Iva Majoli joins Martina Navratilova in line-up for WTA Legends Event

Martina Navratilova

St. Petersburg (US), Sep 18 (IANS)

The Women's Tennis Association named former French Open champion, Iva Majoli, as the fourth and final player for the legends event at the BNP Paribas Finals Singapore, starting Oct 20.

The popular Croatian player joins legendary Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin and Marion Bartoli in the four-player field, who will play best-of-three set doubles matches, teaming with different partners for three sessions over four days.

"I'm so excited to be heading to Singapore for the WTA Finals," said Majoli.

"I have great memories of competing at this incredible event at Madison Square Garden in New York and I know Singapore is going to be a fantastic host city for the WTA's prestigious season finale. I can't wait to meet the fans there. I also look forward to playing some great tennis with Martina, Tracy and Marion, and getting to know some of the Rising Stars and Future Stars of women's tennis," she added.