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Dubai PHOTOS: Kim Clijsters and other big WTA stars arrive to the tournament

Our photographer Jimmie48 is already at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, spending time with players as they prepare for the $2,643,670 tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

The star of the day was definitely Kim Clijsters, as the member of the Tennis Hall of Fame is just hours away from launching her second comeback to the sport, after a seven-and-a-half-year long hiatus. The 36-year-old Clijsters was supposed to play world No.8 Kiki Bertens in the first round on Monday, but since the Dutch has withdrawn from Dubai because of going all the way to the title today at the St.