It’s the time of the year when the world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams compete for the season-ending WTA Sony Ericsson Championships 2009. For the second year in a row, the city of Doha in Qatar will host the event.
The eight players competing for the singles event are Dinara Safina (RUS), Serena Williams (USA), defending champion Venus Williams (USA), Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS), Elena Dementieva (RUS), Caroline Wozniacki (DEN), Victoria Azarenka (BEL) and Jelena Jankovic (SRB). The two alternates are last year’s runner- up Vera Zvonareva (RUS) and Agnieszka Radwanska (POL).
Safina reclaims the top ranking by Monday, October 26 which means the Russian will become the top seed of the singles event.
The four qualifying teams for the doubles competition are Cara Black and Liezel Huber, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs and the Williams sisters. Venus and Serena Williams won three out of the four Grand Slam doubles titles this year which propelled their ranking to number two in doubles despite having joined less than ten doubles events this year.
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