Marion Bartoli seems to be playing a light schedule this year. Last year the only Premier event she missed was Brisbane because she was playing the Hopman Cup. First Sydney and now Dubai?
http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/Players/Player-Landing.aspx
Victoria Azarenka
Serena Williams
Agnieszka Radwanska
Angelique Kerber
Li Na CHN
Sara Errani
Petra Kvitova
Samantha Stosur
Caroline Wozniacki
Nadia Petrova
Ana Ivanovic
Maria Kirilenko
Dominika Cibulkova
Roberta Vinci
Lucie Safarova
Julia Goerges
Ekaterina Makarova
Varvara Lepchenko
Klara Zakopalova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Disagree. Serena needs to pad her ranking because of how dominant her clay swing and summer run were. She'll play. She says she doesn't care but she does - to a degree. She wants to stay in the top 4 and not be in the top 8. Changes the draws completely.