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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
And then potentially lose all those points again if he can't keep it up, because his ranking would go up and there would be other players behind him suddenly in a position to steal the points he took off of Federer.
And frankly, you don't "get hot for five days" and take out a bunch of top ten players. If that happens, you're probably better than your ranking and shouldn't be in qualifiers.
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In Toronto last year, for instance, Denis would have earned more than 1200 points (more than the event winner) for beating DelPo, Mannarino and Nadal and only one of those were actually in the top 10 at that point. Top 10 or top 30, the idea just doesn't work for a sport that is built around rewarding players who are able to consistently adapt to others and not just randomly beat a couple higher ranked players.
The best thing that can be done is limiting seeds to the top 16 at these events, which opens the door for everyone.....this is already in the works I believe and gives those middle level players a great shot at more open draws.