Tomorrow, the final major event of the WTA season kicks off with the world's 8 finest players in attendance. With the year end number one ranking on the line, this year's Championship seems all the more exciting! These are the two round robin groups:-
Red Group- Azarenka, S. Williams, Kerber, Li
White Group- Sharapova, A. Radwanska, Kvitova, Errani
Tomorrows schedule is:-
A. Radwanska vs Kvitova- Kvitova's making her 2nd appearance at the Championships and leads the head to head 3-0, including winning their match right here in the round robins last year in straight sets. Though Radwanska has been in better form lately and is appearing in her 4th championships (including alternate positions), the defending champion comes to life indoors and I feel Kvitova will win the match.
S. Williams vs Kerber- Williams has played astonishingly well this season, winning 6 titles and the last 2 majors and the Olympics. Despite the fact she hasn't played since the US Open, we all know Serena can bounce back brilliantly without any matches. Williams is also appearing in her 7th Championships and every time she hasn't withdrew from the tournament due to injury, she's gone on to reach the final. However, Kerber has a 1-1 head to head record with Williams, as 1 of only 4 players to beat Serena this year. I feel in Kerber's debut though, that Williams will win it, but I think it will be close.
Sharapova vs Errani- Sharapova's making her 6th appearance at the Championships compared to Errani's first, whilst also winning their only previous encounter comfortably. Errani's also been nursing an injury recently and I feel that Sharapova will be much too strong, winning comfortably.
That's my predictions for day 1. Let's see.
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