Emeraldegg posted...
I don't know exactly the bracket layout but women's tennis seems pretty common for higher seeds losing. I think that's more on the players than it is the seedings. If those higher seeds had won then she'd have had to play one of them at some point.
I think it has nothing to do with how they seed or how the bracket is done. It's done in the same way as the mens game. Its more to do, in my opinion, with how good the womens game is.
There are no dominant forces at the top now that Serena doesn't win consistently like she used to. And that's not necessarily because noone is good enough to step in, but IMO because the top 50 especially (but also some people below that) are quality players of similar calibur. A lot of players can win at any given time. I do think there will be a few who split out and become dominant but I'm not 100% sure who they will be. Which is exciting.
In the men's game however, it's prwtty much Djokovic....then Federer/Murray/Nadal if they were to be at top of their game.....then a few others in the top 10......then everyone else.