For the third year in a row, hospitable Singapore is hosting the world's strongest tennis players, who will compete for victory in one of the most prestigious tournaments in world tennis. The final tournament of the year always has its own amazing atmosphere, because there are no random participants or random winners. And sincere and always active fans in Singapore turned the WTA Final Championship into a real holiday. Throughout the season, the strongest female tennis players in the world showered compliments on this competition. And now, with only the top eight remaining, there is hope that the tournament will once again be exciting.

Although the phrase “all the strongest” regarding the WTA Final Tournament for the second year in a row is not entirely appropriate. Serena Williams again misses the tournament, which she won five times, and once in Singapore itself. After her triumph at Wimbledon, the American has noticeably improved and, apparently, is resting before the new spurt in 2017. When Williams Jr. is out of shape, her performances on the court turn into stage drama with a lot of effects and a minimum of tennis. Therefore, her loss in her current state is unlikely to be seriously noticeable.

Red group

This group was led by world number one Angelique Kerber, and she was accompanied by Romanian Simona Halep, American Madison Keys and Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova. In fact, the group composition is very even, which guarantees many interesting fights. Just look at the personal meetings of the participants. Angelique Kerber, who by status should be the favorite of the group, has a positive “personal relationship” only with Madison Keys. On the other hand, Halep is leading in a personal confrontation with Keys and Kerber, but is inferior to Cibulkova. And Dominica herself lost all three matches to Madison. So there can be many stories.

If the tournament were held in September or August, then this group could be called the Angelique Kerber group. But now Halep looks like her favorite. Simone had a good, stable season, without the long-awaited breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournament. But there were also no huge failures throughout the season, with the exception of its start. To Beijing Simone simply arrived as a player who qualified for the Final Tournament of the Year. Halep already had a final in Singapore, and this year she has a great chance to at least repeat this result.

Of course, Kerber is having an amazing season, where she scored victories in the “majors” in USA and Australia , finals at Wimbledon and the Olympics and incredible consistency throughout almost the entire season. However, after a hard-won victory in New York, Angelique's batteries ran out. She talks more and more often about rest, and the 28-year-old tennis player now has much less motivation. As she herself said, she there's nothing left to prove. And the Final Tournament was never particularly successful for Kerber.

Desire is what Angelique lacks right now. In a game with Cibulkova, this will be especially significant, since these are two tennis players of the same type. Dominica, who started the season outside the Top 50, had a great campaign in 2016. She had to make her way through difficult brackets and lost a lot of points because of this, but at the end of the season she had successful tournaments in Wuhan and Linz brought the Slovakian a well-deserved reward - a trip to Singapore. Dominica may have little experience at this level, but Cibulkova’s fighting qualities are known throughout the Tour.

As for Madison Keys, she remains a mystery and the dark horse of the group. Despite the fact that Madison's tennis is the exact opposite of the term "consistency", her results this year have been very even. Throughout 2016, Madison only exited the tournament before the third round three times. And this is the decisive factor that helped the American woman end up in Singapore. But in Linz, where this trip was guaranteed, Keys played with a cold. Add to this the flight, lack of experience and you get an outsider of the group. Madison will have a great experience getting to know the rhythm of the game at the Finals. She can relax and feel like she is on an excursion because there is no pressure. This is a tiny, but still a chance for Madison.

Expected results: 1. Halep 3:0; 2.Tsibulkova 2:1; 3. Kerber 1:2 4. Keys 0:3

White group

The White group has a little more experience, more joint victories at big tournaments, but here the situation is very interesting. For example, Karolina Pliskova is leading in personal meetings with Svetlana Kuznetsova and Garbine Muguruza. At the same time, it is shamelessly inferior to Agnieszka Radwańska - 0:6. In turn, Agnieszka is minimally inferior to Muguruza, but Sveta is a Polish woman’s nightmare - 4:12. In addition, the shape of the participants also varies greatly.

U Agnieszka has a good chance of defending her title, especially considering the momentum of the Polish tennis player's season. After all, it was in the fall that she won one of the biggest tournaments in her career in Beijing. Another thing is that Radwanska last beat a Top 10 player back in March. An additional difficulty for the third racket of the world is that she starts the tournament with a match against the awkward Svetlana Kuznetsova, who has gained a good momentum.

