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Post by Brinyi on Jul 11, 2005 8:09:36 GMT -5
I see that Popp is now out of the top 200, having lost 97 spots by not defending his Newport points. Maybe we'll have a Poppless Wimbledon next year?
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2005 8:14:59 GMT -5
No, he will get in as a wild card and then win it, like Goran did!!!
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Post by adeegee on Jul 12, 2005 11:27:38 GMT -5
He is British after all  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 12, 2005 12:09:41 GMT -5
So he is, yes!
Also, Nadal is just 90 points behind Hewitt...
"I've got no doubt that I feel like I'm the second best player going around right at the moment."
-- L. Hewitt, 2005 Wimbledon
"I've got no doubt that I feel like I'm the third best player going around right at the moment."
-- L. Hewitt, 2005 U.S. Open ;D
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Post by adeegee on Jul 12, 2005 12:14:10 GMT -5
So he is, yes! Also, Nadal is just 90 points behind Hewitt... "I've got no doubt that I feel like I'm the second best player going around right at the moment." -- L. Hewitt, 2005 Wimbledon "I've got no doubt that I feel like I'm the third best player going around right at the moment." -- L. Hewitt, 2005 U.S. Open ;D  Other than Sopot, which he won last year Rafa has virtually nothing to defend till the end of the year. Canada TMS Round 1 Cincinnati TMS Round 1 US Open Round 2 Madrid TMS Round 2 He can make some major points in the next few months.  Lleyton to your no.2 spot |
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Post by leena on Jul 12, 2005 13:27:26 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah...
What aboot when Andrew wins US Open?
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2005 13:54:50 GMT -5
Also, Nadal is just 90 points behind Hewitt...
Kewl!!!! Can't wait till that's reversed ...
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 12, 2005 14:49:31 GMT -5
I don't think you'll have long to wait! To add to what Adeegee said, in Hewitt's case he has this to defend:
Canada - R16
Cincy - final
Washington - title
Long Island - title
USO - final
Heck, he might feel like the fifth best player going around right now after all that. ;D
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2005 14:55:27 GMT -5
Wowza!!! I must have blocked it from my mind that ewwwy Chip had such a good summer last year! |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 12, 2005 14:57:58 GMT -5
Yes, remember that he skipped the Olympics so he could pick up some cheap points winning bumpkin-filled tournaments!
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2005 17:28:29 GMT -5
Oh, good move! And I'm sure very endearing to the Aussies!  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 12, 2005 17:35:59 GMT -5
Strangely, he copped almost no criticism, despite the fact that 100,000 articles had been written about how Hewitt would give up both of his arms for the chance to play for Australia. Instead, he justified his decision with some lines about how tennis has no place in the Olympics, which of course allowed the Aussie press to praise him as a man who sacrificed a chance to play for his country because of this great vision of the Olympic Ideal. When the truth was that he was being a ranking points ho.
Aussies. Go figure! ;D
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2005 17:40:49 GMT -5
I hate that story.  Tennis journo Joel Drucker has a "Letter to Chip" on the TW site. If i could stand Chip at all, I would post a link to it, but I can't be bothered to go to so much trouble as it stands.  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 12, 2005 17:48:57 GMT -5
Hmmmm. You blew off the great Joel Drucker so I'm going to get you back.  |
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Post by janie on Jul 12, 2005 19:40:38 GMT -5
 No!! I didn't blow him off. When I said "I hate that story", I meant I hated reading your post about how the Aussies let Chip get away with anything. Naturally, I want his whole country to Turn Against him! ;D I read Joel D's whole article. He is wrong, though; Chip HAS been known to make excuses after losing; how could Joel not know that? Joel is too kind to Chip, which I sort of grudgingly admire. It's a very good article. |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 12, 2005 20:30:32 GMT -5
No!! I didn't blow him off. When I said "I hate that story", I meant I hated reading your post about how the Aussies let Chip get away with anything. Naturally, I want his whole country to Turn Against him! ;D I read Joel D's whole article. He is wrong, though; Chip HAS been known to make excuses after losing; how could Joel not know that? Joel is too kind to Chip, which I sort of grudgingly admire. It's a very good article. I wasn't clear, I'm afraid -- I meant that Drucker seemed to be writing a revenge article because Hewitt wouldn't give him an interview. I have to say I don't have a positive impression of either of them! |
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Post by janie on Jul 13, 2005 6:29:01 GMT -5
"Hmmmm. You blew off the great Joel Drucker so I'm going to get you back"
Ah! Now I see; this was DRUCKER'S brain speaking to Chip, not YOU speaking to me. I'm a little slow in the evenings! ;D
Well as revenge articles go, that was a pretty weak one, I thought. Chip is so very much worse than JD says! :satan:
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 13, 2005 8:30:55 GMT -5
That was my fault. I knew what I meant, but I can see now why I would be the only one. ;D
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Post by vaiva on Jul 13, 2005 13:03:29 GMT -5
Rename the thread, methinks  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 24, 2005 20:17:32 GMT -5
Congratulations to the new world #2!  |
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Post by adeegee on Jul 26, 2005 11:18:19 GMT -5
Congratulations to the new world #2! Indeed. Me thinks he might be occupying that spot for some time too. |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 8, 2005 8:27:26 GMT -5
Monfils moves up 19 places and is now #46, and passes Mathieu, making him the third-ranked Frenchy after Gasquet (18) and Grosjean (34).
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Post by molala on Aug 16, 2005 14:46:37 GMT -5
wow, no wonder Paulo made an immediate run to the semis in Canada . |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 16, 2005 15:34:47 GMT -5
Haaaaaaaaaaa!
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Post by Brinyi on Sept 12, 2005 15:29:18 GMT -5
 Lleyton to your no.2 spot Well, the post-USO situation is now clear: 1. Roger Federer, Suisse, 6,975 points. 2. Rafael Nadal, Espagne, 4,360. 3. Marat Safin, Russie, 3,255. (he gained 2 spots without playing 4. Andy Roddick, USA, 3,125.  5. Lleyton Hewitt, Australie, 3,085. |
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Post by molala on Sept 13, 2005 7:52:11 GMT -5
eeks! poor lleyton, must you mock him like that? molala cries.
saw on the news last night that henman has dropped to #28 (from 12?) but still the no. 1 brit. so greggy hasn't caught up.
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Post by Brinyi on Sept 14, 2005 14:33:24 GMT -5
3. Marat Safin, Russie, 3,255. (he gained 2 spots without playing And, he qualified for the Masters without playing. He had one of the best inactive weeks since Tauzita's heyday. |
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Post by Brinyi on Oct 18, 2005 10:32:29 GMT -5
Nice to see JCF back in the top 20 where he belongs. Nice to see Blake back in the top 25 where he belongs. Nice to see Paradorn back in the top 50 where he belongs. |
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Post by Brinyi on Oct 18, 2005 15:05:57 GMT -5
JCF celebrates his feat by crashing out in the first round of Madrid, but hey!
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Post by Brinyi on Nov 28, 2005 14:42:20 GMT -5
I see that thanks to his title in the Evilux Challenger, C.Rochus is now tanked 42nd, making him the #2 Belgian behind Olivier, and moving him past Malisse.  |
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No!! I didn't blow him off. When I said "I hate that story", I meant I hated reading your post about how the Aussies let Chip get away with anything. 
