Wozniacki to make a comeback in 2013?

[NadalAgassi]

Does anyone think Wozniacki could return to some sort of respectability next year. By that I mean of ranking somewhere from 3-6, a Premier title or two, and maybe a slam semi or two. I dont see her winning a slam next year (still probably never winning one), or returning to the #1 ranking anytime soon (probably never again), but I do think her strong finish to 2012 could give her a boost. I also think she might finally be fed up enough to ditch her money grubbing dad and hire a real coach to start making the improvements she still desperately needs in her game.

 

[tennisaddict]

I definitely think she will be top 6 in 2013.

Li Na, Kerber, Woz, Aga will be fighting for 4-8 spots.

Kvitova, Stosur, Bartoli will be on the fringe of top 10 and Dope Errani will be out of top 10.

Expect Venus to be in top 15.

 

[NadalAgassi]

I think Kvitova will definitely be in the fight for the 4-8 spots, if not higher as well. I expect a mini comeback of sorts for her too, although unlike Wozniacki a mini comeback from her gives her a real shot at another slam potentially. Kerber I am not sold on staying up there, I could see her dropping down, even out of the top 10 possibly.

 

[rdis10093]

for sure woz can

 

[kishnabe]

top 10 and maybe top 5. Not Number 1 though. No Slam unless she makes changes that satisfies the idiots and the smarts of tennis.

 

[adamX012]

she would be on the list. I subscribed her facebook page.

 

[rdis10093]

she is going to make a big push at aus open

 

[adamX012]

she is going to make a big push at aus open

exactly. senena is a winner..

 

[Deleted member 307496]

She will be top five in 2013.

 

[joeri888]

As long as she doesn't know how to win a point instead of waiting for her opponent to lose it, I don't see her doing it. She's just too sensitive to someone going hot.

 

[NLBwell]

Depends on how she and Rory are doing. He's perked up his game.

 

[sunof tennis]

she is going to make a big push at aus open

Pun intended?

 

[Deleted member 307496]

she is going to make a big push at aus open

Doubt it, I see her going out in the R16 stage.

 

[Racquet Daddy]

As long as she doesn't know how to win a point instead of waiting for her opponent to lose it, I don't see her doing it. She's just too sensitive to someone going hot.

Maybe Lendl should start coaching her :wink:

Dinara, Jelena, Caroline - #1's that will never win a slam.

 

[marpiw]

Does anyone think Wozniacki could return to some sort of respectability next year. By that I mean of ranking somewhere from 3-6, a Premier title or two, and maybe a slam semi or two. I dont see her winning a slam next year (still probably never winning one), or returning to the #1 ranking anytime soon (probably never again), but I do think her strong finish to 2012 could give her a boost. I also think she might finally be fed up enough to ditch her money grubbing dad and hire a real coach to start making the improvements she still desperately needs in her game.

I think she must retire from the sport urgently and leave her place to a younger generation that is brewing today.She had the opprtunity of becoming Navratilova number 2 but she lost it because she never hired a serious coach,she was always spanked by her father on court and perhaps out of the court.I find that her work in a near future could be to put her photo on the package of a Danish cheese dressed as a peasant girl.Sorry for this cruelty but it is what I think long ago...

 

[rdis10093]

her fh is starting to become a weapon. Aus is her best chance with the slow surface

 

[rdis10093]

Pun intended?

caroline does not push, she just plays smart tennis

 

[marpiw]

caroline does not push, she just plays smart tennis

It is impossible to play good tennis if you dont have a proffessional coach backing you...her father is no good and it is the main cause of Caroline's decay...she has no future in the actual conditions...as I said in the above posting she would look great in a photo on the package of a Danish cheese dressed as a peasant girl...and nothing else...

 

[sunof tennis]

I think she must retire from the sport urgently and leave her place to a younger generation that is brewing today.She had the opprtunity of becoming Navratilova number 2 but she lost it because she never hired a serious coach,she was always spanked by her father on court and perhaps out of the court.I find that her work in a near future could be to put her photo on the package of a Danish cheese dressed as a peasant girl.Sorry for this cruelty but it is what I think long ago...

