[QINWEN-GOAT]

these three runs to 470 points are filled with BYES, local Wild Cards, Qualifiers and Lucky Losers ... and the fact that players ranked out of the SEWTA Top 400 were involved

Karolina @New Haven
Offense - playing a SEWTA tournament the week before the Grand Slam USO
SEWTA Ranking @ Time of Offense - #1
1R BYE
2R d #41 Hercog 63 60
QF d #66 [WC] McHale 75 63
SF d #8 [3] Schiavone 76 63
F d $40 [Q] Cetkovska 64 61

Agnieszka @Brussels
Offense - playing a SEWTA tournament the week before the Grand Slam Roland Garros
SEWTA Ranking @ Time of Offense - #3
1R BYE
2R d #105 [LL] Tsurenko 61 60
QF d #450 [WC] Van Uytvanck 62 61
SF d #25 [8] Kanepi 76 63
F d #49 Halep 75 60

Serena @Stanford
Offense - playing a SEWTA tournament the week after the Grand Slam Wimbledon
SEWTA Ranking @ Time of Offense - #4
1R BYE
2R d #403 [WC] Gibbs 62 61
QF d #42 [6] Scheepers 63 64
SF d #43 [9] Cirstea 61 62
F d #120 [LL] Vanderweghe 75 63

 

[Haseo.]

 

[Queenpova]

Serena.

Playing this non entity field tournament AFTER a grand slam win was embarrassing.

 

[Craig.]

What, no SEWTA in the thread title?

 

[Sister Price]

Well, biased though I may appear, I'm trying to see this in a neutral way. Serena did have points to defend. 470 is not nothing. Equally, Caroline had points to defend. Agniezska; I'm not sure if she has an excuse, but... ...

 

[Queenpova]

What, no SEWTA in the thread title?

And no asian players mentioned?

 

[TIEFSEE]

Na-MUG

 

[Trickle]

Combined ranking / 4

Caro 155 = 38.75 average
Aga 629 = 157.25 average
Serena 608 = 152 average

 

[Jane Lane]

What, no SEWTA in the thread title?

NA-MUG has passed his peak.

 

[Wiggly]

Serena.

I mean, Errani had tougher draws this year in her MM orgies.

 

[NYKiriFan]

... and the fact that players ranked out of the SEWTA Top 400 were involved

So what? These 400+ players earned the right to face the top seed. Van Uytvanck beat Pervak & Scheepers, both in the top 50. Gibbs beat Nom. It wasn't like these players were totally inept wild cards and then the accused vultures happened to draw them in the first round.

 

[Chrissie-fan]

Well, biased though I may appear, I'm trying to see this in a neutral way. Serena did have points to defend. 470 is not nothing. Equally, Caroline had points to defend. Agniezska; I'm not sure if she has an excuse, but... ...

I don't see why a tennis player would need an excuse for playing tennis, no matter who she is or how many (if any) points she has to defend.

 

[Alexander18]

Combined ranking / 4

Caro 155 = 38.75 average
Aga 629 = 157.25 average
Serena 608 = 152 average

Not a very relevant stat.

 

[frenchie]

Agnieszka had just lost early at Rome though

 

[tejmeglekvár]

Not a very relevant stat.

whats relevant then?

 

[Shvedbarilescu]

I don't see why a tennis player would need an excuse for playing tennis, no matter who she is or how many (if any) points she has to defend.

This goes totally against the grain of all normal thinking on TennisForum.

And needless to say, as with most posts that go against the grain of normal TennisForum thinking it is so much the better for it.

 

[T-rex]

Unfortunately based on our current ranking system, you are forced to play lesser events, if you want to be #1.

You can't have it both ways. First we complain when top players don't play all of the events. They we complain when they do.

 

[Sister Price]

I don't see why a tennis player would need an excuse for playing tennis, no matter who she is or how many (if any) points she has to defend.

Indeed.

 

[Alexander18]

whats relevant then?

It's just so skewed because aga and serena played a player ranked below 400. Serena and Aga both played opponents that averaged 150ish in the rankings, when really only one player was ranked lower than 150, and the rest were higher.

 

[Matt01]

Na-Mug has passed his peak and will never start a reasonable thread again :crying2:

This goes totally against the grain of all normal thinking on TennisForum.

And needless to say, as with most posts that go against the grain of normal TennisForum thinking it is so much the better for it.

Going against the grain of all normal thinking on TennisForum = having a brain.

You and Chrissie-fan belong to that tiny group of posters on TF, the rest is pretty much forgettable.