Kuznetsova jumped on the bandwagon of the departing train, entering the “VTB Kremlin Cup” tournament “on the flag”, and then winning in magnificent style title on it . After the US Open, Svetlana played much more lively, winning several quality victories. Among them, Agnieszka, Venus, Svitolina were beaten, and all the losses were in equal matches. Svetlana had an interesting series at big competitions, when she lost only to the winners. It all started with Rome and the loss to Serena, and ended at the US Open, when Kuznetsova lost to Wozniacki in the second round. Caroline eventually made it to the semi-finals. This once again shows how underrated Svetlana's season is. If she still has the strength for this tournament, then it is quite possible to repeat Agnieszka’s feat. A lot depends on the first match.

Garbine Muguruza won three or more matches in WTA competition three times throughout the 2016 season. However, she only once beat a tennis player from the Top 10 in the world ranking. In the last month of 2015, Garbine advanced to the semi-final stage or higher three times at two Premiere Series tournaments and the Finals. During this period of time, she beat six tennis players from the Top 10 of the WTA rankings. Moreover, in 2016 Garbinwon the major , but in 2015 - no. And who can say that last season was better than this one? Muguruza ran out of steam at the end of last year's semi-final here against Agnieszka. Now she is not in danger. The best victory over the last six months for Garbin was Pavlyuchenkova in Cincinnati. Add to that a recent injury, and you've got a 0-3 contender.

The summer of 2016 completely turned Pliskova's career upside down. The 24-year-old tennis player, with excellent physique and outstanding serve, increasingly looked like a player who was never destined to live up to her potential. However, first Carolina showed up at grass tournaments, and then shot at tournament in Cincinnati . It may have been a post-Olympic tournament, but Caro had an almost perfect week. And already in New York she showed that this was not accidental. If Caroline had been more experienced, then only Agnieszka Radwanska would have been the only member of the White group without a victory at the Helmets. What are Pliskova's prospects at this tournament? She can finish it with a set balance of 0:6, or win without giving up a game along the way. Until you see at least a couple of games from this tennis player at a specific tournament, it is incredibly difficult to make predictions about her performance.

Expected Results: 1-3. Kuznetsova 2:1; Radwanska 2:1; Pliskova 2:1; 4. Muguruza 0:3.

If If Agnieszka makes it out of her group, she is definitely the main favorite to win. On the other hand, Halep has been beating around the bush for a big victory for many years. When, if not now? Why shouldn't Svetlana repeat last year's success of Radwanskaya? Or where is the confidence that Kerber will not turn into a machine again? The victory of any tennis player will be both logical and illogical at the same time. That's why this year's WTA Finals will be so interesting to watch.

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Wonderful things are happening in Russian tennis. Moscow and St. Petersburg staged a race to see who has more tournaments. City on the Neva was leading 2:1, but starting next year it will be 2:2. Peter has a men's St. Petersburg Open and women's Ladies Trophy. Moscow is rightfully proud of the Kremlin Cup, where both men and women play, and now it will also have a separate competition for ladies - the July International tournament on the open clay courts of the Juan Antonio Samaranch National Tennis Center of Russia.

Why the WTA's generosity? It's simple. The organizers of the Moscow tournament bought a license from the competition in Båstad (Sweden), which took place in the last week of July. This place on the calendar cannot be called convenient. The new Moscow tournament will be held on clay right before the start of the American series on hard court, where all the strongest tennis players will probably go. It is unlikely that Maria Sharapova will want to play on the ground before this, but the organizers of the new tournament promise to do everything possible to bring her to Moscow again.

results

WTA Final Tournament - 2017 (Singapore)

The prize fund is $7,000,000. Hard. Group stage. 3rd round

White group. Ostapenko (Latvia, 7) - Kar. Pliskova (Czech Republic, 3) 6:3, 6:1; V. Williams (USA, 5) - Muguruza (Spain, 2) 7:5, 6:4

Final position: 1. Pliskova (Czech Republic) - 2 wins/1 loss; 2. V. Williams (USA) - 2/1; 3. Muguruza (Spain) - 1/2; 4. Ostapenko (Latvia) - 1/2

The final tournament of the year starts in Singapore on Sunday WTA, in which, traditionally, the eight strongest tennis players in the world rankings take part.

