Bencic Secures Last Spot At The WTA Finals in Shenhzen

The eight spots for the Shiseido WTA Finals in Shenzhen are now set.  By reaching the finals of the VTB Kremlin Cup (Bencic would go on to win the title). Belinda Bencic takes the last spots.

The eight players in the year-ending championship include Belinda Bencic, Ashleigh Barty, Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep, Bianca Andreescu, Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova and Elina Svitolina.

The top 8 singles players and doubles teams  will compete in a round-robin format. The singles winner will lift the Billie Jean King Trophy and the doubles champions  will win the Martina Navratilova Trophy.

In addition to the Shiseido WTA Finals in Shenzhen, WTA also conducts the second-tier WTA Elite tournament for players who didn’t make the cut to the WTA finals.

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German Soccer Star Schweinsteiger And Ana Ivanovic’s Husband Retires

German World Cup champion and Chicago Fire star Bastian Schweinsteiger has announced his retirement from soccer at the age of 35.

In an impressive career that spanned two decades,  Schweinsteiger won eight Bundesliga championships, seven DFB-Pokal titles, one FA Cup, a UEFA Champions League triumph and played a key role in Germany’s 2014 World Cup win

Schweinsteiger shared the news on social media.

Schweinsteiger is married to former World Number 1 tennis player Ana Ivanovic.  The couple were married in 2017 and have two sons.

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