Talk About Tennis 2.0

Aryna had a great chance of keeping #1 ranking this fall regardless of Iga's results, but just didn't play enough and when she did results were average.

Shelton's motto became "humble but thirsty"

Sabalenka wants it very, very badly, and doesn't hide it. I don't think Shelton does either but whatever.

Glad to see that Iga is finally wearing ON shoes. she must have been waiting for her on line.

Zheng up to career high #7 (#6 if she wins the title).

Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:51 pm Zheng up to career high #7 (#6 if she wins the title).

Wow. Good for her.

No change among the top four in ATP (Medvedev could have been #2 with a title), but there is now a huge gap in points between Sinner at #4 and Rublev at #5. More than 3,000 points!

Most notable changes in WTA rankings after AO:

Rybakina -2 to #5
Zheng +8 to #7
Svitolina +4 to #19
Paolini +7 to #24
Yastremska +64 to #29
Noskova +20 to #30
Azarenka -11 to #33
Andreeva +12 to #35
Kalinskaya +37 to #38
Linette -32 to #56
Timofeeva +70 to #100

the only suprising one there is Vika.. why did she fall so much? I dont remember her doing anything great at last years AO..?

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:07 pm the only suprising one there is Vika.. why did she fall so much? I dont remember her doing anything great at last years AO..?

You have forgotten her SF run.

i really didn't remember that! did she really go that far last year?! have to look it up

Guess Yastremska won't have to worry about qualify for awhile.

Rybakina would really like to make some waves in the Middle East before defending IW and Miami points (W, RU).

Almost 1/3 of her total points, right?
A couple of early losses could be costly.

With neither player playing the Middle East swing Sinner is now guaranteed to climb past Medvedev to career high #3 (first ever Italian to be ranked that high).