World Tennis Ratings

Here are five reasons why the US Open in New York will never be able to compete with Wimbledon:

1. Grass court tennis always better to watch then hard court tennis. Maybe it’s just the fact that the idea of playing on grass is more interesting then playing on hard court. Whatever the reason is, the fast grass court is always a lot more interesting to watch.

2. The crowd’s at the All England Club always seems to be a bit more into it then the crowds at Flushing Meadows.

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In some ways you kind of have to feel sorry for Roger Federer. Here you have arguably the best tennis player in the history of the men’s game who has won more Grand Slam’s then anyone else. And while he may not be as dominate as he once was, he still finds himself in the Semi’s and Final’s of most tournament. With all of that, though, all anyone seems to want to talk about is whether or not Rafael Nadal has

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Replay systems in sports are starting to play a much bigger role. Tennis has embraced technology and use a replay system that is better than any other sports. The Hawk-Eye system has been used with great results in some of the biggest tournaments possible since 2006.The tennis replay system involves a complex computer system that visually tracks the movement of the ball. It uses mathematics and other scientific systems to determine the most likely path the ball is moving. This system then can be used to determine if a ball was in or out which is one of the most important calls that need to be made in any match. What makes this system so great is that it does its best to eliminate human error. Even the NFL’s system of replay involves referees interrupting the rules and then visually looking to see what the correct call should be. Not all referees would agree on how the call should be made, and human errors happen in these situations. Tennis uses math and science to get the calls right. This helps to eliminate any bias that could be there from officials, and helps eliminate any mistakes humans can make. Using technology to get calls correct should be used in all sports.

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Another year will pass without a title for two of the more prominent names in Men’s Tennis, neither of whom has emerged victorious from a Grand Slam title. Nikolay Davydenko and Andy Murray are no stranger to winning. In fact, among active players on the ATP Tour, Davydenko and Murray rank sixth and eighth in terms of wins, respectively. Comparable players to Andy Roddick, Carlos Moya, Novak Djokovic and Juan Carlos Ferrero, both Davydenko and Murray are in danger of becoming what Dan Marino is to football and Charles Barkley is to basketball, just as talented as their peers but without the top level hardware to show for it. As the current contenders for the dubious honor of “Best Tennis Player Alive without a Grand Slam,” the question remains which play will break through first.For Davydenko, the issue is much more pressing. Just 1 year away from the 30 plateau, soon his best tennis days may be behind him. Some have already questioned whether Federer is on the downslope of his career, Davydenko is two months his senior. Murray, on the other hand is just 23 years old, having already racked up 14 titles to Davydenko’s 19, with plenty of tennis left to play. Though both still certainly have the time and talent to win on the biggest stage, perhaps the biggest obstacles facing both players are the two biggest names in Men’s Tennis. Just as Davydenko is nearly the same age as Federer, Murray is 11 months younger than the sport’s current top dog, Rafael Nadal. With similar total time on the ATP Tour, the combination of Federer and Nadal has taken home 22 total grand slams next to Davydenko and Murray’s collective goose egg.

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Rafael Nadal is on a roll. Plain and simple. Winning three consecutive Grand Slam titles to assert himself atop the tennis ranks. Unfortunately for Federer fans, Nadals success has a direct correlation with Federer’s struggles each player has historically served as the major roadblock for the other’s succes. Now with Federer falling early in major tournaments, the ying to his yang has taken advantage, beating Federer head to head and lasting longer when other opponents got to him first.Currently, Federer has dropped to 3 in the world, after losing in the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. However, he did win the Australian Open at the year’s onset, the fourth Aussie crown on his extensive resume. Mired in his current title drought, hardly a drought though by his terms it is indeed, is it time to write off the 29-year old Fed Express?

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Much like the men’s game, the women’s side of the sport is dominated by two elite players that shine above the rest, and in this case they are sisters. Venus and Serena Williams have dominated Wimbledon, and Women’s Tennis for that matter, like few before them. Venus won the tournament 2 years ago, for the 5^th time in her career, while Serena is the event’s defending champion, looking to defend her 2009 crown. Since Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf in 1999 to win the title, every Wimbledon women’s final has featured at least one of the Williams sisters, with the exception of 2006. While the sisters sit atop the seeding, the talent gap isn’t quite as large as in the men’s bracket. Here is a lot at a list of female competitors who could make the 2006 anomaly a repeat occurrence.

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We’re only days away from the start of the most respected and well-known tournament in professional Tennis, so in preparation let’s take a moment to reflect on where this great game and championship came from.

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For a player of his talent and someone who holds the record for the fastest serve in tennis history, many people feel that Andy Roddick‘s career doesn’t reflect just how incredible his game truly is. A losing streak early in his career, while he was still in the juniors, almost led Roddick to quit. After being convinced to give the game a little longer, he finally had a breakthrough in 2003 and became the number one player in the world, and he was only 21.

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Seven time Grand Slam single winner, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, eighteen time ATP World Tour Masters 1000 winner, five time French Open title winner, and the current No. 1 tennis player in the worldat age 24, Rafael ‘Rafa’ Nadal Parera‘s list of accomplishments is stunning. Ever since he turned pro in 2000, Rafael has earned his nickname as “the King of Clay” for being the greatest clay court player of all time.

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