What are you talking about? Her game would never be anything like Martina's Second, while I think she needs a new coach, allegations of abuse should not be thrown around recklessly.

 

[augustobt]

I doubt. A top 15 ending is enough.

 

[sunof tennis]

caroline does not push, she just plays smart tennis

Just checking as she has numerous detractors on here (all of whom she could wipe the floor with). I do think that if she could somehow make her forehand and serve weapons she would do very well. She has some size, so she starts with an edge she could take better advantage of.

 

[rdis10093]

she got to number one with her dad, so he must be dong something right. I dont know if a new coach would be good or not.

 

[Tanya]

she got to number one with her dad

She got to #1 because Serena went MIA post-Wimby 2010. The void at the top of the game allowed her to rack up a ****ton of points from small events propelling her to #1. The lack of consistency from the other girls was of course a large contributor to this as well. Daddy may have gotten her to the top of heap of women that would win a tournament then go out in R1 of another but this year it's been shown that when the top girls are playing consistently she hovers around the top 15 where her game SHOULD be. She has no weapons (unless you count being a backboard a weapon).

 

[rdis10093]

guess we will have to see. I think her fh is much better. look at her last match against radwanska. she went for the lines and won!

 

[tennisaddict]

She has fired Johansson as coach and dad Piotr is back.

“I gave up the job for a while and it went bad. Now I’m the head coach again,” Piotr reportedly told the Polish web site Super Express. “Now we’re going back to the old system, which brought Caroline to the top. I don’t care what the (experts) say. That she can’t hit winners and can only run. We will play as we play, and then slowly improve what we have done well.”

 

[rdis10093]

the borgias would be proud

 

[NadalAgassi]

The only way Caro will get proper coaching is if Rory steps in and fires Papa Woz it seems, LOL!

 

[NLBwell]

She got to #1 because Serena went MIA post-Wimby 2010. The void at the top of the game allowed her to rack up a ****ton of points from small events propelling her to #1. The lack of consistency from the other girls was of course a large contributor to this as well. Daddy may have gotten her to the top of heap of women that would win a tournament then go out in R1 of another but this year it's been shown that when the top girls are playing consistently she hovers around the top 15 where her game SHOULD be. She has no weapons (unless you count being a backboard a weapon).

She got to #1 because she was consitently the best player in the world. Serena was #1 for 2 1/2 years out of the 10 1/2 years since she first became #1. So Serena being MIA from the very top of the game was the normal state of affairs. It is a myth that Wozniaki got tons of points from small tournaments. She did play a lot, but there is a limited number of tournaments that count in the rankings, so, since she did well in the major tournaments, the smaller tournaments didn't help her ranking. If you consistently get to the quarters and semis of major tournaments, that is worth a lot of points.

 

[Ripster]

A comeback in the rankings? Probably. I could see her contending for the top 8.

I still don't think she'll ever win a slam though.

 

[rdis10093]

she deserves one slam

 

[Big_Dangerous]

she got to number one with her dad, so he must be dong something right. I dont know if a new coach would be good or not.

She got to #1 because like Tanya said Serena was MIA, Azarenka hadn't really arrived yet, Sharapova was still trying to get it together, plus she played every single tournament she could. It explains why she hasn't won a slam and I don't think she ever will.

I don't know if I see her being a top 5 or 6 player, she just doesn't have the weapons to threaten the likes of Sharapova, Azarenka, Serena, etc.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

she deserves one slam

You could say that about a lot of players in tennis. I mean look at David Ferrer. Arguably the hardest working player in men's tennis, and he doesn't have a slam and probably won't ever win one. At least Ferrer never pulled some of the crap Wozniacki has.

 

[kishnabe]

she deserves one slam

Her only big title was Indian Wells.

Jankovic, Safina,Radwanska and Znoreva have more Premier 1 titles. She could only manage the WTA equvilant of 250 titles most of here years.

Plus she barely beat any top 10 players......that sad for a number 1 player.

She does not deserve a major. If WTA have a boycott at Australia....then yes she can in but even then Cibulkova could take it from her.

 

[Amelie Mauresmo]

she got to number one with her dad, so he must be dong something right. I dont know if a new coach would be good or not.

