WTA Insider Podcast

It's Elina Svitolina vs. Caroline Wozniacki for the title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships! Hear from No.7 seed Svitolina, who is on the verge of her Top 10 breakthrough, after her big win over top seed Angelique Kerber, as well as from No.10 Wozniacki, who's been one of the best players on tour since the start of the US Open last September. The final begins at 7pm local time on Saturday.

Caroline Wozniacki: Bringer of Rain. Playing in her ninth match in nine days, Wozniacki continued her strong run of play at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, ending 17-year-old CiCi Bellis' outstanding week in the desert. Hear from both women after their match, as Bellis talks lessons learned, and Wozniacki reflects on her days as a teenage phenom.

Hear from the two youngest women in the Top 100, 17-year-old CiCi Bellis and 19-year-old Ana Konjuh. Both women scored big wins on Day 4 of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Playing in her first WTA main draw of the season, Bellis scored her 1st Top 10 win over No.6 Agnieszka Radwanska, while Konjuh advanced to her second quarterfinal of the season after ousting No.16 Elena Vesnina.

Karolina couldn't find her range, Kiki kept doing what she's been doing in February, and that's all she wrote. Kristina Mladenovic scored the upset of the day, beating No.3 Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Hear from both players after the match, as Pliskova discusses her tricky turnaround after winning the Qatar Total Open, and Mladenovic discusses some unwanted Fed Cup drama.

Naomi Osaka joins the podcast from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to talk about her amazing Twitter account, the mortification that has ensued, and she spills the beans on her rookie Fed Cup experience. This is a must-listen.

What a week! Karolina Pliskova survived a waterlogged week to earn her second Premier title of the season, scoring back-to-back first-time wins over Dominika Cibulkova and Caroline Wozniacki to win the Qatar Total Open. The World No.3 sat down with Courtney Nguyen under the warm sun in Dubai for a quick debrief of her outstanding season so far.

What's it like being the top player from the Arab world? Based on the crowds that greeted Ons Jabeur after she qualified for her first main draw at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, it's a big deal! Hear from Ons as she reflects on her strong start to the season, the prospects of cracking the Top 100, and her strategic plan to watch her Real Madrid squad take on Daria Kasatkina's Barcelona side. How will their friendship survive?

WTA Insider rejoins the tour this week with boots on the ground at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Senior Writer Courtney Nguyen previews the tournament with Elina Svitolina, Elena Vesnina, and Anastasia Pavyluchenkova. UPDATE: Johanna Konta announced her withdrawal shortly after this episode was posted, resulting in a revised draw. No.9 seed Barbora Strycova will take Konta's vacated slot in the draw, Kiki Bertens now plays Christina McHale in the first round, and Yulia Putintseva will play CiCi Bellis in the first round. For a full update go to www.wtatennis.com.

Who's surging and who's sliding after the first mont of the season? The Heat Index has your answer. WTA Insider Senior Writer and Web Editor David Kane weigh on on the hottest players on tour as we debut the Heat Index. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or on any podcast app of your choice to ensure you never miss an episode when they go live. Reviews are always helpful, so if you like what you've heard so far, leave us one. You can also get new episode alerts by following us on Twitter @WTA_Insider.

Courtney Nguyen and David Kane can't stop gushing about the marvelous show put on by Kristina Mladenovic and Yulia Putintseva in the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy final. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or on any podcast app of your choice to ensure you never miss an episode when they go live. Reviews are always helpful, so if you like what you've heard so far, leave us one. You can also get new episode alerts by following us on Twitter @WTA_Insider.