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With both sisters ranking and stamina dropping, how long will they attempt to keep playing the WTA Tour?
Venus, the elder of the two sisters fell ill during 2011 and missed the majority of the season, causing her ranking to drop to 103rd in the world. Making her come back at Miami this year, Venus did well to beat reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, but Venus was shaky at best and looked exhausted after playing the first set of her matches. In tennis years Venus is old, an incredible player in her time but her time is up, I hope she competes in the Olympics and then retires from tennis.
Serena Williams is simply an embarrassment to tennis, over the last several years she has put in zero effort and expected to turn up and be the best player at every tournament she plays! Serena hasnt dealt with being overtaken very well, arguments with umpires, lack of respect for her fellow players and unrealistic boasting like “I probably played 20%” We have seen players like Azarenka, Clijsters and Stosur overtake Williams and she cannot take it. Hopefully promising young American talents like McHale and King can start a new generation of women’s tennis in America, a generation that shouldnt include Serena Williams.
While the sisters are able to make finals and semi finals at the moment, what happens when they are falling at quarter finals? If the Williams sisters are still playing professional tennis in 2013, god help American Tennis!
Sergei Bubka Jr. has lived his entire existence being called “the great pole vaulter’s son.” However, it seems that he is now being removed from his fathers shadow.
Sergei Jr., No. 182 in the ATP World Tour rankings, played a strong opening main-draw match at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, defeating 79th-ranked Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-4, 6-4, on a low-profile side court.
Rafael Nadal seems to be pushing for a change in the ATP ranking system. At the moment the ATP rankings take in 1 year of results, but Nadal wants to see 2 years used instead (which is used in Golf). Nadal has said the change would lengthen careers by allowing big names to play less often and better protecting injured players. This all makes sense, but there are a lot of downsides. If players want to play less and earn as much money, the only person to lose out is the fans. Fans will only have limited opportunities to see their favourite players play, which I think will drive fans away from tennis and towards more active top player sports (such as Football).
Ohh.. and did I mention that Rafael Nadal would be the main player to benifit from the change. He would becoming world number 1 again!
p.s. Is it about time someone else started a new tour?
Martina Navratilova is really good at stating the obvious. She stated that Caroline Wozniacki might lose the number 1 world ranking.. well of course she is going to! It will be interesting to see who is the number 1 female player in the world after the Australian Open 2012.
p.s. Wozniacki really needed to get close to winning a Grand Slam to deserve the number 1 spot, but it never happened for her!
I have decided to sit down and actually see what the chances are of Andy Murray taking over the world number 3 spot from Roger Federer by the end of 2011. Actually, the chances are quite high!
| Player / Pts in hand |
Shanghai Masters |
Stockholm |
Basel |
Paris Masters |
WTF |
Beijing |
Valencia |
| Federer 8380 |
Final |
Winner |
Winner |
Semis |
Winner |
DNP |
DNP |
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| Murray 7165 |
Winner |
DNP |
DNP |
Quarters |
Semis |
Quarters |
2nd round |
These are the results of both players from last year. Thus, if Andy has a strong run at the end of the year he will probably take over the number 3 spot in the world.
The new WTA Tour rankings are out and here is what has changed after the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
The complete top ten according to the August 15 rankings is below:
1. Caroline Wozniacki
2. Vera Zvonareva
3. Kim Clijsters
4. Victoria Azarenka
5. Na Li
6. Petra Kvitova
7. Maria Sharapova
8. Francesca Schiavone
9. Marion Bartoli
10. Samantha Stosur
Serena Williams won the Rogers Cup in Toronto and she is now 31st in the world rankings.
This week is the Cincinnati tournament in which we will see Serena Williams possibly play Samanthat Stosur in the second round.
Here are the updated ATP Tour rankings as at the 1st August 2011. There seems to be a growing gap between Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
| Rank |
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Player & Nationality |
Pts This Week |
Rank Diff |
# Of Trn |
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| 1 |
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Djokovic, Novak (SRB) |
13,155 |
0 |
18 |
|
| 2 |
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Nadal, Rafael (ESP) |
11,270 |
0 |
22 |
|
| 3 |
|
Federer, Roger (SUI) |
9,530 |
0 |
20 |
|
| 4 |
|
Murray, Andy (GBR) |
6,705 |
0 |
19 |
|
| 5 |
|
Soderling, Robin (SWE) |
4,325 |
0 |
25 |
|
| 6 |
|
Ferrer, David (ESP) |
4,210 |
0 |
24 |
|
| 7 |
|
Monfils, Gael (FRA) |
2,695 |
0 |
22 |
|
| 8 |
|
Fish, Mardy (USA) |
2,550 |
1 |
21 |
|
| 9 |
|
Berdych, Tomas (CZE) |
2,470 |
-1 |
27 |
|
| 10 |
|
Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) |
2,165 |
0 |
26 |
|
| 11 |
|
Simon, Gilles (FRA) |
2,155 |
0 |
29 |
|
| 12 |
|
Roddick, Andy (USA) |
2,110 |
0 |
20 |
|
| 13 |
|
Gasquet, Richard (FRA) |
2,000 |
0 |
24 |
|
| 14 |
|
Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) |
1,990 |
0 |
26 |
|
| 15 |
|
Troicki, Viktor (SRB) |
1,970 |
0 |
26 |
|
| 16 |
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Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) |
1,945 |
0 |
23 |
|
| 17 |
|
Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) |
1,935 |
0 |
23 |
|
| 18 |
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Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) |
1,875 |
0 |
22 |
|
| 19 |
|
Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) |
1,705 |
1 |
27 |
|
| 20 |
|
Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) |
1,670 |
-1 |
23 |
|
| 21 |
|
Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) |
1,575 |
5 |
29 |
|
| 22 |
|
Mayer, Florian (GER) |
1,465 |
0 |
28 |
|
| 23 |
|
Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG) |
1,440 |
-2 |
25 |
|
| 24 |
|
Cilic, Marin (CRO) |
1,395 |
7 |
27 |
|
| 25 |
|
Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB) |
1,390 |
-2 |
25 |
|
| 26 |
|
Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP) |
1,375 |
-1 |
27 |
|
| 27 |
|
Nalbandian, David (ARG) |
1,365 |
1 |
21 |
|
| 28 |
|
Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) |
1,345 |
-4 |
27 |
|
| 29 |
|
Raonic, Milos (CAN) |
1,344 |
-2 |
21 |
|
| 30 |
|
Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) |
1,295 |
-1 |
26 |
WTA Tour rankings are out and Caroline Wozniacki is still leading in August. I still think Kim Clijsters would be the best player in the world if she played more than once a month on average!
