Sofia ’s Tournament Of Champions Field Is Confirmed

Written by: on 25th October 2012
Tennis Kremlin Cup in Moscow
Sofia ’s Tournament Of Champions Field Is Confirmed

epa03441094 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia in their final match at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, 21 October 2012. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY  |

Four of the world’s Top 16 ranked women, including former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki and former world No.3 Nadia Petrova will be among the eight-player field competing at the $750,000 Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions Sofia, to be staged in Bulgaria’s capital city at the Arena Armeec from October 30–November 4, 2012. This marks the first year that Sofia will host the annual season-ending championships for the WTA’s International tournaments, after three successful years in Bali .

 

Wozniacki and Petrova will be the top two seeds and will be joined by Rob erta Vinci, Hsieh Su-Wei, Zheng Jie and Daniela Hantuchova as the six highest-ranked International Series tournament winners eligible to compete at the Tournament of Champions. Russia ‘s Maria Kirilenko and Bulgarian star Tsvetana Pironkova each received wildcards into the field, which this year returns to a round robin format. The players will be split into two groups of four, with each group’s top two players advancing to the semifinals.

 

Sweden ’s Sofia Arvidsson and Alizé Cornet of France will travel to Sofia as alternates.

©Daily Tennis News Wire

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