The Tennis Times » rankings http://thetennistimes.com Your Look Inside The World Of Tennis From a Players Perspective Fri, 25 May 2012 15:47:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 When Will the Williams Sisters Retire? http://thetennistimes.com/when-will-the-williams-sisters-retire/ http://thetennistimes.com/when-will-the-williams-sisters-retire/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:18:48 +0000 Ben Dansie http://thetennistimes.com/?p=7501

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!

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/when-will-the-williams-sisters-retire/feed/ 0 Bubka Vaulting Up The Rankings http://thetennistimes.com/bubka-vaulting-up-the-rankings/ http://thetennistimes.com/bubka-vaulting-up-the-rankings/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:22:47 +0000 Clare http://thetennistimes.com/?p=6938

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.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/bubka-vaulting-up-the-rankings/feed/ 1 Rafael Nadal Pushing for Two Year ATP Tour Ranking System http://thetennistimes.com/rafael-nadal-pushing-for-two-year-atp-tour-ranking-system/ http://thetennistimes.com/rafael-nadal-pushing-for-two-year-atp-tour-ranking-system/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:49 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=6218 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?

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/rafael-nadal-pushing-for-two-year-atp-tour-ranking-system/feed/ 2 Martina Navratilova States the Obvious! Caroline Wozniacki Wont Be the Number 1 Player in the World After Australian Open 2012 http://thetennistimes.com/martina-navratilova-states-the-obvious-caroline-wozniacki-wont-be-the-number-1-player-in-the-world-after-australian-open-2012/ http://thetennistimes.com/martina-navratilova-states-the-obvious-caroline-wozniacki-wont-be-the-number-1-player-in-the-world-after-australian-open-2012/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:31:32 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=6026 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!


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Player / Pts in hand Shanghai Masters Stockholm Basel Paris Masters WTF Beijing Valencia
Federer 8380 Final Winner Winner Semis Winner DNP DNP
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.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/andy-murray-taking-over-world-number-3-spot-from-roger-federer-by-end-of-2011/feed/ 0 WTA Tour Rankings: Serena Up to 31st, Kim Clijsters Down http://thetennistimes.com/wta-tour-rankings-serena-up-to-31st-kim-clijsters-down/ http://thetennistimes.com/wta-tour-rankings-serena-up-to-31st-kim-clijsters-down/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:10:40 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=4495

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.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/wta-tour-rankings-serena-up-to-31st-kim-clijsters-down/feed/ 0 ATP Tour August 1st 2011 http://thetennistimes.com/atp-tour-august-1st-2011/ http://thetennistimes.com/atp-tour-august-1st-2011/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:26:37 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=4262 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 Player & Nationality Pts This Week Rank Diff # Of Trn
1 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 13,155 0 18
2 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 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 1,945 0 23
17 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 1,935 0 23
18 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

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/atp-tour-august-1st-2011/feed/ 0 WTA Rankings August 1st 2011 http://thetennistimes.com/wta-rankings-august-1st-2011/ http://thetennistimes.com/wta-rankings-august-1st-2011/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:32:25 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=4242

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.

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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!

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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.

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