Archive: teb-bnp-paribas-wta-championships
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced that Li Na and Peng Shuai have set new national records for Chinese tennis following their rise to career-high rankings in the latest WTA rankings released Monday.
As the WTA waved a fond farewell to Istanbul after three years of staging the women’s tour’s year ending TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships at the Sinan Erdem Dome, optimism is abundant that the next five years in Singapore will see the event grow.
World no.2 Victoria Azarenka maintains she is physically and mentally drained as her bid to finish off the year with a winning flourish at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul as good as ground to a painful halt.
Russia finally managed to cobble together a team to face Italy in next week’s Fed Cup but the four times champions whose players dominated the WTA top 20 just a few years ago, have been reduced to naming 138th-ranked Alexandra Panova as the leading singles player.
The Fed Cup is supposedly the foremost team competition in the female tennis world but while the currently fit top eight players are battling it out in this week’s TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, next week’s Italy v Russia final in Cagliari, Sardinia is descending into farce.
Serena Williams is the overwhelming favorite to become the first player to successfully defend the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships title since Justine Henin in 2007 but the world no.1 maintains she has been placed in the toughest group for round robin play throughout the week in Istanbul.
The Women’s Tennis Association announced that Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and USA’s Sloane Stephens are the singles alternates at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, to be staged at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, from October 22-27, 2013. Wozniacki will be the first alternate and Stephens the second.
The WTA announced that Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova, Italy's Sara Errani and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic have qualified for this year’s TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships.
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced Serena Williams is the first player to qualify for this year’s WTA Championships, to be staged at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, from October 22-27, 2013.
WTA World No.1 and defending champion spearheads qualifications for season-ending finale in Turkey
Frenchman Patrick Mouratoglou is apparently the man who has restored a lust for victory into the mind of Serena Williams who is now the firm favorite to win the TEB BNP Paribas
The WTA announced that Germany ’s Angelique Kerber, Czech Re public ’s Petra Kvitova and Italy ’s Sara Errani have qualified for this year’s TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships
World Top 4 Ranked Players - Azarenka, Sharapova, Radwanska and Serena Williams headline WTA's crown jewel event
The WTA announced that Serena Williams and the doubles teams of Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka and Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond have qualified
