The Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters has upstaged world number one Caroline Wozniacki to capture the WTA Championship in Doha.
Clijsters overcame a mid-match lapse to score a three-set win in the final to become the fifth player in the tournament's 38-year history to snare three season-ending titles.
The 27-year-old Belgian went back-to-back when the event was held in LA in 2002-03 and only all-time greats Martina Navratilova (8), Steffi Graf (5) and Chris Evert (4) have won more tour championships.
Monica Seles also won three.
Clijsters's victory earned her a fifth title of the year - one less than Wozniacki's tour-best half-dozen - and 40th of her career and solidified her season-ending ranking of number 3 in the world behind the Dane and Russian Vera Zvonareva.
She also pocketed a cheque for almost $2 million.
Making her victory even more meritorious was the fact this was Clijsters's first tournament since winning her third US Open crown six weeks ago.
