Following biggest title, Wozniacki slam inevitable?

Caroline Wozniacki’s victory at the WTA Finals has got people talking about what might lie ahead for the new-and-improved Dane.

Wozniacki played imperiously during her time in Singapore, administering bagel sets to three opponents in the round-robin stage and closing the week with a 6-4 6-4 victory in the final against Venus Williams.

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Alicia Molik just called Wozniacki winning a slam "inevitable". We've been here before with Radwanska.

— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) October 29, 2017

Following the victory, WTA Finals commentator Alicia Molik said she believed it was inevitable that Wozniacki would win a major trophy.

“It’s coming. I think so. Absolutely,” Molik said.

“She’s had a difficult path at times. Yes she’s reached the upmost heights of women’s tennis. She hasn’t won a Slam yet but I maintain she will, because she’s always trying to improve, and that’s the sign of the greatest champions in the sport.”

Wozniacki is, perhaps infamously, one member of the WTA’s ever-growing list of “slamless” No.1s. She rose to the pinnacle of the rankings in 2010 and ended both that season and 2011 as the top-ranked player.

Yet incredibly, her WTA Finals title was the biggest trophy of her career, despite having won 27 titles – and at least one each year dating back almost a decade.

Court was slow, true, but winning a big title in that fashion (defense + serve) just might open door to a Grand Slam title for Wozniacki

— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) October 29, 2017

The last time she won a title of arguably equivalent significance was at Indian Wells, more than six years ago. And of the 26 titles she won prior to this week’s WTA Finals, just four had come at Premier Mandatory or Premier 5 level – the equivalent of an ATP Masters 1000 event.

Her best major results were two US Open finals in 2009 and 2014; this year her best Grand Slam performance was a Roland Garros quarterfinal, while she slumped in the second round in New York and third round in Australia and reached the last 16 at Wimbledon.

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Her win over Venus was her first over the American in eight attempts, and until this season she’d never beaten a reigning world No.1.

Yet this appears to be a new Wozniacki, one who has developed her serve into more of a weapon – she finished the round-robin stage of the tournament with the highest ace tally – and who is displaying more aggressive tendencies.

She finished the Singapore final with 19 winners, a relatively high number considering her typically defensive, counter-punching mindset.

Can Caroline Wozniacki win a Grand Slam in 2018?

— Nikhila (@kokudum) October 29, 2017

Victory at the season-ending event can prove the springboard to bigger and better things.

Amelie Mauresmo, also once a No.1-ranked player without a Grand Slam title, won the WTA Championships in Los Angeles in 2005, and in 2006 went on to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon trophies.

Kim Clijsters was another, winning the year-end title in 2002 and 2003 before her US Open triumph in 2005.

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Will it be the same for the Dane next year?

“I’ll definitely try,” she said.

“I get this question all the time, but I just want to enjoy this tournament. Can we just enjoy this without talking about the future? (laughter)

“I just want to be happy that I won this one and then in January we can talk about Australian Open and everything else that’s coming up.”