#76, 78, 79 are spot on in this debate. Murray has been­ so hyped since January to win a Slam and even seeded 3­ for a big wimbledon title that no brit has won in 70­ years. Again Murray played similar to Safina in that­ they got their points in events nobody can remember and­ then moved on. This seeding favoured both of them in­ that at Wimbledon where they have never held a Slam­ title they were higly seeded. Murray got through fine­ until he met Roddick, he beat at queens, another­ unknown event, Safina on the other hand before the­ match insisted she has beaten Venus in Rome masters and­ forgot she is meeting her in semi for a baggel she­ received thereby demeaning no 1 title. In the history­ of this ranking, there is no no 1 who has suffered such­ ignomity as did safina in the semi final against Venus.­ We cannot change the rules of ranking and if ranking in­ wta terms is all about winning minor events to promote­ the game fine. Murray is heading towards that side of­ events if he consistently beat Roger or any other top­ 10 in wta minor events. This is the similarity between­ Murray and Safina.

Oops, commented on the wrong article...

Wow, this is much closer than I thought it was going to­ be. Roddick has a really good chance of winning this, ­ and I kind of hope he does; he deserves to win this,­ he's put in a lot of effort in recent years and has­ been unlucky to have only won the one Slam, so I'm­ rooting for Andy in this match. I'm pretty sure­ Federer will beat Sampras' record at some point,­ regardless of the outcome today; so being delayed for a­ few months or a year won't hurt him too badly.

ure no 1...

Heck with the President of the WTA, and his system,­ because you are different they try and hold you down­ with unqualified individuals, that fits their mold. The­ fact remains you have 3 Majors in a year, they are the­ Grand Prizes per quarter that everyone seems to be­ playing for, anyone WTA player can play 100 or so­ matches per year to build up their­ "consistency" against unranked Girl Scott­ types, and turn in their top five quanity report cards­ so that the computer can register a win percentage..and­ rank your sorry A$$ (6-1, 6-0) A NUMBER #1 RATING TO­ HELP YOU AND YOUR SPONSORS. Serena & Venus, stay­ focus and keep bringing home the gold, the world knows­ who pound for pound the UNDISPUTABLE CHAMPIONS you are.

Serena- you're doing fine. Right, don't let the­ system get into you. You're performance shows­ you're World No. 1. The system cannot deny you­ that. Keep it up!!!

Tony G
Saudi Arabia

Come to think of it, those negative minds, you are just­ jealous of these girls achievement. What do you expect­ to read or hear from 'LOW LIFE' individual.­

Williams sisters go girls you are nos 1 & 2 in­ everyones' rankings WTA needs to move with time and­ drop the antic/ancient rules, this is 21st century.

Michael B "get off your fat black @#$% and win­ some­ minor tournaments" is a valid comment,­ excluding the use of the word 'BLACK'- what has­ the colour of her skin got to do with this debate?­ Absolutely nothing!!

We all know Serena plays less­ games than the other players on the tour but that is­ how her and Venus have stayed at the top of their game­ and continue to win majors. They are the best in­ womens' tennis of today, and though may not be­ number 1, their titles say it all. When you are­ remembered in the tennis hall of fame nobody cares­ about the minor tournaments, in 30 years time will­ people rememember Safina winning in the minors- no. But­ if she wins a major that's her mark made and people­ will not question her being ranked number one.

well said leon c, surely michael b must have heard of­ the pot calling the kettle black, he's just got too­ many mirrors around him......the deluded sod.
Phil L do­ us a favour and logon to the WTA site to read about the­ ranking system or, perhaps not waste your time as one­ needs a modicum of intelligence to understand­ it........ha ha.
cameron don't feel left out, i­ know you've been saying that for weeks and i have­ again thumbed you up........lol.

To Michael B , I honestly cant believe the @#$% you are­ talking about , how can you start slagging of Serena­ calling her a low life piece of Trash with no Class,­ consistency is what you are going for is that it you­ honestly tell me that Safina winning 2 minor­ tournaments and Serena 3 Grand Slams is on Par, from­ the way you talk can see you are a complete @#$% and­ than for you to state that she should get of her fat­ black £$%%@@@ is dispicable . Firstly Safina was­ whitewashed by Venus and surely Grand Slams is the­ ultimate battles no way rome or madrid be compared to­ wIMBLEDON OR US OPEN , get a reality check and get of­ you @#$% and start appreciating winners and not­ complaining about Serena's Conference sge had every­ right to question it even the reporters and officials­ in Tennis field . questioned it as well . Your the low­ life piece of trash for slagging Serena off , you dumb­ @#$%!!!!

AM I RIGHT IN SAYING YOU GET POINTS FOR WINNING TITLES,­ IF SO, THE MORE TITLES YOU WIN THE MORE POINTS YOU­ GET.IF SERENA PLAYS IN LESS EVENTS THAN DINARA HOW CAN­ SHE EXPECT TO BE NO 1.

