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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stan Wawrinka won the battle of the 30-year-olds by defeating Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 7-6 (13) to win the Dubai Tennis Championships title Saturday.

Twenty-one-time Grand Slam Champion Serena Williams will take on close friend and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, while Stan Wawrinka will square off with French star Gael Monfils at the 9th Annual BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, March 8. The entertaining one-night tennis event, which is being held on World Tennis Day for the fourth straight year has become a staple on the tennis calendar.

Gabriela Sabatini, Monica Seles, Roger Federer, and Grigor Dimitrov shined under the Madison Square Garden lights on World Tennis Day.

The stars of the BNP Paribas Showdown sat down with the press before their meeting at Madison Square Garden for World Tennis Day.

As the Madison Square Garden event staff removes the last remaining vestiges of the legendary Billy Joel’s concert stage, the indoor hardcourt surface is readied to be laid down for the eighth consecutive BNP Paribas Showdown. 

Former world No. 1 and two-time major champion Amelie Mauresmo has been elected to receive the highest honor in the sport of tennis- induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

We asked our 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown participants, Grigor Dimitrov and Gabriela Sabatini, a few New York themed questions prior to their Madison Square Garden appearance on World Tennis Day.

ESPN3 will present live the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown from Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that it will be hosting thousands of youth tennis events throughout the month of March as part of the celebration of World Tennis Day on March 10.

The USTA Foundation, the national charitable organization of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has been selected as the official charity of the BNP Paribas Showdown for the second consecutive year.

Seles ended up winning 11 of 14 matches against Gabriela Sabatini, but what she remembers most about the glamorous Argentinian is Sabatini’s support after Seles was stabbed in 1993 by a madman in Hamburg.

Watch one of the New York Knicks kid reporters interview Federer and shows Roger his dance moves!

Tennis legends Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini will face each other in a 25th anniversary rematch of their famed 1990 five-set WTA Championship final in the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown.

With the second annual World Tennis Day on March 3, the World Tennis Day Showdown was held in “The World’s Most Famous Arena” for the seventh time ever.

On Monday, March 3, Bob and Mike Bryan will step foot into the “World’s Most Famous Arena” for the first time to take on John and Pat McEnroe as part of World Tennis Day.

Top seeds and World No.1 doubles team, the Bryan Brothers, claimed their third Delray Beach Open title on Sunday.

Two promising American junior players will once again be featured as part of the BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. 

Andy Murray is looking forward to playing at Madison Square Garden in the BNP Paribas Showdown as part of World Tennis Day on March 3.

John McEnroe is coming back to Madison Square Garden, this year playing with his brother Patrick against the Bryan brothers.

USTA Serves has been designated the official charity of the BNP Pariabs Showdown in New York and will be part of the exclusive World Tennis Day Celebration on March 2.