Honestly, I don't see a technical possibility of her covering such a gap. Or maybe they would award triple bonus points fro beating Venus? Perhaps, that would be fair. But still not enough.
This thread is senseless! By no means can Dokic be in the top5 next week! Even if she gives a double bagel to Venus! She would need to win Antwerp and then Scottsdale to enter the top5!!!
The mere idea of it is interesting due to some other possibility. Jelena won't be Top 5 next week. Neither she will be in fortnight. But she is more than likely to be Top 5 by May. Has it ever happened that Top 5 player hasn't reached a single Slam QF during the ranking year?
I was correct. Amazingly, Maggie was ranked 4th in the world after the 96 OZ, despite missing OZ and Wimby, and only reaching the 2nd round at RG and US.