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kenyan_cheena · 01-25-2008, 08:04 PM

Some people might be looking at this Djokovic-Tsonga final as a "Changing of the Guard", but personally I think we'll have to wait and see what happens during the rest of the season before considering that.

Look at what happened to Gonzalez? He was fantastic at the Aus Open last year but just twelve months later he's right back where he was before it. It's obvious that Djokovic is a future #1 player but as for Tsonga, I would like to see if these past two weeks are the start of a rise to the top or just a "flash in the pan" situation.

As for the seedings, can someone explain to me why it is that Henin, the #1 seed, had to play the 5th seeded Sharapova in the quarters? I'm not a fan of either but it doesn't make any sense. She should have been playing either the 7th or 8th seed or whoever else made it through from that part of the draw. Instead #3 Jankovic was playing #7 Serena Williams and #4 Ivanovic was playing #8 Venus.

I thought that the quarter-final matchups should always be either:

1) 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5 or
2) 1v8 2v7 3v5 4v6 or
3) 1v7 2v8 3v6 4v5 or
4) 1v7 2v8 3v5 4v6

01-25-2008, 08:04 PM	#117
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	Some people might be looking at this Djokovic-Tsonga final as a "Changing of the Guard", but personally I think we'll have to wait and see what happens during the rest of the season before considering that. Look at what happened to Gonzalez? He was fantastic at the Aus Open last year but just twelve months later he's right back where he was before it. It's obvious that Djokovic is a future #1 player but as for Tsonga, I would like to see if these past two weeks are the start of a rise to the top or just a "flash in the pan" situation. As for the seedings, can someone explain to me why it is that Henin, the #1 seed, had to play the 5th seeded Sharapova in the quarters? I'm not a fan of either but it doesn't make any sense. She should have been playing either the 7th or 8th seed or whoever else made it through from that part of the draw. Instead #3 Jankovic was playing #7 Serena Williams and #4 Ivanovic was playing #8 Venus. I thought that the quarter-final matchups should always be either: 1) 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5 or 2) 1v8 2v7 3v5 4v6 or 3) 1v7 2v8 3v6 4v5 or 4) 1v7 2v8 3v5 4v6 Last edited by kenyan_cheena; 01-25-2008 at 08:08 PM.