Red group:
(Romania, 1), (Ukraine, 4), (Denmark, 6), (France, 8).

White group:
(Spain, 2), (Czech Republic, 3), (USA, 5), (Latvia, 7).

The top two tennis players from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

NEW FACES

Three debutants of the final tournament arrived in Singapore at once - Svitolina, Ostapenko and Garcia. But if the Ukrainian progressed and performed consistently throughout the year, gaining a foothold in the elite in the spring, then the appearance of the last two is an absolute surprise.

20-year-old Ostapenko captivated everyone by winning sensationally Roland Garros . But, having appeared out of nowhere, she did not go anywhere after this victory. On the contrary, it continued to show very decent results. Ostapenko reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where she lost to Venus Williams, and after a not very successful performance in the American series of tournaments (defeats in the first round in Toronto and Cincinnati, 3rd round US Open ) played great in Asia - won the tournament in Seoul and was in the semi-finals in Wuhan and Beijing. In August, Ostapenko said that her goal for this season was to enter the top 10 of the rankings and qualify for the final tournament. No sooner said than done. But the Latvian tennis player is not one of those who will be satisfied with just participating in Singapore.

As for Garcia, the 23-year-old Frenchwoman showed herself great at Roland Garros , where she reached the quarterfinals, and then went into the shadows, being considered just a strong player at the top-20 level, but nothing more. But at the Asian series of tournaments in September-October, she performed simply phenomenally. First there was the quarterfinals in Tokyo, and then victories in Wuhan and Beijing. Moreover, on the way to the title in the capital of China, Garcia beat the 3rd racket of the world at that time, Svitolina, and the 2nd, Halep.

But, of course, injuries and being in the top 10 of the world rankings helped Garcia get to Singapore.

WHO WILL BE FIRST?

The main intrigue of the tournament is simple and exciting at the same time - who will become the first racket of the world at the end of the year? When, having won the Australian Open, she went on maternity leave and vacated the throne (though the great American threatens to return in January), the real era of palace coups began. The leaders changed more often than ever (the last time something like this happened was in 2002) - the first in the ranking were Pliskova, Muguruza and, finally, after the tournament in Beijing, Halep.

Incredibly, seven people have a chance to finish the season in first place! Actually, these are all the tournament participants with the exception of Garcia. And considering that since 1975, when this ranking format was introduced, only 12 tennis players can boast of being No. 1 at the end of the year, the girls have a chance to make history.

1. Halep - 5675 points

2. Muguruza - 5635

3. Pliskova - 5105

4. Svitolina - 5000

5. Williams - 4642

6. Wozniacki - 4640

7. Ostapenko - 4510

Whoever wins all matches in the tournament will receive 1500 points. A tennis player who won one victory in the group, but at the same time reached the semifinals (this is possible) and then won the tournament - 1250. There are a lot of scenarios, and every match will matter - and in this case this is not a figure of speech. It is clear that Ostapenko’s chances are rather purely theoretical - she needs to go through without defeat herself and expect that Halep and Muguruza will completely fail. But there hasn’t been such twisted intrigue at the final tournament of the year for a long time. And you need to enjoy this moment while the great and terrible Serena is babysitting her daughter.

Text: Daniil Salnikov

In the last week of October, the top eight tennis players gathered in Singapore, the Russian leaders in Vienna, and Federer again in Basel.

BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global

Prize fund: $ 7 000 00.
Coating: hard, room.
the date of the: October 22-29.
Time difference with Moscow: +5 hours.
Participants: Simona Halep (1), Garbiñe Muguruza (2), Carolina Pliskova (3), Elina Svitolina (4), Venus Williams (5), Caroline Wozniacki (6), Jelena Ostapenko (7), Caroline Garcia (8).

Full list of participants.

Current winner: Dominika Cibulkova.

