Caroline Wozniacki will Try To Secure The year

Caroline Wozniacki will try to secure the year-end world number one ranking at the WTA Championships, which begin in Istanbul on Tuesday. 

Wozniacki must win the title, or reach the final with with two or more round-robin wins, to guarantee the top spot.

The Dane has been drawn with Petra Kvitova, Vera Zvonareva and Agnieszka Radwanska in the red group.

Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Li Na and Sam Stosur complete the line-up in the white group.

"Of course when you've been number one the whole year, you'd like to finish the last week as number one as well," said Wozniacki.

"That would mean a lot to me since not a lot of people have finished the year two times in a row as number one."

Former world number one Sharapova is Wozniacki's closest challenger in the rankings but the Russian must at least reach the final to have a chance of finishing the year as number one.

Kvitova and Azarenka also have a mathematical chance of finishing in top spot, but both would require Wozniacki not to win a match and other results to go their way.

Sharapova has recovered from the ankle injury she suffered in Tokyo last month and takes her place in the end-of-season showpiece for the first time since 2007, a serious shoulder problem having disrupted her career in recent years.

"It's tough to talk about [number one] coming off the injury in Tokyo and not even knowing if I'd be able to compete for the rest of the year," said the 24-year-old.

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