История выступлений первой восьмёрки этого года на Итоговом турнире прошлых лет

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Сайт WTA тура выставил историю побед и поражений  первой восьмёрки этого года на Итоговых турнирах прошлых лет:

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Some have been, some have conquered, some haven't done either yet - what we do know is all eight players who made the cut for theTEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships - Istanbul 2012 will play their hearts out in beautiful Istanbul in a few weeks, with season-ending glory on the line.

Here's how the elite eight breaks down, history-wise...

Qualifier No.1: Victoria Azarenka

~ Fourth appearance at WTA Championships (5-6 career record)

- 2009: fell in RR stage (1-2 record)

- 2010: fell in RR stage (1-2 record)

- 2011: runner-up (2-1 in RR, d. Zvonareva in SFs, l. to Kvitova in F)

Qualifier No.2: Maria Sharapova

~ Sixth appearance at WTA Championships (13-7 career record)

- 2004: champion (2-1 in RR, d. Myskina in SFs, d. S.Williams in F)

- 2005: semifinalist (2-1 in RR, l. to Mauresmo in SFs)

- 2006: semifinalist (3-0 in RR, l. to Henin in SFs)

- 2007: runner-up (3-0 in RR, d. Chakvetadze in SFs, l. to Henin in F)

- 2011: fell in RR stage (0-2 record then withdrew w/left ankle injury)

Qualifier No.3: Serena Williams

~ Seventh appearance at WTA Championships (15-5 career record)

- 1999: withdrew w/back injury

- 2000: withdrew w/left foot injury

- 2001: champion (elimination format - got w/o from Davenport in final)

- 2002: runner-up (elimination format - l. to Clijsters in F)

- 2003: withdrew w/left knee injury

- 2004: runner-up (2-1 in RR, d. Mauresmo in SFs, l. to Sharapova in F)

- 2007: fell in RR stage (0-1 record then withdrew w/left knee injury)

- 2008: fell in RR stage (1-1 record then withdrew w/abdominal injury)

- 2009: champion (3-0 in RR, d. Wozniacki in SFs, d. V.Williams in F)- 2010: withdrew w/right foot injury

Qualifier No.4: Agnieszka Radwanska

~ Fourth appearance at WTA Championships (3-2 career record)

- 2008: fell in RR stage (as alternate, 1-0 record)

- 2009: fell in RR stage (as alternate, 1-0 record)

- 2011: fell in RR stage (1-2 record)

Qualifier No.5: Angelique Kerber

~ First appearance at WTA Championships (0-0 career record)

Qualifier No.6: Petra Kvitova

~ Second appearance at WTA Championships (5-0 career record)

- 2011: champion (3-0 in RR, d. Stosur in SFs, d. Azarenka in F)

Qualifier No.7: Sara Errani

~ First appearance at WTA Championships (0-0 career record)

Qualifier No.8: Li Na

~ Second appearance at WTA Championships (1-2 career record)

- 2011: fell in RR stage (1-2 record)

Как мы видим, 2 теннисистки будут впервые участвовать в этом турнире(Кербер, Эррани). Ещё двое во второй раз (Ли На, Квитова). Ну и главная четвёрка как по рейтингу, так и по опыту на этом турнире и по шансам на выигрыш итогового чемпионата - Азаренко, Шарапова, Уильямс и Радванска.