The World Tennis Rankings
I think rankings can really get in the way sometimes. As a player, if you get too caught up in where you sit in the top 10 - or the fact that you’re sitting outside the top 10 - it can take your focus off of where it really needs to be.
After the Australian Open, the men’s tennis rankings aren’t too shook up except for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s 20-place move to No. 18 in the world. Roger Federer still owns the top spot with 6630 points and Rafael Nadal still sits in second with 5980. Novak Djokovic solidified his hold on the No. 3 slot with 5165 points. After that, talking points is directionless discussion. No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko has 2725 points. He - and the rest of the ranked tennis crew - won’t be challenging the top three for awhile.
Mikhail Youzhny and James Blake each jumped six spots to eighth and ninth, respectively. Andy Murray dropped out of the top 10 to No. 12 and Fernando Gonzalez got drop-kicked out of the top 10 to No. 24.
In the men’s top 20, a quarter of them are representing Spain: No. 2 Nadal, No. 5 David Ferrer, No. 15 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 16 Carlos Moya and No. 17 Tommy Robredo. Interesting.
Justine Henin still has about a 2500 point lead in the women’s tennis rankings. Ana Ivanovic moved into the No. 2 spot with 4126 and Svetlana Kuznetsova dropped to third in the world. Maria Sharapova still trails No. 4 Jelena Jankovic by 450 points to keep her No. 5 ranking.
The rest of the women’s rankings really weren’t shook up to much. Venus Williams bumped up two spots to sixth and Serena fell to 10th in the world but as far as earth-shattering 20-place jumpers, it was a no-go on the women’s side.
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The World Tennis Rankings - Celebrities
Jan 29, 2008 at 12:30 pm
[…] I think rankings can really get in the way sometimes. As a player, if you get too caught up in where you sit in the top 10 - or the fact that you’re sitting outside the top 10 - it can take your focus off of where it really needs to be. After the Australian Open, the men’s tennis rankings aren’t too shook up except for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s 20-place move to No. 18 in the world. Roger Federer still owns the top spot with 6630 points and Rafael Nadal still sits in second with 5980. Novak Djokovic Source: The World Tennis Rankings […]
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