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What a joke.

Yep. It is a joke. If Serena would try to play tennis for more than just four tournaments a year she would be ranked #1. She is the joke. Dinara just shows up, week after week, and does the best she can.

Courierfan, I don't disagree with you. I guess it just depends on what the number 1 ranking is supposed to mean. If it is supposed to identify the best player then I don't think it is succeeding.

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Originally posted 06:59 PM ET  10.23 by Kevin5114

If it is supposed to identify the best player then I don't think it is succeeding.

No question. And not that I agree with her scheduling philosophy but I'm sure Serena is more than aware that at the end of the day, your place in history is defined by your number - and variety - of majors victories, not the number of of weeks you spent at #1.

Hard to see Safina winning at Doha .... PLEASE HIRE A NEW COACH!!!

and Difficult to name her the world number one after her Wimbledon results, but let??s see

OK, I'm lost.

Vomiting. What a waste year 2009 of female tennis.

rankings are only for people who don't understand the game anyway..

Maybe Serena will shove a tennis ball down the throat of the official who gave her the #2 ranking if they don't give her what she wants.......a #1 ranking. I hope she is not allowed to play the Australian Open. Then we'll hear people who have never even watched a tennis match go blah blah blah about how horrible it is for Serena and how she's sooooooooooo mistreated. Boo Hoo. If she wants to be ranked #1 she should play more. Oooops she did and lost. To Clijsters. What a burn. Serena needs to take lessons in etiquette from her sweet sister.

Based on the ranking systems actual conditions Dinara Safina deserves the nr 1 ranking. No question about it.

The ranking system is a balance of quantity and quality of tennis played over a year period, and Dinara Safina is the player who best satisfies this balance apparently.

The rankings are meaningless other than as a basis for seedings. Tennis history will remember that Serena won all those majors and she won them being seeded #1, #7 and even unseeded. There seems to be this unwarranted hatred by some towards Safina. The rankings aren't her fault. And there are several players who didn't win majors until late in their careers-Davenport, Capriati, Goran Ivanisovic...so it's not fair, and may not be wise, to write Safina off just yet.

Tennis fans are mostly all haters, as evidenced by the tenor of this debate (and most on this site.)

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Originally posted 02:33 PM ET  10.25 by AC-130/Spooky

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first off, anyone unhappy with the rankings should take it up with the tour. Safina just shows up and plays. If the system is flawed, she shouldn't have to take the backlash. Secondly, who cares about rankings. It's not like college football where only the "top 2" get a shot at the title.

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GrandSalms are not the only tournaments. There are hundreds of tournaments that should be played. I thin Safina deserves to be Number 1