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Some consequences of the COVID ranking rules
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Given the nonsense being said these days about the rankings, I´d like to state some facts, not guessing "so&so was helped by the pandemic", but rather based on actual calculations.
Since the new rules were put in place and the rankings were frozen, I started posting, every Monday, the top 10 players, as they would be if rankings were calculated with the usual rules, based on performance over the previous 52 weeks.
I called them #RealRankings because I felt they captured the spirit of the rankings introduced in the 70s.
What I'm going to do now is to see how different players were affected by these new rules. Whether they were hurt or helped. Every statement I'm about to make can be verified by checking my weekly #RealRankings. These are just observations.
* Djokovic was ranked #1 every single week, so, as a result of the new rules, he lost 22 weeks as #1. Novak was hurt by the new rules. X
* Medvedev would have been #2 on August 10. Daniil was hurt by the new rules. X
* Thiem would have been #2 from September to Januay. He would have ended the year as #2. Domi was hurt by the new rules. X
* Rublev would have been Top 10 in June, Top 5 in November and #3 now. Ruby was hurt by the new rules. X
* Shapovalov would have been ranked a career high #7 on September 21, and #8 for a few weeks. X
* Raonic and Carreño Busta would have been top-10 since last October, they've lost over 20 weeks in the top 10. Milos and Pablo were hurt by the new rules. X
* Berrettini would have dropped out of the top 10 in September. He's gained over 25 weeks in the top 10. Matteo was helped by the rules.
* Nadal would have lost the #2 in August, would have gone down to #7 in September and would be ranked #5 now. Rafa was helped by the new rules.
* Federer would have dropped to #17 in October,would have ended the season outside the top 20. He would have dropped out of the rankings entirely by the end of the Australian Open, with 0 points and would now be out of the top 200 with 45 points. He was helped by the new rules more than anybody else (ATP). Stort vitt korsmärkeStort vitt korsmärke
I hope this is enough to illustrate how the rules did not treat all players the same.
They pretended it was about the lower-ranked players, but that lie was debunked when they changed the rules at the last minute to keep the points for the 2019 ATP Finals for another year.
They've now changed the rules,yet again,also at the last minute, to allow players to keep some points for 3 years,if it suits them.
I'll continue to do #RealRankings to have proof of which players will benefit from this change.
Even when we can all guess,proof is good.
