Yesterday, in the beautiful city of Turkey called Istanbul (not Constantinople), the round robin draws had been revealed for this year’s WTA Year-Ending Championships.
A star studded line up of women are included in this year’s draw, including the three women who each won a Grand Slam title this year. And then of course there are the “scream queens” Sharapova and Azarenka.
Here is the line up for both groups:
RED GROUP:
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
(3) Petra Kvitova (CZE)
(6) Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
WHITE GROUP:
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS)
(4) Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
(5) Li Na (CHN)
(7) Samantha Stosur (AUS)
All matches will commence at 14:00 local time on 25th October.
P.S. I wonder why Victoria Azarenka wasn’t included in the photo from the ceremony?? Post your comments below.
In her semifinal match with Agnieszka Radwanska at Carlsbad, California, Andrea Petkovic ran of the court in the second set of the match to go to the bathroom and vomit after she “ate something bad for lunch”, as Petkovic discussed that she wouldn’t have liked to be on SportsCenter for the next 25 years.
Petkovic eventually lost the match, 4-6, 6-0 6-4.
“At the point where I ran out, I couldn’t hold it back anymore,” Petkovic said. “I didn’t want to be on Sports Center for the next 25 years.”
Petkovic did not have a point taken away as a penalty, as she had previously warned the chair umpire. She was also allowed a medical timeout off the court.
“I told her immediately I need to throw up,” Petkovic said. “The trainer gave me something against it. It didn’t help. I just felt this big stone in my stomach that needed to get out. I told them, Listen, I actually just feel fine, I just need to go to the bathroom as quick as possible.”
Petkovic said that she wouldn’t have liked to have the same incident as Pete Sampras at the 1996 US Open against Alex Corretja.
