Serena Williams will continue to have a strong hold of the world’s no.1 ranking after bouncing back from the worst loss of her career, while Roger Federer has already expressed his intention to fight for the year-end no.1 ranking in the ATP Tour.
Serena is Second To None: Williams secured the world’s no.1 ranking for the rest of the year after trouncing WTA Finals neophyte Eugenie Bouchard 6-1, 6-1.
Maria Sharapova, who is the only player with a shot to dethrone Williams in this tournament, suffered back-to-back setbacks at the hands of Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova and is now on the brink of failing to reach the knockout stage.
Nevertheless, Williams is already guaranteed to finish the year as the world’s best female tennis player after having one of the craziest up-and-down year of her career. Tuesday’s loss to Simona Halep 6-0, 6-2 marked the first time Williams failed to win more than two games since she lost to Joannette Kruger 6-1, 6-1 in Oklahoma City in 1998.
FedEx Gunning No.1: Roger Federer has expressed his intention to make his return on top of the ATP World Ranking at the end of the year.
With only 990 points separating him and reigning no.1 Novak Djokovic, Federer certainly has a solid shot of making it happen with still three major tourneys left in his schedule: Basel Open, Paris Masters and ATP World Tour Finals in London.
“It's all to play for and I hope to start off well in Basel,” Federer said in an interview with ATP Tour. “The fact that I've gotten so close to No. 1 is a bit of a surprise to me, because clearly I'm aware I haven't won a Slam. But I was extremely close at Wimbledon and I've been very consistent throughout, otherwise I wouldn't be in this situation.”
The 33-year old Federer will try to win three consecutive ATP Masters 1000 crown in Paris after his victory at the Cincinnati Masters and the Shanghai Masters.
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