Nakheel serves up ace treat for tennis legends

Nakheel, Dubai's premier property developer, played host to some of tennis' biggest legends on Friday 11th November, with an exclusive trip to The World and a tour of the Nakheel Sales Centre.

The event followed the conclusion of Legends Rock Dubai, which saw some of the games' greatest ever players compete in a series of exhibition matches, wowing the large crowd of Dubai's sport lovers.

Visiting the Sales Centre, the legends, who included Bjorn Borg, considered by many to be the greatest ever tennis player, Iran's tennis showman Mansour Bahrami, and former world number four Guy Forget were impressed by the views of The Palm Jumeirah and the models of Nakheel's projects, such as The Palm, The World and Waterfront.

Talking about Nakheel's waterfront developments, Bjorn Borg, five times Wimbledon and six times French Open Champion said: «I have travelled all around the world and seen many different things but I have never seen anything like this before. The last time I was in Dubai was back in 1983 but I am not going to wait so long again before coming back to such a beautiful place».

Having had a tour of the Sales Centre, the guests travelled by boat to The World, where they spent time exploring The World's show island, part of Greenland.

Hamza Mustafa, General Manager, The World said: «Due to its exclusive nature and unprecedented offering of supreme privacy, The World attracts many VIPs and celebrities. Our guests were visibly amazed by the beauty of the development and specifically our show island. It was an honour to host such sporting legends and a pleasure to demonstrate the continuing progress of The World.»