The 2011 season has just started and we're already thinking about the year-end rankings. Our friend John Bolan used a number of indicators to calculate how the Top 10 will look at the end of 2011. Isn't this a perfect time to get playful and test our projection abilities?

My friends and I play a game each year before the new tennis season begins: "Name the Top 10 players in order at the end of the year". We all have favorites, but I try to use a little logic in the picks.

First, see where the players finished this year. Then think about which good players have been injured for long periods during 2010. Finally, consider how many points players have to lose. Players with many points now must play better than players with fewer points to retain their ranking. Of course we all have personal favorites and think that different players will either rise or sink in the rankings.

My pick for number 1, Victoria Azarenka, has a combination of all the above factors – she has been injured, has fewer points to lose than anyone else in the Top 10, and is definitely a rising young star. Number 2, Justine Henin, and number 3, Maria Sharapova, also fit in the same mold.

One can’t forget to rank the Top 3 players from 2010. Kim Clijsters, Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva are my next 3 picks. Although they have many points to subtract, they are the best 3 players in 2010.

Number 7 is Yanina Wickmayer. She is young and very strong. 2011 will be her breakout year.

Dinara Safina has very few points to lose, has been injured all 2010 and has more to prove than any other player. She will be back in the Top 10. Dinara is also my pick for a comeback player of the year 2011.

Ana Ivanovic is determined. She is working very hard.

In the last spot is Jelena Jankovic who will be steadier in 2011 and hold onto her Top 10 ranking.

There is no expectation on my part that any of you will agree with me on these picks! That is why we play the game! So use the comments and make your picks!

It will be interesting to get back to these projections when the 2011 season finishes. The time will come before we know it! (photos: Karla St John, John Bolan)

Caroline Wozniacki is top-ranked women's tennis player and her official website is a nice complement to her success and popularity. The website has simple and easily navigable design, and contains all the latest information about Caroline, including Caroline's own regular blog posts which update her fans on what she's doing and what she's up to.

Www.carolinewozniacki.dk, done in English and Danish, features an obligatory photo gallery, videos of Wozniacki (mostly related to her sponsors, though), as well as the section containing Wozniacki's appearances in newspapers. Supporting my claim that the website features the latest information on the Dane is the schedule section, which contains the list of tournaments Wozniacki is planning to play all the way until July 2011.

The thing I also like about the website is that it is easy to use, it loads fast, and you can find what you're looking for. I like when photos have descriptions, though, but I can overlook that right now.

The website also showcases links to Caroline's profiles on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, great places to visit if you want more from Caroline.

What do you think of Caro's official website? Would you like to see some improvements?

Can Caroline Wozniacki's defence substitute lack of offense in her game? Our guest blogger Merlisa Lawrence Corbett doubts.

In American Football it's often said that the best offense is a great defense. But in today's modern tennis game, offense keeps your opponent on defense and those who attack dominate those who defend.

On the women’s tour, Caroline Wozniacki relied on defense to secure the No.1 ranking. But is her defense enough to win a Grand Slam?

Wozniacki’s game is a throwback to the play of Chris Evert, who beat her opponents through consistency, often counter-punching competition until they succumb to unforced errors. But Evert was at her best when most of her opponents also hung out around at the baseline or played serve and volley. Read more »

As you know, Women's Tennis Blog is currently on vacation, but I've prepared a number of interesting posts to keep you entertained while I'm away. Even though I won't be updating about tennis happenings in Brisbane, Auckland, Sydney and Hobart, I will give you a bunch of great posts and the first in the series is the compilation of photos of top women's tennis players and their mothers. Enjoy!

Let's start with Caroline Wozniacki and her mother, Anna Wozniacki. Caroline is coached by her father, Piotr, who played professional soccer, but her mother was also an athlete, having played on the Polish women's national volleyball team.

Vera Zvonareva's mother Nataliya Bykova played field hockey and was a bronze medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. You can read a very nice story Nataliya herself told a magazine about Vera's early life and the beginnings of her tennis career.

Kim Clijsters' mother is Els Vandecaetsbeek (the blond woman in the picture), a former national gymnastics champion. Kim claims to have inherited gymnast's flexibility from her mother. Read more »

Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters will play an exhibition match in Hua Hin, Thailand, on the first day of the new year. Wozniacki has already arrived in Thailand, while Clijsters will be there on Wednesday.

The exhibition event is called the 84 World Tennis Invitation Hua Hin, and the match between Clijsters and Wozniacki will start at 5 pm at Centennial Park, InterContinental Hua Hin Resort. The women’s exhibition will be followed by the match of American twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan against Thai twins Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana.

Wozniacki and Clijsters will sign a get-well book for His Majesty the King at Siriraj hospital on Thursday and after that they will meet Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at Government House. (source: Caroline Wozniacki's official website, photo: r. olczak)