Singapore looks set to be unveiled later on Wednesday as the host city for the glittering annual finale of the women’s tennis season.
The south-east Asian city-state has been vying with Tianjin in China and Monterrey, Mexico, for the right to stage the US$6 million WTA Championships next year and beyond.
The sports events and marketing agency which managed the bid for the championships earlier this week called a media conference on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the governing body of women’s tennis, the WTA, posted a picture on Twitter of chairman and chief executive Stacey Allaster with the caption “Stacey has landed at our next year+ #WTAChamps host city! Where is she?”
In the photograph Allaster is seen smiling at immigration control, in front of a man wearing a uniform bearing the Singapore insignia.
The season-ender is the most prestigious women’s tennis event outside the four grand slam tournaments - the Australian, French and US Opens plus Wimbledon.
