Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka qualify for WTA Championships
The WTA has confirmed that Australian Open champion and current world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and French Open champion Maria Sharapova, who will sit atop the WTA rankings at No. 1 and No. 2 when the new rankings are released on Monday, have qualified for the WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul.
Sixth-ranked tennis player Maria Sharapova will play for the Russian national team in a new international tournament January 7-9, 2009, in Hong Kong.