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juki · Dec 8th, 2012, 06:47 PM

If my math is right, Katerina would end the year with #1 ranking if she wins the final and Taylor loses her doubles semi (playing now). The final points tally would be Katerina with 1378.75 points and Taylor 1360.

Would be shocking if Taylor and Gabby lost to Dunne/Makarova though...

simonsaystennis · Dec 8th, 2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by juki

If my math is right, Katerina would end the year with #1 ranking if she wins the final and Taylor loses her doubles semi (playing now). The final points tally would be Katerina with 1378.75 points and Taylor 1360.

Would be shocking if Taylor and Gabby lost to Dunne/Makarova though...

What I'm confused about is that at the beginning of the tourney they said Taylor had to reach the finals in order to secure number 1, but then the USTA released something after she reached the semis that she had clinched it. I would think they wouldn't have released that news had they not been 100% sure, but who knows.

Regardless of the loss, it's been a great year for Taylor. She has loads to be proud of and I'm really looking forward to seeing how her game progresses as she plays more on the pro tour. Am I the only one that thinks playing the junior slams might still be a good idea for her though? I'm a huge proponent of players not lingering in juniors, however it is not like Taylor is dominating at this level in singles. She has had some great singles results of course, but her doubles results are what have really locked up number one for her. It might be a good idea for her to complement a pro-heavy schedule with just playing the junior slams. Sloane and Melanie both did that at 17 if I remember correctly.

Konjuh is really someone to watch out for. Sounds like she's matured a ton both physically and in her game... I'll be interested to see how she does this next year.

juki · Dec 8th, 2012, 07:35 PM

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What I'm confused about is that at the beginning of the tourney they said Taylor had to reach the finals in order to secure number 1, but then the USTA released something after she reached the semis that she had clinched it. I would think they wouldn't have released that news had they not been 100% sure, but who knows.

Yup, USTA is right

On her ITF profile page, they don't add in her 180 doubles bonus points, so they show her points total as 1300 and not 1345 as rankings reflect. I went of the 1300 number, my mistake.

Barktra · Dec 8th, 2012, 07:45 PM

Well Gabby and Taylor won, so I guess it doesn't matter now

Taylor could have an amazing doubles career IMO

chingching · Dec 8th, 2012, 07:50 PM

Ana

I can't believe Marcella lost

Time for Ana to retrieve Anett's title

Barktra · Dec 8th, 2012, 07:51 PM

I got Taylor being 40-4 in junior doubles this year

moodin0931 · Dec 8th, 2012, 08:22 PM

Ana

Marcela

I actually don't like Siniakova

Mary Chain · Dec 8th, 2012, 08:42 PM

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I actually don't like Siniakova

Why?

chingching · Dec 8th, 2012, 10:48 PM

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Ana

Marcela

I actually don't like Siniakova

I don't mind her

Although I think she is way overranked

Dan_Doe · Dec 8th, 2012, 10:59 PM

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I don't mind her

Although I think she is way overranked

I'm usually sick about your opinions of different players being overranked or overrated, but I have to admit that anyone winning the Osaka GA is overranked.

spiceboy · Dec 8th, 2012, 11:49 PM

Sara Sorribes should have played this. She is the reigning U16 European Champion beating Siniakova easily in the final. Since Orange Bowl is played on claycourts again she could have done some damage here.

chingching · Dec 8th, 2012, 11:49 PM

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I'm usually sick about your opinions of different players being overranked or overrated, but I have to admit that anyone winning the Osaka GA is overranked.

I personally have a different opinion on the rankings.
I think more emphasis on Grand Slams is needed, that's why I often complain

But to tell you the truth, I think that the rankings are pretty appropriate right now, with Konjuh, Abanda, Kontaveit, Bouchard, Townsend and Lottner all being Top 10

Dan_Doe · Dec 9th, 2012, 12:24 AM

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Sara Sorribes should have played this. She is the reigning U16 European Champion beating Siniakova easily in the final. Since Orange Bowl is played on claycourts again she could have done some damage here.

Could have done some damage?

I think she would've been the big favorite to take the title

Sara doesn't give a shit about juniors and I think that's the right choice. If she did, she would've been a big threat to any top player on clay though.

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I think more emphasis on Grand Slams is needed, that's why I often complain

But to tell you the truth, I think that the rankings are pretty appropriate right now, with Konjuh, Abanda, Kontaveit, Bouchard, Townsend and Lottner all being Top 10

True, I don't get why tournaments like Osaka or Abierto Juvenil have the same ranking system as the Grand Slams

It's just dumb.
Yeah, the top 10 looks well, but I think Siniakova, Bencic and Uberalova deserves to be there too. Plus, any of the girls ranked between #11 and #15 (Zhao, Danilina, Zacarias, Crawford, Vickery) seems better then any player ranked #16 - #25

BlueTrees · Dec 9th, 2012, 02:37 AM

Well the winners of Grand Slams get double the points of the winners of regular GAs. For example winning a Grand Slam you get 500 points but for winning the Orange Bowl you only get 250.

chingching · Dec 9th, 2012, 05:42 AM

I can't believe that Varvara Flink's Final at Abierto Jiuveinl got the same amount of points as Anna Karolina's French Open Final, Elina Svitolina's Wimbledon final and Anett's US Open Final

Also, they need either to make Grand Slams a seperate category above GA or have less or even no GAs besides Grand Slams :0) I mean some of the Grand Slams are so strong