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   8/20/09

   bringbackpluto

   Are you saying she should be lower or higher??
   
   It seems pretty clear she can beat anyone when she feels like it.
   
   I get the sense she doesn't really feel like much of the time. And she also focuses on the slams.
   
   What happened to Justine Henin? Retired for good?

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      8/25/09

      st203

      I am saying she should be lower.
      
      She may be the most talented but she needs to be more consistent outside the slams
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   8/20/09

   cooper

   They have ranked tennis players the same way for quite some time and feel it is the best way to do it. I think she is better than most of what is out there right now though. They rank them over the year, and the slams do get more points - they also have more pressure and you are usually playing better players which is partially why they give higher points for winning the slams — but they also get points taken away for losing.
   
   It works for me.

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      8/25/09

      st203

      Maybe, but don't you think it makes a mockery of tennis outside the slams when somebody like serena who may well be the most talented doesn't come up with the goods?
      
      I think the WTA need to promote pro tennis as a sacrifice to be made all year round so they should give slightly less points to slams. Maybe 1500 instead of 2000.