 2008 and will be held for three years. In preparation for the event a new tennis court will be built in the Khalifa squash and tennis stadium.

Qatar was the first country in the Middle East to hold a women's tennis event with the Qatar Total Open . They also held a men's event, the Qatar Open, which this year saw Murray and Lubjic battling in the finals. Tennis is hardly a traditional desert sport - it certainly doesn't have the same appeal as camel and horse racing - but women's tennis does seem to be more popular than men's.

Also see: Qatar Tennis.


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