Final Prediction

The world number 2, Sharapova and the world number 3, S. Williams will meet tomorrow in their final match of the year, the WTA Championship final.

Both women moved through the competition having topped their respective round robin groups with 3 wins and no losses. Sharapova swept Errani and Stosur aside, and battled past Radwanska in an epic 3 hour plus match. Williams didn't even drop a set in ousting Kerber, Li and the world number one Azarenka. In the all top 4 semis, it was Sharapova's turn to topple the top player, spoiling Serena's prediction that she would play Azarenka twice. Williams simply mopped up an exhausted Radwanska for the loss of 3 games.

Williams leads the head to head 9-2, winning both their meetings this year handily. Sharapova hasn't beaten Williams since the final of this very event back in 2004 and will no doubt want to erase the memory of this years Olympic final very quickly (Maria lost 60 61!) Williams seems to get in Sharapova's head from the off and considering some of the punishing losses inflicted on her by Serena, it isn't surprising.

Still, Williams has twice lost in the finals of the Championships, including 2002 to Clijsters when she was similarly as dominant as she is now. Sharapova beat Williams in 2004 and almost beat Henin in 2007, so seems to perform her best in this final. Sharapova's played well all week, but I have a feeling that Williams wants to end the year perfectly; beating the French Open champion, the worlds top 2 players, her 3rd WTA Championship crown and becoming the 1st player to win Wimbledon, Olympics, US Open and Champs in the same year. I predict a Serena success.