Wozniacki Wins Her Way to 1
It takes a look back over the course of the year to see how quickly the tennis landscape can change. It may have only been months ago, even those in the know could sit back and wonder to themselves, “what in the world is a Wozniacki?” Now as we enter a fresh slate of tennis for 2011, Caroline Wozniacki is the hottest name on the women’s tennis circuit, whether a casual fan or all-out tennis addict with the direct tv package to prove it. Though Wozniacki has yet to hoist the hardware of a Grand Slam tournament, no player, male or female, racked up W’s quite like the Danish 20-year old to close out the year.When the final dust cleared at December’s end, not only is Wozniacki well entrenched in tennis vernacular, but it is also synonymous with ITF Women’s Singles World Champion and Year End Number One, among the elite honors the sport has to offer. Winning six WTA singles titles in 2010, Wozniacki paced all women, with Kim Clijsters following in close pursuit with 5. No other woman, however, won more than two.Yet Grand Slam tournaments have still posed a relative problem for the youngster, even as she plays better tennis on a regular basis than any peer. Wozniacki has only advanced to the finals in one such event in her still early career, losing to Clijsters in the 2009 U.S. Open by a score of 7-5, 6-3. Not to say she performed poorly, Wozniacki advanced to the Quarterfinals in the 2010 French Open, while advancing all the way to the semis in the 2010 U.S. Open. All in all, Wozniacki posted a 15-4 record in Grand Slam tennis on the year, though for 4 losses are ample to leave one trophiless. It’s far too early for such a talented young woman to begin to fret for her future. The Grand Slams will come in due time.