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We hear so much about the 'flaws' of the WTA ranking, but what about the Champions Race ? For me, it fails in every discipline:
- weeks-at-no.1-listings are no longer possible<br />- seedings and rankings can completely differ (so that's easy for the 'average' fan?)<br />- achievements like Lleyton Hewitt's Sydney-victory are forgotten after in January (after 2 months) while the Australian Open are included for 11 months<br />- rankings aren't interesting until September/October (who cares who is no. 1 in March/April?)<br />- players don't care for the Race, they just look at the Entry list
I have nothing against 2 rankings, one for 52 weeks and one for the ongoing year, we have that in the WTA, too. But for me the 52-week-ranking is much more important (and I think as well for most players).<br />So I think it's totally ridiculous to 'hide' that ranking, like the ATP does with the Entry List, and only publish that silly race.
I'm sure I am not the only one with that opinion, so why do we only hear about the WTA and not about the Race ???
[ December 07, 2001: Message edited by: GoDominique ]</p>
- weeks-at-no.1-listings are no longer possible<br />- seedings and rankings can completely differ (so that's easy for the 'average' fan?)<br />- achievements like Lleyton Hewitt's Sydney-victory are forgotten after in January (after 2 months) while the Australian Open are included for 11 months<br />- rankings aren't interesting until September/October (who cares who is no. 1 in March/April?)<br />- players don't care for the Race, they just look at the Entry list
I have nothing against 2 rankings, one for 52 weeks and one for the ongoing year, we have that in the WTA, too. But for me the 52-week-ranking is much more important (and I think as well for most players).<br />So I think it's totally ridiculous to 'hide' that ranking, like the ATP does with the Entry List, and only publish that silly race.
I'm sure I am not the only one with that opinion, so why do we only hear about the WTA and not about the Race ???
[ December 07, 2001: Message edited by: GoDominique ]</p>