I'd say Clijsters was a far better player than Jankovic and her competition for the top spot was Henin and the Williams sisters at their peak. Clijsters beat Serena Slam Serena to win the 2002 Tour Championships and just lost an epic Roland Garros final to Capriati in 2001. Plus she earned the top ranking by beating Henin for it in the 2003 Filderstadt final. In 2005, she finished with the highest year end ranking of someone who started the year outside the top 100 and would have been number one if she'd been able to play the Australian Open and Clijsters was the first player since Graf to do the Indian Wells-Miami double. Clijsters was a worthy and deserving number one.
Jankovic is only the champion of one tournament and she beat Alize Cornet to win that, she's never been a slam finalist and she's really only number one because of retirement, injuries and inconsistency by other players while she's been solid and played a lot.

IMO you just can't compare Clijsters and Jankovic at the moment. Clijsters was one of the really top players on tour. She has always been one of the favourites for the title also at GS.

Jankovic and Ivanovic are first to qualify for the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha:



I think the race for the other six spots is really between places 3-10 (S.Williams, Sharapova, Dementieva, Safina, Kuznetsova, V.Williams, Radwanska, Zvonareva). There is a big points gap between Zvonareva and Cornet, and I don't think any of the players beyond this position will be able to make up the deficit, unless they win the US Open, which seems unlikely.
I would personally like to see S.Williams, Sharapova, Dementieva, Safina, V.Williams and Radwanska make the final eight.
Will Sharapova and V.Williams automatically make the final eight because they have won slams this year?


i don't think so , i remember Venus playing tournaments in Asia last year cause she still needed the points in september and she won Wimbledon that year aswell

Another bad match from Ana Ivanovic. Maybe she's hurt or something. And a very great performance from Julie Coin, seeded 188th in the world. She played very, very well.

Another bad match from Ana Ivanovic. Maybe she's hurt or something. And a very great performance from Julie Coin, seeded 188th in the world. She played very, very well.

Ana just hasnt been the same since the French Open and becoming the new number 1, pressure getting to her?

Scott

The injury was probably the biggest reason for this loss, but I see your point. Considering this was Coin's first main draw and she has made $100,000 total by the age of 25, you'd still expect Ana to win even at less than 100%. You have to feel good for Coin, though.