Global tennis and music starts to descend on Abu Dhabi ahead of world tennis league

The countdown is on for the second season of the Meteora World Tennis League, with top international tennis stars and global music icons set to perform at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Gearing up for its second season of action, this year’s World Tennis League line-up features a star-studded field of tennis players including Women’s World No.1 and current French Open champion, Iga Swiatek and Men’s World No.3 Daniil Medvedev with the 16 top stars set to represent their franchises in their bid to become champions of 2023 from 21st to 24th December.

While the matchups between the TSL Hawks, PBG Eagles, SG Maverick Kites and Honor FX Falcons will will provide plenty of entertainment on court, spectators can also look forward to a memorable three nights of concerts by some of the biggest names in the music industry that will close out the day of tennis action.

The opening night of the new season will see international chart-topper, 50 Cent close out the action on Thursday 21st December. World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi serves as the last stop of the Grammy Award Winner’s ‘The Final Lap Tour 2023’ that has seen him wow thousands of fans across Europe, Asia and Australia in the last three months and fans can expect more of the same in his final performance of the year.

Fans can enjoy the best of R&B, with megastars Akon and Ne-Yo coming together for a special ‘R&B evening’ concert on Friday 22nd December. With both international stars set to bring their fan favourite set list to Abu Dhabi, Ne-Yo will reunite with Akon again following their 2011 collaboration with David Guetta on the chart-topping single, Play Hard, in an unmissable evening of entertainment.

As the final day of action before the highly anticipated ‘Finals Day’, fans will be vibing to the sounds of ‘Reggae Night’ with UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, The Original Wailers featuring Al Anderson, and Trojan Sound System gracing the stage on Saturday 23rd December.