Players like Alexandrova shouldn't reach top10, but well what you can do, it's not like players behind her are much better

 

11. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Natasha Chmyreva, Alizé Cornet, Nathalie Dechy, Silvia Farina-Elia, Julie Heldman, Anna Kalinskaya, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Regina Marsikova, Shahar Peer, Joanne Russell, Anastasija Sevastova, Meghann Shaughnessy, Diana Shnaider

She's in great company

 

I forget Nastya never cracked Top 10... an absolutely wild stat. As wild to me as Cirstea never cracking Top 20.

 

Looks good now. She always had talent. Just doesnt have the mental toughness to fight for close matches, like Pegula and Navarro have done

 

she will probably make it cuz Zheng might drop out of top20 after Tokyo and YEC

 

Bencic out

 

She would be one of the least accomplished players to ever reach the top 10 so let’s hope not. She has not beat a top 30 player for over 5 months (and the last one was Kasatkina 😭)

 

She would be one of the least accomplished players to ever reach the top 10 so let’s hope not. She has not beat a top 30 player for over 5 months (and the last one was Kasatkina 😭)

Joining Kudermetova.

 

Zheng won't play Wuhan so Drova will start next week as #10

Tauson and Navarro could pass her with a F
Bencic and Osaka with the title
Noskova still alive in Beijing so if she does the double could do it too

 

all those scenarios assume Alexandrova doesn't go far

 

Might be time to pump the brakes for a bit as Alexandra Maniego Eala is only starting to crack the top-50.

 

If Alexandrova made the top 10 today she would have done so without ever:

• making a slam QF
• making the finals of a 1000
• have more than one 500 title

Her consistency this season has actually been pretty remarkable as she's been pretty solid and made the finals of other 500s, but she would probably be the least accomplished player to make the top 10.

Other examples that people have cited here would still be more accomplished than her, even accounting for their accomplishments at the time they entered the top 10:

• Kudermetova had a slam QF and one 500 title when she entered the top 10...so she has a slightly better resume
• While Mladenovic was in the midst of an epic losing streak, she had two slam QF's and a 1000 final. So, more accomplished.
• Haddad Maia made the top 10 after reaching a slam SF and making a 1000 final. More accomplished.
• Kirilenko had made three slam QF's and a 500 title when she entered the top 10. More accomplished.
• Georges had two 500 titles and had won the second-tier YEC (Elite Trophy) when she entered the top 10. More accomplished.
• Vandeweghe had two slam QF's and two slam SF's when she entered the top 10. More accomplished.
• Raducanu WON A SLAM. Next.
• Bouchard made the top 10 after making the finals of Wimbledon and making it to the semis of the Australian and French right before. More accomplished.
• Kasatkina had made the top 10 after making two slam quarters, winning two 500s, and making the finals of IW. She is more accomplished.

Alexandrova would be the least accomplished top 10 player in recent memory if she entered the top 10 right now. We can argue about why that is, and she may be a "better player" than others on the list, but her resume is extremely weak for someone who is about to be a top 10 player.

 

There always happens to be a Debbie Downer doesn't there. 😢
May as well retire then.

 

And even so, she'd still be the 10th most deservant player ranking points wise so that would tell more about the others who didn't rack up enough/more points than about her.
You'd still feel it's a light resume , sure, but it is as it is ... there's a wider point distribution between more capable players than in the past . Depth, they call it ... or something..

 

THANK YOU IGA

THANK YOU PAOLINI FOR YOUR SERVICE

idc. Alexandrova has officially made it. Did she do it all by herself no but does it matter

WOOHOO

@tony p @Marta Stan Kev @Samsonite

 

THANK YOU IGA

THANK YOU PAOLINI FOR YOUR SERVICE

idc. Alexandrova has officially made it. Did she do it all by herself no but does it matter

WOOHOO

@tony p @Marta Stan Kev @Samsonite

This deserves its own thread

 

Avoided this jinx thread and only now read to through it all and Ostapenkoed everyone who was skeptical and wrong. LOL

suck it haters SHE DID IT

If she’s a weak top 10, that just means everyone else is weak including your faves above and below her for her to be able to make it!

The deed is done. CANT TAKE IT BACK.

 

 

 

So weird.

 

Next goal is to be top 8 this time next year. Thats millionaires row