Daniela's got a wildcard for Bali.
Jakarta. The “Road to Bali” just grew narrower for the world’s top women players after organizers decided to reduce the number of players at this year’s Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.
Kevin Livesey, the tournament’s director, said the decision to cut down the roster from 12 players to eight — the same number as in the Doha championships a week before Bali — was made upon the request of the Women’s Tennis Association.
The association will announce the season’s rankings on Oct. 25, and six of the highest-ranked players who will not compete at the WTA Tour Championship in Doha will be eligible to compete at the Bali International Convention Center in Nusa Dua from Nov. 4-7.
The six players, along with two wild cards, must also have won an International Series event to qualify for the $600,000 extravaganza.
Organizers are banking on wild cards Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia to draw a crowd.
Hantuchova has fond memories of the resort island after reaching the final of the Wismilak International in 2007 and the semifinal the following year.
The event promises to be more exciting since the round-robin format used last year has been replaced by a straight knockout.
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Event tennis Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions this year certainly followed a top-class tennis players such as China tennis icon, Li Na, then Aravane Rezai and defending champion Maria Sharapova. They are the players who qualify to play in the prestigious tournament later that year.
At least six players who have won the International Series tournaments, will be fulfilled by the two wild cards. The wild card is given to the French Open champion and former world number one tennis player, Ana Ivanovic and the runner up in Bali, 2007, Daniela Hantuchova.
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