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Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win the WTA Championships for the third time and finish the year with another title, although not the top ranking.

Mexico City, Singapore, Kazan in Russia and Tianjin in China are the four cities in the race to succeed Istanbul as the host of the WTA Championships starting in 2014.

Serena Willliams cruised into the final of the WTA Championships by beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-1 Saturday and will play Maria Sharapova in the final.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus made sure of finishing the year as the top-ranked player in the world by beating Li Na of China 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the WTA Championships on Friday.

It wasn't as dramatic as the U.S. Open final last month as Serena Williams played an effective match to defeat Victoria Azarenka at the year-end WTA Championships, Ravi Ubha writes.

Serena Williams extended her dominance over the top-ranked player in the world on Thursday, defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4 at the WTA Championships.

Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams had to work hard to win on Wednesday at the WTA year-end championship in Istanbul, Ravi Ubha writes.

Serena Williams proved Wednesday at the WTA Championships that even when her serve is malfunctioning, she can still beat a top player.

Defending champion Petra Kvitova withdrew from the WTA Championships on Wednesday because of a viral illness and will be replaced by Samantha Stosur.

With the year-end top ranking out of reach, Serena Williams will settle for the title at the WTA Championships.

Serena Williams returns to the WTA Championships with the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles, plus the Olympic gold medal, yet with no chance of finishing the year as the No. 1 in the world.

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka started off her last tournament before the season-ending WTA Championships by beating Arantxa Rus 6-0, 6-2 Wednesday in the first round of the Generali Ladies.

The women's tennis tour is opening the bidding process to find a host city for its season-ending WTA Championships starting in 2014.

Don't be fooled: Tennis does not have, nor has it ever had, a true postseason. But that's OK, because week in, week out, the regular season delivers exciting results.

So now that the tournament after the season-ending championship is over, we can finally look at what's in store for 2012. And, of course, it all begins with Serena Williams.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her first WTA Championships title on Sunday, beating Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 for a victory that will also put her at No. 2 in the world rankings.