The WTA Championships are set to take place for the third year in a row at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from October 26-31 and will see the world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams will compete for the coveted WTA Championships title and a share of the $4.5 million in prize money.
Azarenka joins Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva, Kim Clijsters, Samantha Stosur, Francesca Schiavone, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva and the doubles teams of Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta, Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik, Lisa Raymond/Rennae Stubbs and Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova at the WTA Championships-Doha 2010.
”I am so happy! I was so nervous about this match and now that I am finally there, it’s a load off my shoulders. I am absolutely thrilled and look forward to going to Doha once again,” said World No.10 Azarenka.
“I congratulate Victoria on qualifying for the WTA Championships. She is a very talented and exciting player to watch and it will be great to have her back in Doha competing for a coveted title,” said Stacey Allaster, Chairman and CEO of the WTA.
Azarenka is headed to the WTA Championships for the second year in a row. In 2010, Azarenka won her fourth career title at the Bank of the West Classic (Stanford), and reached the finals of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships (Dubai) and the AEGON International (Eastbourne). She reached her third career Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, falling to the eventual champion Serena Williams.
