The Tennis Thread

[GirlySports]

Polansky lost 6-7, 6-1, 6-0

He's a strange one.. sometimes he plays really well, sometimes it looks like he couldn't even beat me!

Dancevic won! 6-2, 6-2! Onto round 2 where he faces Eduardo Schwank of Argentina (ranked 166)

[GirlySports]

More Canadian News..

Women's Qualifying Draw for Roland Garros.

96 entrants, 12 qualifers.

There are three Canadian women.

Stephanie Dubois is in Section 4 and plays the 23rd seed Alexandra Panova of Russia.

Heidi El Tabakh is in Section 6 and plays unseeded Sally Peers of Australia

Aleksandra Wozniak is in Section 9 and plays unseeded Lu Jing-Jing of China

[CedarMeter]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Yes that is true.. my calculation was off somewhere. I think Djokovic gets a tournament added on this week or something weird like that.

Points right now are

Nadal 11480 (that is with the subtraction of 1000)
Djokovic 10675

So yes if Djokovic gets 1000 and Nadal fails to get to the semis (only getting 180 or less) then Novak is #1. Nadal not making the semis on clay is very unlikely though!

You could see a big flip at the French Open, Nadal has 2000 point to defend and Djokovic only 360. Can you imagine a scenario where Nadal beats Djokovic at the French Open final but Djokovic takes #1 away from him?

Ok, so if Novak wins the french open will that for sure give him the number one spot?

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

Ok, so if Novak wins the french open will that for sure give him the number one spot?

Even better. He just has to make the final and he's #1.

[CedarMeter]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Even better. He just has to make the final and he's #1.

That's awesome!..My wife is gonna be pissed if that happens, she's a huge Nadel fan..I love Joker and his ridiculas impersonations of other players..He's on quite a roll I hope he can make it to the final.

[CedarMeter]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Even better. He just has to make the final and he's #1.

Alright, I was thinking more about this over lunch..So if it's a Djokovic Nadel final at the french open and Nadel wins Djokovic will still be ranked number one?..How does that work when Nadel has more points than he does.?

[moon]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

Alright, I was thinking more about this over lunch..So if it's a Djokovic Nadel final at the french open and Nadel wins Djokovic will still be ranked number one?..How does that work when Nadel has more points than he does.?

Girly explained it earlier in the thread and if you find that it will give you a better breakdown but basically it works out to your ranking points are in relation to what you did last year.Nadal got the full 2000 points last year so winning this year keeps his points for the French Open the same.

While Djokovic did not do as well last year so he gets to replace his (lets say 800 points I don't know what it is) with the higher points that he would get for getting to the final this year.

Not sure if that makes sense Girlysports can probably explain it better.

[GirlySports]

Moon nailed it perfectly. Yes even if Nadal beats Djokovic in the final, Djokovic will take #1 away from Nadal.

The rankings are a continous 52 week cycle. Someone beating someone else in one match will doesn't mean they get ranked higher.

Djokovic is only defending 360 points from his quarterfinal defeat last year.

So right now the rankings are:
#1 Nadal 12070
#2 Djokovic 11665

When the tournament starts, take the points from 2010 away and it's

#1 Djokovic 11655-360=11305
#2 Nadal 12070-2000=10070

If Nadal beats Djokovic in the final

#1 Djokovic 11655-360+1200=12505
#2 Nadal 12070-2000+2000=12070

[CedarMeter]

Got it, thanks guys/girls...

[GirlySports]

Wozniak def Lu 6-0, 7-5, onto Round 2

El Tabakh on court now, lost the first set.

Dubois just taking the court now.

Dancevic plays after the El Tabakh match.

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/index.html

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Wozniak def Lu 6-0, 7-5, onto Round 2

El Tabakh on court now, lost the first set.

Dubois just taking the court now.

Dancevic plays after the El Tabakh match.

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/index.html

Dancevic won this morning (Dubois too), will take on Victor Crivoi of Romania (190th ranked) to make the main draw. Picked up 16 points for his performance so far. Good chances for Dubois, Wozniak and Dancevic to join Marino and Raonic in the main draw.

[GirlySports]

Wozniak won this morning easily 6-2, 6-2. She plays the #9 seeded American Jaime Hampton tomorrow for a place in the main draw.

Dubois 2nd round match is coming up now out on Court 15.

[GirlySports]

Dubois wins 6-4, 7-6! She plays the 4th seeded player Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain. Will be a tough one.

So three big matches tomorrow to get into the main draw. Dancevic, Wozniak and Dubois.

[JustAnotherGuy]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

.....

When the tournament starts, take the points from 2010 away and it's

#1 Djokovic 11655-360=11305
#2 Nadal 12070-2000=10070

If Nadal beats Djokovic in the final

#1 Djokovic 11655-360+1200=12505
#2 Nadal 12070-2000+2000=12070

This is the best way I have seen it explained. Thanks for the perfect example. Can we make this post sticky? lol

[GirlySports]

Pospisil going up the rankings playing in Asia! Winning a futures event and picking up 18 points (I think).

Canadian report: http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/201...cks-this-week/

[Julio]

Jeebus...what's with Canadians needing a break having to go up against #1 seeds? Polansky in a Challenger last week, Frankie D. in a Challenger this week.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Julio

Jeebus...what's with Canadians needing a break having to go up against #1 seeds? Polansky in a Challenger last week, Frankie D. in a Challenger this week.

Yup draws have not been kind. But Frankie D can be anyone not in the top 50. He just needs to be more consistent!

[GirlySports]

As the French Open winds down... the ATP Calendar continues next week.

Next is the ATP 250 Gerry Weber Open in Halle,Germany on GRASS!

Milos sneaks in there as the 8th seed and got a pretty good draw for himself.
Would be shocked if he didn't make the QF and meet Youhzny.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/500/mds.pdf

[GirlySports]

On the women's side, Rebecca Marino will be a career-high 45th in the world and she's in Birmingham.

Here's the draw, she's in 13th seed. She gets a local wildcard early on Monday. Should be a breeze. She should get as far as facing Ivanovic in the round of 16.

http://www.lta.org.uk/3G/Tournaments...raw-Monday.pdf

[GirlySports]

Good news so far... Marino and Raonic both won their first round matches by identical scores 6-3, 6-1.

Also, both Federer and Youzhny withdrew from Halle... Raonic doesn't have to face a seed until the semifinals! Huge opportunity.