Halep secures 6th title in Sofia

Simona Halep of Romania won the WTA Garanti Koza Tournament of Champions here on Sunday after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. On the road to the glory since Tuesday, Halep beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-3, 6-3, Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 6-4, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-1, 6-1 and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Halep will finish the season as the world number 11.

Ivanovic beats Stosur, 2-0 in Sredets group

No. 2-seeded Ana Ivanovic beat Australian Samantha Stosur with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 scoreline to improve 2-0 in Group Sredet. Twice ToC champion who is bidding for her third title is now 8-0 in the tournament history.Ivanovic will take on Elena Vesnina to book a spot in the semi final and first place finish in their group. Vesnina and Stosur are tied at 1-1 in the group. Tsvetana Pironkova, seeded eighth, is 0-2 going into her final round-robin match against Stosur. Vesnina defeated Pironkova 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 on Thursday

Tournament of champions - Day 2 results

Samantha Stosur def. Elena Vesnina 6-3,6-3
Simona Halep def. Alize Cornet 6-4,6-4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Elina Svitolina 6-2,6-4

Ivanovic storms past Pironkova, Kirilenko withdraws

Two-time champion Ana Ivanovic made a flying start to the Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions, defeating Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets 6-0,6-2 in her first round robin match. Ana has won the event twice and is unbeaten at the tournament of champions. She will face Elena Vesnina in her second round robin encounter. 3rd seed Maria Kirilenko was trailing 0-5 in the opening set against Alize Cornet and forced to retire due to a knee injury. Later Kirilenko withdrew from the tournament and Elina Svitolina has replaced the Russian. Tournament's top seed Simona Halep cruised to straight-set victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-3,6-3.

The No.3-seeded Kirilenko was trailing the No.7-seeded Cornet in the first set, 5-0, when she was forced to stop play due to a left knee injury - afterwards she announced she is out of the tournament. - See more at: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3516064/title/cornet-advances-kirilenko-withdraws#sthash.cohSFV8N.dpuf

The No.3-seeded Kirilenko was trailing the No.7-seeded Cornet in the first set, 5-0, when she was forced to stop play due to a left knee injury - afterwards she announced she is out of the tournament. - See more at: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3516064/title/cornet-advances-kirilenko-withdraws#sthash.cohSFV8N.dpuf

Tournament of Champions Sofia draw

Williams wins YEC final

Serena Williams ended the best season of her career beating Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 to win WTA season ending championship in Istanbul. Williams clinched second consecutive WTA Championship and fourth overall and finishes the season with 11 WTA titles to her name this year. Also Williams has won 78 of 82 matches this year and is set to finish the year as the top ranked player for the third time in her career after 2002 and 2009. Williams win brought her annual winnings to whopping $12.4 million, record breaking earning.

Serena wins, Jankovic beats Azarenka

World number one Serena Williams beat Agnieszka Radwanska for the eighth time in eight matches to move towards the semi-finals of the WTA Championships. In White Group Serbia's Jelena Jankovic beat second seed Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-3 to collect the first win of the championship and first win at the championship since 2009. Meanwhile former French Open champion Li Na beat Sara Errani 6-3,7-6 in Li's first match of the tournament.

Serena starts title defense, Azarenka and Kvitova win

World number one and the defending champion Serena Williams of the USA beat Angelique Kerber 6-3,6-1 to collect the first win of 2013 year end championship in Istanbul. Williams hit staggering 31 winners en route to the win. Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, seeded third, lost 6-4 6-4 to the Czech Republic's fifth seed Petra Kvitova. Kvitova, winner of 2011 championship, lost to Radwanska last year in the only match she played before pulling out. Runner up to Kvitova in 2011, Second seed, Victoria Azarenka was made to work hard for a 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 victory over Italian world number seven Sara Errani.

Istanbul draw

Red Group

Serena Williams
Agnieszka Radwanska
Petra Kvitova
Angelique Kerber

White Group

Victoria Azarenka
Li Na
Sara Errani
Jelena Jankovic

Ivanovic, Stosur reach final 8 in Moscow

Samantha Stosur of Australia advanced to the quarter finals of the Kremlin Cup by beating Alize Cornet of France 6-4,6-1. Stosur will face Ana Ivanovic of Serbia who knocked out Klara Zakopalova 6-3,6-1. Earlier Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Sweden's Sofia Arvidson. 

New rankings - 14/10/13

Current WTA top 20:

1 Serena Williams (USA) 13,260pts
2 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 8,206pts
3 Maria Sharapova (Rus) 6,941pts
4 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 6,195pts
5 Na Li (Chn) 5,365pts
6 Sara Errani (Ita) 4,435pts
7 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 4,315pts
8 Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 3,860pts
9 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 3,845pts
10 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 3,805pts
11 Roberta Vinci (Ita) 3,195pts
12 Sloane Stephens (USA) 3,185pts
13 Marion Bartoli (Fra) 3,172pts
14 Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 2,845pts
15 Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 2,830pts
16 Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 2,755pts
17 Carla Suarez Navarro (Esp) 2,735pts
18 Simona Halep (Rou) 2,685pts
19 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 2,595pts
20 Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 2,495pts

Kerber tops Ivanovic in Linz

Top-seeded Angelique Kerber won her first WTA title of the season and third overall by defeating two-time champion Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 7-6 (6) at the Generali Ladies on Sunday.

Ivanovic, runner up.

Stosur wins Japan Open

Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur fought back from a first set loss to claim victory Sunday against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the Japan Women's Open final. Stosur won in her other WTA event final this year when she beat then world number three Victoria Azarenka in Carlsbad in early August.

Luxembourg draw

Moscow draw

Finalists set in Linz and Osaka

Two-time former champion Ana Ivanovic defeated Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4 Saturday to set up a final against top-seeded Angelique Kerber at the Generali Ladies in Linz. Kerber outclassed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2,6-0 in her semi final match. By reaching the semifinals, Kerber secured the eighth and final spot in the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul. Both Ivanovic and Kerber eye for the first title of the year.

Meanwhile in Osaka, WTA Japan Open, 19-year-old Eugenie Bouchard of Canada beat Japan’s Kurumi Nara 6-2, 6-2 to reach her first career WTA tour final. She will face Samantha Stosur of Australia, who swept past American teenager Madison Keys 6-1, 6-2 in her semi final match.

Ivanovic enters Linz semis, Stephens out

Ana Ivanovic beat Dominica Cibulkova 6-2,6-4 to reach semi finals of Generali Ladies Linz. Two-time former champion Ana Ivanovic will take on Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland in the semifinals. The 58th-ranked Voegele advanced after upsetting second-seeded Sloane Stephens of the United States 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5.

Kerber qualifies for Istanbul

Germany's Angelique Kerber claimed the eighth and final place for the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul by reaching the Linz semi-finals on Saturday. Kerber, the world number 10, made sure of her place in the October 22-27 event by beating Austria's Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, 6-3, 6-1.

Stephens beats Petkovic, Kerber one win away

Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens reached the quarter-finals of the Linz Open beating Romania's Alexandra Cadantu and Andrea Petkovic respectively. Kerber prevailed in 50 minutes to place in the last eight stage and now she is one win away from qualifying for WTA year end championship in Istanbul. Stephens eliminated Petkovic 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-3 in two hours and 31 minutes.

Stosur marches through in Osaka

Samantha Stosur of Australia has made her second semi-final of the year, overcoming Japanese Misaki Doi 6-1,3-6,6-3 in the quarter finals of Japan open in Osaka. Stosur is joined by Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, Madison Keys of the USA and local favourite Kurumi Nara.