Out of more than thirty interested bidders, the WTA announced on Sunday that it has trimmed down the entries to four cities that will host that WTA Championships starting in 2014. The current host is Istanbul and the Turkish city will still remain as host next year as part of the three-year agreement with WTA.
The four cities are Mexico City, Singapore, Kazan (in Russia) and Tianjin (in China). The winning host city will be announced next year.
The WTA Championships gathers the world top eight singles players in the world and they will compete for the top prize and crucial ranking points. Aside from that, the top four doubles teams also compete for year-end honors. Starting in 2014, however, the number of participating doubles teams has been increased to eight.
The WTA Championships concluded today with Serena Williams winning the singles title after beating Maria Sharapova and Russian duo Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova sealing the doubles title.
