Wozniacki seals WTA crown

THE six biggest prizes in women’s tennis going to six different players tells the story of this season on the WTA Tour. Caroline Wozniacki further emphasised the lack of a defining player in 2017 when she defeated Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the $7million WTA Finals, open to the top eight performers of 2017. It means that the four Grand Slam titles, the yearend No 1 spot and winner of the year-end championships are all in different hands. Neither Wozniacki (right) nor the season’s No 1, Simona Halep, won a major. With Serena Williams absent since taking the Australian Open, it has been an unpredictable scramble for trophies. This was Wozniacki’s first win over Venus Williams in their eighth meeting. ‘Eight is my lucky number so I was hoping if I was going to beat her it would be today,’ she said. Meanwhile, Roger Federer beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 yesterday to win the Swiss Indoors event in Basle. After winning his seventh title of the season, Federer withdrew from this week’s Paris Masters, the last event before the ATP Finals at the O2 Arena in London. Rafael Nadal now needs to win just one more match to clinch the year-end world No 1 spot.

WTA SUPER SIX: Serena Williams (Australian Open), Jelena Ostapenko (French Open), Garbine Muguruza (Wimbledon), Sloane Stephens (US Open), Caroline Wozniacki (WTA Finals), Simona Halep (World No 1).