when masha returns all theese statements will fall in­ water 'cause she's the best tennis player and­ other tennis palyers know that, just the question is­ where Jankovic will have pain or what will be­ ivanovic's excuse for the losts, anyway she's­ loosing in 3 round last 4 months so...
Goooo Maria­ you're the best!!!

Very sound analyses from Budimir and Latinguy. To be­ honest I think the fluctuation is quite interesting and­ should attract more followers to the sport. It seems­ that Safina is destined for the top as well...she is­ the most dedicated of the lot and, although Venus or­ Serena can turn up at the moment and beat her, I think­ the scales will soon tip in her favour because she is­ much younger and hard-working than them.

The current problem with WTA Tennis is that since­ Justine Henin's surprising retirement, no one else­ has seemed able to have the consistency and commitment­ and determination to keep winning matches and­ tournaments all through the year - which is what being­ Number One is all about.

Maria Sharapova, Ana­ Ivanovic, Serena Williams and Venus Williams are all­ great players and able to dominate at times, but I­ don't think any of them has displayed the­ consistency to keep winning week after week, and­ tournament after tournament.

Jelena Jankovic is the­ opposite. She plays far too much tennis. She is usually­ quite consistent and can beat most of the big names on­ occasions, but she seems to lack the firepower to do so­ on a regular basis.

Maria looked unstoppable at the­ Australian Open at the start of the year, but her game­ went rapidly downhill afterwards, and stalled­ completely after she again showed her inability to win­ on clay.

Ana looked formidable at the French, and then­ a poor performance at Wimbledon seemed to start her own­ decline.

Venus - as usual - was the Wimbledon Queen -­ but she can't seem to win on surfaces other than­ grass - which is a big problem for a potential Number­ One.

And finally we have Serena, a nine-time slam­ winner, who was really strong at this year's US­ Open, but can she maintain it? She was dominant in the­ past from 2002 - 03 when the women's game was not­ nearly as strong, but can she rise again to be a­ consistent slam and tournament winner and be a true­ Number One? Serena has always believed that she's a­ true Number One and told everyone just that - but talk­ is cheap. You have to prove it to everyone­ relentlessly, on a day-to-day basis, by winning and­ winning and winning on all surfaces, including Clay,­ where she has never been particularly strong.

Finally,­ Dinara Safina is improving all the time and becoming­ very consistent on all surfaces. She has enough power­ to subdue anyone, but needs to learn when and how to­ use it.

well i dont think the WTA is on the melt down as most­ of you would put it.. what we need to understand is in­ every sport there is a certain age where each player­ has to reach at that stage they are prone to injuries,­ i.e golf Woods has been out for the rest of the season­ with a knee injury, football michael Owen was also out­ for almost the whole season due to injury, John Terry­ etc...... this is the time for upcoming stars or champs­ if you like, to shine and take advantage of the­ situation hence stabilizing their career, it seems­ these girls are failing to fully utilize and seize the­ opportunity. they are just scrambling for points here­ and there which is pathetic if you ask me. true sports­ heroes are consistent in what they do all round. some­ keep talking about how young they are " am only 23­ yrs old". ranking is not a priority and age is­ just a number and their job is to win tournaments. All­ the best to all of them and God bless.

dear mariasharapova is first === less tournaments to­ gain MORE points

Cant wait 4 sharpapova to return. Hope shes gonn a tear­ this field apart. x

Im a Serena fan but whilst Justine was in the tour was­ when the most excitement was. Jankovic need not worry­ about not having won a grand slam coz she is still so­ young and she will win it, she is on the right track.

Yes, I totaly agree with you budimirbojan! Now is­ womens tennis more interesting. Every week someone­ fights for no.1 spot and its interesting to see what is­ going to happend with no.1 . Justin was world class­ player, no doubt, but when she left women tennis­ started to be very entertaining and unpredictible...

Well, to be honest, it's a bit boring to watch one­ player taking every tournament she plays on and being­ no.1 for 200 weeks in a row.. The quality of the­ women's tennis is on a high level and that's­ what's the most important. At this moment I think­ that Dinara and Serena are top 2 players, along with­ Dementieva and Ivanovic (at Australian Open and Roland­ Garros form). Jelena is somewhere between.

And I like­ this statement. She has a good and strong character!

napred Jeco

WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS SINCE MY IDOL JUSTINE HENIN­ RETIRED THE WTA HAS GONE INTO MELTDOWN. WHAT IS­ HAPPENING TO THE PLAYERS NO ONE IT SEEMS WANT TO STEP­ UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE JUSTINE'S PLACE. NO ONE­ SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH BEING NUMBER ONE.COME­ BACK JUSTINE PLEASE WE NEED YOU.
ALISON MERRITT