Li Na of China has officially qualified for the WTA Championships – Istanbul which will be held from October 22 to 27, 2013. The Chinese tennis star became the fifth player to qualify for the prestigious eight-woman singles event. The first four who qualified were Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska.
The top eight singles players and top four doubles teams will be competing at the year-end event and battle for the lion’s share of the record-setting $6 million prize money at stake.
“Congratulations to Li Na on securing her qualification for the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships – Istanbul for the third year in a row,” Stacey Allaster, Chairman & CEO of the WTA, said. “Her personality and exciting brand of tennis endears her to tennis fans around the world, as Li continues to inspire generations tennis players.”
“I’m so happy to have qualified again for the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships – Istanbul as one of the Top 8 players this season,” the 2011 French Open champion said. “I had a great time in Istanbul last year and I’m looking forward to coming back and playing my best tennis for the fans in Turkey.”
This will be Li Na’s third consecutive year at the WTA Championships, having first qualified in 2011, the year where she won her maiden Grand Slam singles title.
