Tournament of Champions Sofia

dont know looks quite competitive , wozzy shoud scrap throu but kir may have tough times,she is not in greatest of forms recently

he he was being a little cheeky, Vinci and Sushi (no not racist ffs Su-Sie) dangerous outsiders and Zheng with not much form should still see Kiri through perhaps although thought Kiri was making a final stretch at Istanbul and not expected to do much here for a while now

Pivu at home yes, glad you pointed that out had gone me by tbh
Zheng with recent form would surprise me to make an impression all of a sudden but wouldn't be the first time. interesting anyway might give us more interesting semis than the other day, how's the court?

dont know about court ,didnt worked out it yet ,you just told me  how groups are  like tbh


i hope too,but actually i think wozzy  is a banker to win it if she isnt injured or something

damn that is bad news matt hughes

Woz yes, but how the rest of the group pans out will be interesting. afraid i must agree there isn't anyone there that will take her atm, Kiri if fully fit could but, and she's always motivated that girl

I think too Vinci could be a deception here...

I think Vinci will be not in semi

No Ivanovic here to receive the double bagel on the hands of Vinci

Not that I wish that any player gets injured, but if that did happen I wouldn't be too upset since Sofia (Arvidsson) is first alternate.

are there no ranking points for this tourney? Anyone know the prize money for each match etc?

I think Wozi should win it

yes, there are ranking points. more info should be on wtatennis.com

The total prize money for the 2012 Tournament of Champions is US$750,000.

Stage     Singles                   Points 1
Champion     RR2 + 190,000       RR2 + 195
Runner-up     RR2 + 65,000             RR2 + 75
Semifinalist     RR2 + 10,000             RR2
Round Robin (3 wins)     80,000        180
Round Robin (2 wins)     65,000       145
Round Robin (1 win)     50,000      110
Round Robin (0 wins)     35,000      75

Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
          Wozniacki Petrova Kirilenko Vinci Hsieh Zheng HantuchováPironkova    
1  Caroline Wozniacki         4–1   5–1        0–1    2–0 1–3    5–1     3–0
2 Nadia Petrova    1–4            4–4      2–2     1–0  8–1   4–3      0–1    
3  Maria Kirilenko 1–5      4–4         3–2     1–0   3–5   2–5     0–0   
4  Roberta Vinci   1–0    2–2      2–3                 1–0   1–3   2–2     3–0    
5 Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 0–2  0–1      0–1     0–1           1–0   0–1     0–0    
6 Zheng Jie     3–1        1–8      5–3     3–1     0–1         0–6     2–0        
7  Daniela Hantuchová 1–5  3–4      5–2     2–2     1–0    6–0          1–0    
8  Tsvetana Pironkova 0–3  1–0      0–0     0–3     0–0    0–2   0–1

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I understand the istanbul tourney with the best female players playing against each other.....but how is this group of players champions?

the only thing to note about the points is that Wozi can finish the year in the top 10. She is 55 points behind bartoli. That should mean a lot more money from endorsements than the prizes on offer

Vincinator missed it having done almost half the task

hope you get, though SuHsieh might drive the price up with a first set

it was arb from the beginning, very small one, so there's no greening out to do.