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As we all expected, Djokovic has withdrawn from the ATP finals at Turin

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:24 pm As we all expected, Djokovic has withdrawn from the ATP finals at Turin

I didn't. I thought he was training for them. He passed Roger's 6 last year, but this is still an important tournament.
But not terribly surprising. I gather he wants to be really healed for the Aussie.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:30 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:24 pm As we all expected, Djokovic has withdrawn from the ATP finals at Turin

I didn't. I thought he was training for them. He passed Roger's 6 last year, but this is still an important tournament.
But not terribly surprising. I gather he wants to be really healed for the Aussie.

Well, he has said he cares only about the slams and playing for his country....WTF is neither, i guess...not Aussie, Davis Cup if I am reading him right

mick1303 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2024 8:13 pm

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2024 8:05 pm According to the WTA site, Swiatek will need to defend her YEC title in order to finish the year at #1.

This might not be enough. Sabalenka was in the semis last year (with 2-1 in RR stage). She needs to do worse than that in order for Swiatek to overtake her.

According to WTA site, Swiatek's loss today has clinched #1 for Sabalenka. Even if Swiatek still wins the tournament.

TT at a career high #5 in doubles!

Owendonovan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:41 am TT at a career high #5 in doubles!

She is actually better than that ...!

Fritz moves ahead of Medvedev to secure the #4 spot in the rankings for the year. I though Medvedev was going to drop out of the top 4 eventually, but I thought his lead was secure until next year at least.

Neither Medvedev nor Djokovic won any ATP titles this year. Who would have predicted that?

I might have predicted the latter.

The following players ended the year at their career high:

#1 Jannik Sinner
#2 Alexander Zverev
#4 Taylor Fritz
#12 Tommy Paul
#15 Jack Draper
#20 Arthur Fils
#25 Tomas Machac
#26 Jordan Tompson
#48 Jakub Mensik
#61 Zizou Bergs
#64 Arthur Cazaux
#66 Yunchaokete Bu
#68 Alexandre Muller

Watch out for Draper and Machac..

The BJK cup shows, yet again, how meaningless rankings are..Bronzetti beat Linette in straight sets..I imagine Linette is ranked much higher...

Just checked..38 vs 78

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:59 am The BJK cup shows, yet again, how meaningless rankings are..Bronzetti beat Linette in straight sets..I imagine Linette is ranked much higher...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:02 am Just checked..38 vs 78

Rankings are reflection of a players results over the past year - they are not necessarily predictive of individual match results, no are they intended to be used that way.

skatingfan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 7:18 am

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:59 am The BJK cup shows, yet again, how meaningless rankings are..Bronzetti beat Linette in straight sets..I imagine Linette is ranked much higher...

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:02 am Just checked..38 vs 78

Rankings are reflection of a players results over the past year - they are not necessarily predictive of individual match results, no are they intended to be used that way.

Yes, the difference between accounting and finance