Singles
1. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 9,915 points.
2. Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 7,625.
3. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 6,850.
4. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6,115.
5. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 5,941.
6. Li Na, China, 5,855.
7. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 5,437.
8. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 4,831.
9. Marion Bartoli, France, 4,425.
10. Sam Stosur, Australia, 3,275.
11. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 3,245.
12. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 3,220.
13. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 2,915.
14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 2,775.
15. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 2,775.
16. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 2,595.
17. Peng Shuai, China, 2,580.
18. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 2,555.
19. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 2,470.
20. Julia Goerges, Germany, 2,335.
It is now official, the ATP have just released their new rankings and Rafael Nadal is now officially World Number 1. After winning his fifth Roland Garros title over the weekend, he has passed Roger Federer yet again. I cant see Nadal dropping from this position for a while, as he has no points to defend at Wimbledon!
Ana Ivanovic has announced on her website that she has split with her coach of only three months, Craig Kardon. This is a very short appointment for Kardon who has previously coached 18 time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova.
Ivanovic has seen a slide in her ranking ever since she reached the number one spot for a short time last year. Currently Ivanovic is ranked 13th in the world after she lost a whole load of points from her French Open performance.
While searching for a new coach, she will use temporary coaches for Eastbourne and Wimbledon later this month.
Marin Cilic is a young player from Croatia who currently finds himself at number 14 in the world singles rankings. Marin has had a very quick rise to the top. He was playing junior tennis up until 2006 in which he then received his highest ranking of the world number one junior. While at the same time as holding this junior ranking Marin was also trying to build up a senior career and as many points as possible.
After moving away from junior tennis in 2006 Marin focused on building up as many points as possible on the ATP and ITF tours so that he could really make a living from tennis and live up to his potential. Within his first season on the ITF tour he finished 2006 ranked 173 in the world. This season really pushed his career and pretty much put him where he is today. At the start of 2006 Marin was receiving a lot of wildcards into major tournaments in which he would not have received unless he was the top junior in the world, and he made the most of it. Following in 2007 Marin continued his rise to finish the year at 71 and to now be on the ATP tour fulltime. Finally the growth continued even further to finish 2008 at number 22 and top be now a top player who everyone else wants to beat.
It is amazing how Marin Cilic has risen in the world of tennis and this has really been a steady growth from the age of 16. Marin is now a top 20 player in the world who no matter what tournament he plays is seeded. Im a firm believer that when a player progresses from juniors to seniors they deserve a few wildcards in major tournaments to help them get experience and raise their rankings fast at the same time. However, at the same time the player needs to keep his eye on the ball and actually get strong results on the ITF tours, cause that is really where you learn as a player to fight for every point and every match.
Dinara Safina is now officially the womens world number one tennis player. On Monday Dinara Safina has now joined the group of world number one tennis players. Dinara and Marat as the only brother and sister combination to have every been both world number one.
Safina is still yet to win a Grand Slam title but she has twice reached the final. Dinara Safina is the 19th woman to top the rankings since they were introduced in 1975.
Safina won four titles last year, but lost to Serena Williams at the Australian Open this year, who she replaced as world number one.
It is good to see however that Dinara is still in search of more and more titles.
“He has two Grand Slams,” Safina said of her brother in a video posted on the WTA’s Web site. “He’s still much better than me, so I have to catch him.”
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has released the official 2008 season-ending tennis rankings.
Jelena Jankovic has ended the tennis year as the number one tennis player in the world, followed by Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and Ana Ivanovic.
2007 POINTS DROPPED ON NOVEMBER 10: Madrid (SEC)
Top 20 Rankings (November 10, 2008)
1. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 4710
2. Serena Williams – United States – 3866
3. Dinara Safina – Russia – 3817
4. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 3663
5. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 3457
6. Venus Williams – United States – 3272
7. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 2952
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 2726
9. Maria Sharapova – Russia – 2515
10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 2286
11. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 1976
12. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 1678
13. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 1670
14. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 1590
15. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 1494
16. Alize Cornet – France – 1492
17. Marion Bartoli – France – 1410
18. Anna Chakvetadze – Russia – 1363
19. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 1337
20. Katarina Srebotnik – Slovakia – 1272
SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR RANKINGS
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings is the worldwide computer ranking for women’s professional tennis.
The ranking system is a 52-week, cumulative system in which the number of Tournament results that comprise a player’s ranking is capped at 17 Tournament results for Singles and 11 Tournament results for Doubles.
The results used to determine a player’s ranking are the Tournaments yielding the player’s highest Ranking points over the past 52 weeks.