The final WTA Championship will be played in Singapore for the 48th time; it is held with the participation of the eight strongest tennis players in the world at the end of the season. The tournament was first held in 1971, but in 1986 there were already two draws. The competition constantly changed location - Houston, Boca Rayton, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Munich, Madrid, Doha and Istanbul. Since 2014, the competition between the eight strongest female tennis players in the world has been played in Singapore, and the license belongs to it until 2018 inclusive. Since 2019, among other competitors, St. Petersburg has also been competing for the tournament.

The record holder for the number of titles at the final WTA tournament is Martina Navratilova - eight. Steffi Graf and Serena Williams have five wins each, Chris Evert has four, Monica Seles and Kim Clijsters have three each. Of the Russians, Maria Sharapova won the tournament once (2004), and she was also a finalist two more times (2007, 2012), as was Vera Zvonareva (2008). After her victory in 2014, Serena twice qualified for the eight, but both times she refused to participate. In the current draw, in the absence of Sharapova, Serena and Azarenka, there is a large rotation of participants. There are three debutants in the tournament - Svitolina, Ostapenko and Garcia. Karolina Pliskova, Muguruza and Halep played from one to three last rallies. Caroline Wozniacki returned after missing two rallies. And the 2008 champion and 2009 finalist Venus Williams has not played at all in the last 7 final tournaments. Let us also note that 7 out of 8 participants in the tournament in Singapore, based on its results, can become the first racket of the world. But this is a topic for another discussion.

According to the competition regulations, the participants at the preliminary stage, based on the results of the draw, were divided into two groups - four tennis players each. Red group – Halep, Svitolina, Wozniacki, Garcia; White group - Muguruza, Pliskova, V. Williams, Ostapenko. Based on the results of the group round, the two best athletes advance to the playoffs, where, starting from the semifinals, the winner will ultimately be determined.

Participants in the final WTA Championship 2017:
V. Williams – 4 tournaments, 11 wins / 5 losses, best result – title (2008);
Wozniacki – 4, 9/7, final (2010);
Halep – 3, 5/6, final (2014);
Muguruza – 2, 4/3, semi-final (2015);
Kar.Pliskova – 1, 1/2, group;
Svitolina – debut;
Ostapenko – debut;
Garcia - debut.

Prize fund: € 2 621 850.
Coating: hard, room.
the date of the: October 23-29.
Time difference with Moscow
Participants: Alexander Zverev (4), Dominic Thiem (7), Pablo Carreno Busta (10), Kevin Anderson (15), Sam Querrey (16), John Isner (17), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (18), Luca Puy ( 22), Karen Khachanov (32), Andrey Rublev (37), Grigor Dimitrov (WC), Ernests Gulbis (WC).

Refused to participate: Milos Raonic (11), Tomas Berdych (19), Gael Monfils (36), Ivo Karlovic (49).

Current winner: Andy Murray.

The tournament in Vienna has been played since 1974 at the Winner Stadthalle arena. This is the home stadium of the Austrian national hockey team, in addition, the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was held here. Since 2009, after the calendar reform, the tournament in the Austrian capital belonged to the ATP-250 category. However, in 2015, it exchanged licenses with a higher-status tournament in Valencia - ATP-500. And starting next year, the Spanish tournament ceased to exist altogether. Many famous tennis players won the competition in Vienna - Goran Ivanisevic, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro, Andy Murray. The Briton did not come to defend his title because he could not recover from his injury. The top two seeds are Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem. Two Russians will also play in the competition - Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.

Prize fund: € 2 291 860.
Coating: hard, room.
the date of the: October 23-29.
Time difference with Moscow: -1 hour (29 October: -2 hours).
Participants: Roger Federer (2), Marin Cilic (5), David Goffin (12), Roberto Bautista Agut (13), Jack Sock (21), Juan Martin del Potro (24), Misha Zverev (27), Adrian Mannarino (31).

Refused to participate: Rafael Nadal (1), Nick Kyrgios (20), Gilles Muller (23).

Current winner: Marin Cilic.

The Swiss Indoor Court Championships are held in Munichstein, a suburb of Basel, at the St. Jakobshalle. The unsurpassed record holder here is local favorite Roger Federer - 7 titles. This year he is seeded number one, because after a trip to Asia, Rafael Nadal decided to withdraw from the competition.