Over the next two weeks, join On the Baseline for our annual 2010 Players to Watch series.
For today’s Open Forum Friday, tell us who you think will be the players to watch in women’s tennis next season.
Will it be a young teenager, like US Open sweetheart Melanie Oudin? Or will a veteran, such as Justine Henin or Kim Clijsters, be the headliner of the year? Tell us your opinion by giving us your list of players to watch in the comments below or by sending a reply on Twitter to @OnTheBaseline.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
I want 2 see Sharapova’s progress, but also my fav Henin now that she’s back
also will be checking Azarenka and Wozniacki!
Justine, of course. She’ll make a lot of noise in 2010. Caroline Wozniacki seems hopeful, so does Kim Clijsters.
1. Vera Zvonarëva
2. Maria Sharapova
3. Daniela Hantuchová
4. Lucie Šafárová
5. Magdaléna Rybáriková
6. Jelena Dokic
7. Anna Chakvetadze
8. Nicole Vaidišová
9. Iroda Tulyaganova (if she plays)
Justine Henin
Nicole Vaidisova? As far as I know she doesn’t play anymore, she took kind of a weird sabbatical which has no end
Sharapova of course! I gotta feeling she’s gonna come bursting thru the gates and take home a 2010 Slam.
Nicole Vaidišová played as recently as ITF Dubai this week!
Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin and Yanina Wickmayer! (Yes, I’m Belgian :p)
So Vaidisova is back? Hmm, I thought she was done with tennis for good. Seems she isnt.
Caroline Wozniacki and Justine Henin. Would love to see Justine beat Serena.
In singles, I’ll be watching the two returnees (Henin and Clijsters), Yanina Wickmayer, Kai-Chen Chang, Alexandra Dulgheru, Sabine Lisicki, Na Li, Shuai Peng, Aravane Rezai, Lucie Safarova, Sorana Cirstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. As for doubles, I hope to see big things from the pairing of Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng. They work so brilliantly together (they won three Premier titles this year in Sydney, Rome and Beijing) and deserve success.
Well, i have to say that there will always be players to watch out for in tennis but as its a long season im not sure if anyone will really come through firing as it’s about having that consistency which seems to be lacking, im surprised that no one has so far mentioned Li na and samantha stosur as they both had a good run on the tour last year for some of the time. It would be good to see wickmayer do well or even a new face who goes against what people expect a female tennis player to represent. In my opinion venus and serena have nothing else to prove so it doesn’t matter if they don’t win a grand slam. Im sure we will all enjoy what happens. Take care to you all
Azarenka and Ivanovic (both pending health issues); Wozniacki already has proven she can be a force, and Sabine Lisicki seems to have what it takes to reach down deep and gut one out.
Still young and developing players, Sorana Cirstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are working hard – payoff soon?
I would like to know how Anna Ivanavic is going?. I believe SAM Stosur will continue to go into top 10.
Aussie ANNA as she is with the best aussie golfer, Adam Scott
Yeah, good call on Ana. Hopefully she’ll regain her form and reach for the trophy in 2010.
Henin, of course!
Ana ivanovic of course