I personally think the ranking system is @#$% based on­ consistency. How can u be consistent and not win­ anything. Its @#$%. Fact is serena and venus should be­ no 1 & 2, they have dominated every damn thing­ expecially in the doubles and it suprises me that they­ aint even no 1 in d doubles..@#$%! Now Roger will be no­ 1 if he wins wimbledon which he wont tho. Simply­ because nadal pulled out of two major tournaments due­ to injury and still leads with over 5000 points. Now­ suddenly, one wimbledon takes Roger back to no 1. I say­ again, @#$%! Nadal, get back from Injury and send­ Roger to retirement NOW...

WE KNOW WE AND WE KNOW WHO­ FOR THOSE OF US WHO KNOW D REEL DEAL.. THE WILLIAMS IN­ FEMALE TENNIS; NADAL-ROGER-MURRAY-DJOKOVIC IN MEN'S­ TENNIS.. PERIOD!

Watching tennis is, to me, usually like watching paint­ dry. However, with Serena, wow! what a girl, all­ woman!!

This note is directed to docozzyuk! Indeed the Media­ seems to gorify pop stars or people in the music and­ film industries. However, you have no right refering to­ people as Jamaican/ West Indian scum.. Let us celebrate­ the success of Serena and Venus. There is no need to­ put down and sterotype a whole nation /Jamaica or­ region - West Indies. By the way Jamaica is not­ synonymous to west Indies.! Well done Serena!

Dinara Safina is a joke at nr.1 Ranking,..!!

Being number one in the world doesn't bother­ Serena, it's fine. She just bleats on about it,­ having the attitude that winning a Grand Slam is enough­ and not understanding the rankings system. But it's­ okay, becuase she's not bothered by the rankings or­ not being number one. And she was a massive­ disrespectful @#$% at her press conference. But­ remember, she's not bothered by the rankings, not­ at all. Not one bit. She's not bitter, she just­ wants to make sure everyone knows how much she is­ bothered by it.

These 2 ladies have DOMINATED women's tennis.­­­ Credit where credit is due. Unfortunately, the media­­­ tends to glorify West Indian/Jamaican scum like Rhianna­ and­­ gangster rappers like Jay-Z, Puff (talentless)­ Daddy­ etc. We should have more­ positive and­ inspirational­ role-models for our­ children, like the­ Venus sisters.....
Ps. can all of you losers on this­ site writing negative comments take one good look at­ that receding hairline of yours in the mirror..life is­ all over for you guys...now just go away!

#
From J, on Sun 5 Jul 6:52AM

*
2 thumbs(s)­ up
*
7 thumb(s) down
* Report­ abuse

#

The spectators at wimbledon appreciated the­­ performances of the williamses yesterday for their­­ winning singles and doubles. The crowd was good and­­ they enjoyed every point played. In this forum it­­ really showed that non achievers are most disgruntled.­­ it is not within our powers to judge who is no 1 or­­ not. If Serena wants no 1, she has had it so Safina­­ deserves her no 1 and soon it will be over to another­­ female player. The only thing is that there are two­­ dominant players and they happen to be Afro-American.­­ They are good players and have the mouth of Muhammed­­ Ali, and this is the excitment in the women's­­ tennis. Not what Safina brought to the game or Maria­­ Sharapova. We are talking about the change of women­­ tennis brought about by the power game of the­­ williamses. In fact most coaches are teaching their­­ players to play like them and in the end they are­­ exhausted and pack up on early retirements.. The likes­­ of Henin and Cljisters, jelena Jankovic, Maria­­ Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic are victims of this power­­ tennis. safina on the other hand is suffering slowly­­ and this culminated in her humiliation at a GS 6-1,6-0­­ by a powerful hitting Venus.. There is really no point­­ discussing about the williamses anymore as they have­­ now 18 GS between them and 6 or more women's GS­­ doubles; Serena has now 11 GS and 43 titles.. Safina­ no­ 1 suitable for white racist here in blogg has­ nothing­ only a few wta tours titles which I don't­ really­ know what they are. These titles are irrelevant­ because­ we don't know them. We know that Serena­ won­ Australian Open, Won US and now Wimbledon. This­ has­ been permanently engraved in wimbledon history­ forever.­ The last English man that won GS was back­ 1938 and we­ still remember that till today, not who­ was no 1 with­ no titles. Of course, Safina will win if­ she is playing­ the likes o

with a loud mouth like that and an uncouth attitude­ towards other players on the tour, serena doesnt need­ enemies. she does the job herself. venus might not be­ as successful as serena in terms of prize money or­ titles but she handles herself better.
the true­ attribute of a great champion is not just winning­ titles but to behave like one.