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Message: [QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 4274331, member: 516"] I know the Slams dropped their independent seeding system(s) this year and adopted (wholly) the WTA rankings (again). Think Tennis did this before in the 70’s and 80’s. That WTA formula/system didn’t always make sense in the past, though and was why the Slams adopted “other factors” to their tournament seedings. And perhaps most importantly, rankings don’t (necessarily) categorize the players from ”best to worst” most effectively. The rankings reflect activity (more so) and number of prelim tournaments the players play. That’s the WTA’s business model. WTA’s job is to grow the sport. Slams determine the elite in the sport. I like Tennis because it is like my favorite sport (boxing) in this respect - Championships are all that matter. And the Slams are the Heavyweight Championships. The prelim tournaments are “sparring sessions” the best players use to prepare for the championship fights. Unless you win the belt in a championship fight, you’re not considered the “best” in the ring. I follow tennis pretty closely. I watched the clay court tournaments, noticed Rafa’s foot was falling apart again after winning the Aussie hard court Championship, saw Alcaraz’ s play in Madrid, thought this might be his year in Paris. But as we saw, it wasn’t…. I like the young guys (Medvedev, Tsipi, Zverev, etc) and I use the “eye test” like everyone else to gauge who is playing the best, whose game is gauged for each surface, what matchup might bother another player, etc. Thought Cilic was poised for a nice tournament and he has thus far. But Djokovic and Nadal are (still) the “Champions” of the sport. Nadal won the year’s 1st Slam (Joker defending champ banned). Joker defending champ at Paris. Nadal has only lost 3 matches at Paris in his career. They should have been seeded 1 and 2. Until someone else proves they can beat either of them at Roland Garros. No one else has for the last 15 yrs….. That’s my opinion…. [/QUOTE]

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