What an utterly erroneous thing to say. She won't be RESPECTED as the world number one by the MEDIA!! End of.
It's ridiculous anyway, it's not as if she's the first tennis player to be number one without having won a Slam final, so why her and why now? I just found it a silly comment about her not achieving in the Slams when she's made two finals this year alone. She deserves her status as number one because she's the one with the most points. You can always argue whether she's the best player on the WTA or not, but she's the one with the best and most consistent results, and really, no-one can argue with that.