Talk About Tennis 2.0

Don't see any reason why she cannot, but predicting slam winners is tricky. About a decade ago, Bencic, Leylah, Svitolina and several others were spoken as future slam winners. Yet, they haven't.
A recent example is Andreeva. I still say she will, but we are waiting a bit.

Andreeva is still a teenager

Musetti at a career high #3.

Without looking wouldn't have guessed that... but past the top 2 it's a big ol mess

I am surprised.

Reinforces my point that one should not take rankings too seriously

First of all these are only live rankings and it could easily be that Djokovic or Zverev end up as #3 in two weeks and second who do we think is the third best player (all surfaces) currently?

I say the third best player is still Novak. And then Zverev.
And thanks for pointing it was also live rankings.

Yes - Zverev is defending more points than Musetti

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 11:31 am First of all these are only live rankings and it could easily be that Djokovic or Zverev end up as #3 in two weeks and second who do we think is the third best player (all surfaces) currently?

Certainly not Musetti. I won't be surprised if Machac beats him tomorrow
Medvedev, Zverev, Djokovic, Fritz are all ahead of Musetti. Even Paul is better

I would estimate Musetti has to minimum reach SF's here (= beat Djokovic in QF's) to actually end up #3. If he does that his claim would be a lot more solid than right now.

Really it could be any of the players #3-#7 (Musetti, Djokovic, Zverev, de Minaur, Fritz) who do best amongst them that gets #3. They're all within 265 points right now. Or if we get a surprise winner amongst the next group of players they could hop up to #3.

I'm not sure anyone is claiming much on live rankings in a tournament other than us

Because we never nitpick. Right?

Yup... that's what I mean other than US

Fodder for the "Rankings matter" conversation.
For the first time in the Open Era, the top six players in the world on both tours reached the QF's of a slam. Shelton, seeded 8th, also made it.