15 Photos From The 2015 WTA Finals Final
The center court stage was set for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global final…
Two of the most popular players on the tour, Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska, took the court.
After Radwanska stormed out to a 6-2, 2-0 lead, Kvitova and her huge lefty game began catching fire.
The Czech won eight of the next 10 games to sneak out the second set, 6-4, and go up 2-0 in the third.
But Radwanska didn’t panic – she steadied the ship to break back and get the decider back to 3-all…
And, with her crouch shots in full flow, she pounced – she reeled off the last three games in a row.
The Pole got a bit emotional after closing out a hard-fought 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 championship victory.
The WTA Finals represents the biggest title of Radwanska’s career – it was her 17th overall WTA title.
Beyond that, she went in as a big underdog – Kvitova had won six of their eight career meetings.
But she has one advantage now – she’s 3-2 against Kvitova at the WTA Finals, and 2-0 in Singapore.
Kvitova and Radwanska posed with WTA legend and WTA Finals Ambassador extraordinaire Chris Evert.
Going into the fall, Radwanska hadn’t won a WTA title in more than a year – she’s won three since.
By virtue of reaching the final, the Pole also passed $20 million in career prize money. Kvitova too.
She’s the first player in WTA Finals history to win the title after going 1-2 in the round robin.
And she’ll now be No.5 on the year-end WTA Rankings – just edging Kvitova, who will finish at No.6.