Paris: One of the toughest competitors during her day, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario said it would be interesting if the WTA finals went back to playing the title round in best-of-five sets. The three-time French Open champion, who was announced as the ambassador for the season-ending WTA Finals Singapore, had competed in the final of the WTA Championships in 1993 in the best-of-five format against Steffi Graf and lost 1–6, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6. “I don’t know if it was the most tiring final because I have played a few tough three-hour matches at Roland Garros, but it was definitely the longest,” Sanchez-Vicario said here yesterday.

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario