Radwanska's Big Objective In 2016
Agnieszka Radwanska has never been shy about her biggest objective – winning a Grand Slam.
Since October, she’s been asked about her Grand Slam chances almost as many times as she’s been congratulated on her win at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. And with good reason, too: despite it being the biggest title of her career, Radwanska is one of only two WTA Finals winners to not have at least one Grand Slam title in her resume.
“The goal, of course, is winning a Grand Slam,” Radwanska said ahead of last year’s Australian Open. “I didn’t make it yet, so I’m trying everything to win those Slams.
“I was close few times, but I never won seven matches in a row.”
Starting off the new season, Radwanska seems primed to peak at the right time. Her slow start to the 2015 season – which months ago sent alarm bells ringing in the Polish camp – now puts her in an excellent position to make big gains early on. She has relatively few points to defend from now through the Australian Open, a Slam where she’s consistently made deep runs, previously reaching the semifinals once and the quarterfinals four times.
Though the objective stays the same, there will be no big overhaul to her team. This time around Radwanska, who for a short time last year had supercoach Martina Navratilova on her team, is sticking with longtime coach Tomasz Wiktorowski.
The World No.5 will start her hardcourt campaign in Shenzhen, and she’s hoping the wave of momentum and confidence from her Asian swing surge – winning Tokyo and Tianjin, reaching the semifinals in Beijing and, of course, clinching the WTA Finals in Singapore – will propel her to the last big accolade she’s missing.