Game, Set, Match News
Roger Federer looked bad in Davis Cup, but since then, he has been just fine. He leaves Michael Llodra no better than #40.
The 18-year-old Babos wins her first WTA title in her first WTA final.
Given that he won't earn any points here, no doubt it's good that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is finishing his matches fairly quickly.
John Isner couldn't do anything against Jurgen Melzer's serve, and it cost him. He may still rise to #11, but he loses the chance to clinch it. Melzer will rise above #35
Radwanska wins her eighth WTA title and her fifth at the Premier level. She is now 8-2 in her career in finals
John Isner is at #11 in safe points, which is as high as he can go this week.
This is turning into quite a run for Timea Babos -- a semifinal last week, now this. She is now firmly in the Top Hundred. She leaves Sorana Cirstea below #45.
We came amazingly close to losing our last remaining seed but Marina Erakovic managed to survive, and will hit the Top Fifty as a result.
David Ferrer can expect to lose the #5 ranking this week to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, at least temporarily -- but the better he does here, the easier it will be to get it back. And, presumably, the more easily he wins his matches here, the more energy he will have for the bigger events.
Not the most encouraging start for Alexandr Dolgopolov, considering that he needs at least a semifinal to avoid falling in the rankings. This doesn't assure that Michael Llodra will stay Top Fifty, but we'd guess that one more win will do it.
It's pretty clear that Andy Roddick still isn't his old self -- although it's worth remembering that he hasn't had many matches since his problems started. But this means that he will remain stuck below #25 -- a big handicap for him when we get to Indian Wells and Miami.
Nina Bratchikova is off to a good start this year, but this is still hard to believe. Maybe Roberta Vinci noticed that she was going to be #22 no matter what she did here. Too bad Sara Errani couldn't lend a few of her games to her doubles partner Vinci....This is no appreciable help to Errani, but any more wins will count, and with Vinci out, she is the only Top Forty player in the field.
Given all the upsets here, this should have been Ksenia Pervak's opportunity. Instead, she ends up just barely above #40. The jinx on seeds here is amazing. This made it five down, and the next match made it six. The Pervak match would make it seven; only #4 Marina Erakovic is left. Hradecka remains just above #60.
After all the withdrawals here, Caroline Wozniacki is suddenly the top seed in the draw. She can't improve on her #4 ranking this week, but at least she is making it less likely that she will go lower.
A nice bounce-back for Jelena Jankovic after her poor result last week. But she still has points to defend. Petra Cetkovska will not rise above her current #30, although there isn't much chance that she will fall.
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