Although the season is now officially over for both tours, players can still play tennis to boost their rankings in hopes of getting into the main draw of the 2020 Australian Open. There are smaller tournaments still going on both on the ATP and WTA Tours (the Challenger and ITF circuits). MOTW: Kirsten Flipkens Flipkens…
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Mover Of The Week: Nadal This week, I am using my executive power to give the mover of the week honors to Rafael Nadal, even though Kevin Anderson had the biggest change in his ranking. Why? I recently wrote about Anderson and his ranking was expected to drop following surgery. Abdominal Injury May Derail Nadal…
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The 2019 season is just about over on both tours. The WTA ends their season at the termination of the WTA Finals currently taking place in Shenzhen, which is scheduled to end on November 3rd. The ATP Tour has one last tournament in Paris before their season ending finals in London. Everyone has been scrambling…
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What a difference a year makes in the ranking of a tennis player. In 2018, Daria Kasatkina won the title in Moscow and was ranked in the top ten. Fast forward to 2019 and Kasatkina is currently ranked a lowly seventy. She is the biggest mover of the week in the top hundred because she…
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So you want to be a tennis player, great; once you turn professional, you have to continue the hard work to improve your rankings. Most coaches probably advise that you focus on your game rather than your rankings. If you win the titles, your ranking will improve. Yet, once you improve your ranking, the work…
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I have decided to change who gets the mover of the week honors, while I will from time to time go by who has the largest numerical shift, sometimes I will choose based on my own personal preference. Today I chose Mikael Ymer because I personally saw his effort at the US Open and I…
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