I Have of course been watching Wimbledon during the course of the last week and particularly liked the assured performance from the only British hope Andy Murray yesterday.
It got me thinking about the structure and model of professional Tennis, something I have always been an advocate of.
Professional Tennis players are selected for tournaments (of which there are many!) based on ranking. I am wonderng whether it is about time that professional pool moved to this model?
It would mean World Ranking points being awarded for every tournament. The amount of ranking points would be determined by the quality of the tournament, factors like prize money, number of high ranked players and media coverage would of curse come into account.
I am sure it could work though if the WPA took the initiative, your thoughts?
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Ralf Souquet has won the 2009 German Open in Sindelfingen with a 8-4 victory over Britains Imran Majid in the final yesterday evening.
The win further enhances Souquet’s number one ranking position and he is now 550 points clear of Niels Feijen in second. Souquet has been near dominant over the last 7 tournaments and ranking positions are drawn from these seven results on a rolling basis.
It will of course be difficult to maintain this level of form over another twelve months but with three tournament victories in the last 6 event plus a runner-up spot last time out in Italy Souquet is certainly staking his claim for the number one spot for a long period of time.
Another great tournament for the UK players and this result puts Imran Majid up to Number 4 in the European rankings.
The EPBF Eurotour Top 16
- Ralf Souquet (Germany) - 3170
- Niels Feijen (Holland) - 2620
- Nick Van Den Berg (Holland) - 2200
- Imran Majid (Great Britain) - 2195
- Marcus Chamat (Sweden) - 2135
- David Alcaide (Spain) - 2055
- Mark Gray (Great Britain) - 1975
- Sandor Tot (Serbia) - 1875
- Craig Osborne (Great Britain) - 1855
- Tony Drago (Malta) - 1845
- Mateusz Sniegocki (Poland) - 1845
- Dimitri Jungo (Switzerland) - 1800
- Christian Reimering (Germany) - 1790
- Daryl Peach (Great Britain) - 1775
- Thomas Engert (Germany) - 1770
- Karl Boyes (Great Britain) - 1735
In the ranking list, which is used to determine places at major International events, Britain has the most players in the top 16 with no less than five. The next event takes place in August, the 2009 Austrian Open.
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