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Tennis tournament
The 2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP /WTA -affiliated exhibition tennis tournament. It was the 13th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship with some of the world's top-ranked players competing in the event, held in a knockout format. The winner received $250,000 in prize money. The event was held at the International Tennis Centre at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates .[ 1] [ 2] 2022 ATP Tour beginning on January 1, 2022.[ 3]
Andrey Rublev (ranked No. 5) and Rafael Nadal (ranked No. 6) received byes into the semifinal. Rublev defeated Andy Murray , 6–4, 7–6(7–2) , to win the men's tournament. Emma Raducanu withdrew from the event the week of her scheduled match after testing positive for COVID-19 [ 4] Ons Jabeur , who defeated Belinda Bencic , 4–6, 6–3, [10–8], to win the women's tournament.
Day-by-day summaries [ edit ]
Session
Group / round
Winner
Loser
Score
Day 1 (16 December)
Afternoon
Men's singles
Denis Shapovalov Taylor Fritz [4]6–3, 6–0
Evening
Men's singles
Andy Murray Dan Evans [5]6–3, 6–2
Women's singles Final
Ons Jabeur Belinda Bencic [2]4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Day 2 (17 December)
Afternoon
5th place Play-off
Taylor Fritz Dan Evans [5]7–6(7–5) , 4–6, [11–9]
Semifinals
Andrey Rublev Denis Shapovalov [3]7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 6–4
Evening
Semifinals
Andy Murray Rafael Nadal [2]6–3, 7–5
Day 3 (18 December)
Afternoon
3rd place Play-off
Denis Shapovalov Rafael Nadal [2]6–7(4–7) , 6–3, [10–6]
Evening
Men's singles Final
Andrey Rublev Andy Murray [6]6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Dominic Thiem (withdrew) Casper Ruud (withdrew)
Emma Raducanu (withdrew)
Andrey Rublev
Ons Jabeur
Andrey Rublev def. 
Andy Murray 6–4, 7–6(7–2).
Ons Jabeur def. 
Belinda Bencic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].
Denis Shapovalov [3]
Taylor Fritz [4]
Andy Murray [6]
Belinda Bencic [2]
Rafael Nadal [2]
Dominic Thiem (withdrew)
Casper Ruud (withdrew)