The new top 10

[superman1]

1. Federer
2. Nadal
3. Nalbandian
4. Ljubicic.
5. Davydenko
6. Blake
7. Ancic
8. Stepanek
9. Robredo
10. Baghdatis

Nadal is 2000 points above Nalbandian and 2000 points below Federer. Ljubicic is 60 points behind Nalbandian. Blake is 10 points behind Davydenko and 200 points above Ancic. Roddick is now #11, Hewitt is #12. Bjorkman vaulted up 30 spots and is now #29. Safin went down even further and he's now #95, close to being out of the top 100. Spadea, Goldstein, and Kevin Kim are ranked above him. :|

 

[RMac]

Robredo??

Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance here, but does anyone else feel like Tommy Robredo is definately not the ninth best player in the world?

 

[tnig469]

Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance here, but does anyone else feel like Tommy Robredo is definately not the ninth best player in the world?

well.....i agree with u in a way...but still a pretty good player...maybe in the top 25....but i shouldnt say anything cuz i know i cant beat them :mrgreen:

 

[RMac]

Also, I think you left off some zeroes. Federer is 2,000 points ahead of Nadal, not 200. Same separates Nadal from Nalbandian.

 

[Boja]

Interesting rankings, I think Robredo is a good enough player to be in the top 10. But, Hewitt is likely to get back in some time during the hard court season. Congratulations to Blake on a career high ranking as well, I hope he can continue to rise.

Also it's sad to see Safin so low, we need this guy to start playing like he can.

 

[lacoster]

Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance here, but does anyone else feel like Tommy Robredo is definately not the ninth best player in the world?

Robredo had an excellent clay court season, with a Masters Series shield at Hamburg. Davydenko, on the other hand, is not top-5 caliber. Talk about an inflated ranking by playing almost every single tournament....
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[snoflewis]

anyone else notice how james blake just keeps on improving his ranking? definitely a guy to look out for.

 

[mileslong]

Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance here, but does anyone else feel like Tommy Robredo is definately not the ninth best player in the world?

i was thinking the exact same thing. i just caught the last set of some recent match before wimbledon where he was playing malisse and i thought they looked like two of the biggest stiffs i has seen. it looked like i was watching my club championship and he is possible top 10? is the talent dropoff after fed and nadal really that great now?

 

[unjugon]

I remember when Stepanek used to hover at around 60th-80th in the world, for like 2-3 years. One of those players who seem to have put an awful lot of work there. Now we are talking about a top 10 player, and rightly so.

 

[RMac]

Robredo had an excellent clay court season, with a Masters Series shield at Hamburg. Davydenko, on the other hand, is not top-5 caliber. Talk about an inflated ranking by playing almost every single tournament....

Wow.....you're right about Davydenko. Just looked up his results for this year and I count seven first-round exits. SEVEN!!! And that's not including losses to the likes of Evgeny Korolev in the second round at Marseille....never heard of him, don't feel bad he's ranked 188.

I guess the reason that he's still ranked high (after losing in the first round of his last three tournaments) is because of his performances at the other two slams.

 

[unjugon]

i was thinking the exact same thing. i just caught the last set of some recent match before wimbledon where he was playing malisse and i thought they looked like two of the biggest stiffs i has seen. it looked like i was watching my club championship and he is possible top 10? is the talent dropoff after fed and nadal really that great now?

*awaits a post of Tym! explaining why Robredo is a top-tenner*

In all seriousness, given Robredo´s backhand, he sure as hell has to have great weapons to be so high in the rankings . Awesome movement, nice fighting spirit, solid serve. But his forehand really stands out. It´s not his power, but his depth.
He places it well, with topspin, it´s almost a safe bet that he´ll make any number of forehands, day-in, day-out, fresh or tired. I can´t think of any other player that hits the forehand so consistently deep. It lands within 1 meter from the baseline an awful lot of times, putting the enemy under pressure. If you notice, it´s hard to dictate play against Robredo in a typical baseline rally.

 

[RMac]

i was thinking the exact same thing. i just caught the last set of some recent match before wimbledon where he was playing malisse and i thought they looked like two of the biggest stiffs i has seen. it looked like i was watching my club championship and he is possible top 10? is the talent dropoff after fed and nadal really that great now?

To answer your question, yes. Federer is what, like 4,000 points ahead of anyone not named Nadal? And Nadal is also up a couple thousand on the pack.

But, the rankings accurately reflect the depth at the talent level that is a notch below the two big boys. I would say the next grouping of players who are on virtually even footing talent wise ranges from 3-25. That's also not including players like Safin and Coria who are ranked 95 and 28 respectively, but can beat anyone on a given day.

Correction: the talent pool right below Fed and Rafa might even extend down to 40 or so. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

 

[arosen]

Safin has been a huge disappointment so far. Why he couldn't come in and volley against Gonzo being up 2 sets is beyond me. I thought he was smarter than that.

 

[Steve Huff]

RMac, I think you're pretty accurate when you say the talent pool is pretty even after the top 2. However, even that talent can be deceiving. Some of those players are top 25 ON CLAY, while others are top 25 ON HARD COURTS or GRASS--usually, not on both. Nadal and Federer are so far ahead of everyone partially because they are great on ALL surfaces.

 

[RMac]

RMac, I think you're pretty accurate when you say the talent pool is pretty even after the top 2. However, even that talent can be deceiving. Some of those players are top 25 ON CLAY, while others are top 25 ON HARD COURTS or GRASS--usually, not on both. Nadal and Federer are so far ahead of everyone partially because they are great on ALL surfaces.

Good point. As much as I love Ancic, I think his ranking might take a hit this summer.

Look for Baghdatis to continue his rise during the coming months. He has the game to succeed on all surfaces.

 

[lacoster]

Good point. As much as I love Ancic, I think his ranking might take a hit this summer.

With the exception of a Tokyo final and a sub-par summer hard court season, Ancic has virtually no big points to defend for the rest of the year....
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