She got to number one because Serena was injured, Maria was inconsistent, and the other top players had not rounded into form. In 2012, now that there is finally an elite back on the WTA Wozniacki has fallen back because she doesn't have the big shots. Wozniacki is also kind of immature I have noticed.

Agnieszka dropped her father as her full time coach last year when she lost to Sharapova at the French Open. Robert Radwanski said that Agnieszka needed to see a "psychiatrist" to the press. Well, after Agnieszka father said that unfortunate comment she immediately dropped her father as her travelling coach. And look at the results without Robert pestering Agnieszka her tennis has improved dramatically she no longer has the pressure from him.

Caroline can learn a lot from Agnieszka to be her own woman and not let a man tell her what to think, how to think, and what to do.

 

[NadalAgassi]

She got to #1 because she was consitently the best player in the world.

OK, lets be clear on one thing, WTA #1 ranking does not = best player in World. Azarenka is not even currently the best player in the World and she was a much better #1 than Wozniacki had been. Now if you want to say she got to #1 since she was the most dedicated and consistent performer on the regular tour, that would be fine, but even that would only be true of August 2010-April 2011, as her famed consistency went down the tubes after that, and her 2011 year end #1 is the most controversial in history. As it was Tanya is right on that Serena was certain to be #1 that whole period had she not gotten injured, she had a mammoth points lead even with her limited schedule. Eventually her limited schedule would have cost her the #1 to someone like Azarenka (or maybe even Kvitova or Sharapova) but it is quite unlikely Wozniacki would have ever gotten there.

 

[NLBwell]

Note the word consistent in my post.

 

[Tanya]

Note the word consistent in my post.

"consistently the best player in the world" is not the same as "the most consistent player in the world". Caroline was never the "best" player in the world. She was however, for a time, the "most consistent" player in the world.

 

[NadalAgassi]

It is interesting to look back at the last 15 years and wonder how often the year end #1 was the best player in the World:

1998 Davenport. No, Hingis was the best player in the World.

1999 Hingis. No, Davenport or Serena was the best player in the World.

2000 Hingis. Definitely not. Venus was the best player in the World and Davenport was 2nd best.

2001 Davenport. Another huge no. Venus was the best player in the World and Capriati was 2nd best.

2002 Serena. Yes

2003 Henin. No, Serena was the best player in the World.

2004 Davenport. No Henin or Sharapova was the best player in the World.

2005 Davenport. No Clijsters was the best player in the World.

2006 Henin. Yes I guess.

2007 Henin. Yes

2008 Jankovic. No, Serena or Venus was the best player in the World.

2009 Serena. Yes, but Safina was #1 most of the yea and was never the best..

2010 Wozniacki. No, Serena was the best player in the World, and Clijsters 2nd best.

2011 Wozniacki. No, Kvitova was the best player in the World (well really Serena was the best, but of course there is no way in hell she should have been ranked #1, but her tennis that summer minus the U.S Open final was the best all year by any women, Kvitova had by far the best year, was the best mainly active player in the World that year, and also should have been ranked #1 by a landslide at years end too).

2012. Azarenka. Again no, Serena is the best player in the World.

So only 4 times in the last 15 years has the best player in the World been year end number 1, twice Serena, and twice Henin. Granted that is not all the ranking systems fault, but it does add some perspective.

 

[slowfox]

For Woz I say more tennis and less underwear... it's a win win (think about it... lol)

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

OP: considering who occupies the top 3, unless injury or some other kind of negative occurs, I do not see Wozniacki cracking that, unless she plays the computer to the degree that the numbers simply force her into that ranking group.

 

[Tanya]

NadalAgassi - I mostly agree with your list there, however 2006 Mauresmo was definitely better than Henin in my opinion.

 

[Deleted member 33289]

i believe she hit a faster and heavier ball with her babolat frame. with the yonex frame, it seems like her shots have lost a bit of steam. compare her 2010 us open matches with her current ones. i see a noticeable drop-off in the power/pace department. does anyone agree with this?

 

[oy vey]

She has daddy back as coach so she is happy.