DUBAI

Defense minister in Abu Dhabi for arms show

ABU DHABI -- Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic attended on Sunday the opening of the 12th International Defense Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi.

After visiting the stand of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDPR the minister told Tanjug that the country's defense industry was "successfully presented."

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic attended on Sunday the opening of 12th International Defense Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2015, dedicated to military technologies and innovations in Abu Dhabi.

At the exhibition, we have successfully presented our defense industry, Gasic told Tanjug after visiting the stand of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDPR.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep claimed the victory in the Dubai Tennis Championships final, defeating Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) in two sets 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), in a one-hour and 47-minute match.

Photo credit: (c) Ahmed JADALLAH / REUTERS

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep qualified for the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships, a tournament with a prize fund of $2,513,000, after defeating Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. After struggling at the start of the match, Halep resurged and ended with a sweeping victory.

Photo credit: (c) Ahmed JADALLAH / REUTERS

Forty seven Greek export-oriented enterprises, active in food and hotel supplies, took part in the International Exhibition Gulfood 2015, that was held in Dubai between February 8-12.

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova was defeated in the 1/8 finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday.

Pironkova was defeated by top seeded Simona Halep from Romania with 4:6, 3:6, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Bulgarian performed well, but was seemingly exhausted from the previous two matches, which lasted for more than two hours each.

DUBAI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai WTA tournament after losing 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the third round on Wednesday.

In a bid to secure a semi-final spot, Pliskova will take on compatriot Lucie Safarova, who beat Venus Williams of the United States 6-4, 6-2.

DUBAI - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the third round of the WTA tournament in Dubai after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Ivanovic will next play 17th-seeded Czech Carolina Pliskova, who defeated her compatriot Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-2.

DUBAI - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the third round of the WTA tournament in Dubai after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Ivanovic will next play 17th-seeded Czech Carolina Pliskova, who defeated her compatriot Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-2.

Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer will compete at the first edition of TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open in April, organizers announced on Feb. 17.

The first-ever ATP World Tour event in Turkey will be played on clay from April 27-May 3 at the Koza World of Sports facility where the center court features a retractable roof and will provide seating for 7,500 people.