October 25, 2009

Doha: The Elite 8



WHITE GROUP
Dinara / Caroline Wozniacki / Victoria Azarenka / Jelena Jankovic

MAROON GROUP
Serena / Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Dementieva / Venus Williams

FORMAT: The singles event at the Sony Ericsson Championships, which features eight players, begins as a round robin event, with four players in each pool. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other three players in their pool, with the Top 2 in each pool of four moving on to the semifinals. The first-placed player in the White Group meets the second-placed player in the Maroon Group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.The doubles event at the Sony Ericsson Championships, which features four teams, is a single elimination draw, beginning with the semifinal round.

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