Clay can cause significant problems for tennis players, even for the very best in the world, but it is a surface upon which Caroline Wozniacki has already started to triumph at the beginning of the 2011 clay court season.
If Wozniacki can now go out at the upcoming big clay event, the famous and widely admired French Open at its intimidating home of Roland Garros, and really prove in style precisely how good she can be on her day, then we know that her emergence from a solid contender to a woman capable of dominating the sport for many years to come is well and truly on the cards. The French Open tennis odds suggest she is in with every chance.
However, for this to happen, Wozniacki will need to show that she has it in her to be a great of the modern era by playing her very best tennis against a group of players that may not include the Williams sisters and therefore should (at least theoretically) be a little bit easier to triumph against. As anyone looking at the French Open 2011 tennis betting will know, the player has struggled to give her best at Grand Slams in the past.
If Wozniacki can emerge in Paris and beat individuals who don’t perhaps have quite as much experience under their belts as the Williams duo, she will stand a far, far better chance of securing victory once again when she does next come up against the sheer brute force that seems to bring the Williams sisters glory at the business end of Grand Slams so effectively.
Having said all this, it’s worth remembering that the player herself is yet to bring an end to a somewhat surprising run that is yet to see her win a single Grand Slam event, and all those who follow Scotland’s Andy Murray realise just how hard it is to get that precious first victory.
