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Hi, I would like to thank the networkers for the info they keep posting on the AO regularly, particularly Mr. Chris Smith from GT. Also the recent discussion on how rankings are computed has been quite interesting. I have a few follow-up
questions.
First, thanks to Stefan Muench from Univ. of Karlsruhe for the info on
My question is are there only two tiers of tournments in women's tennis
grand slams and regular (with no further subdivisions among "regular")?
What about the Lipton's International at Key Biscayne for example, it
is a 2 week event with 128 players. Does the winner at Lipton get the
same points as winner at Italian open as at Taipei Open, etc.
finally Mr. Scott Patano from UT, Austin says
> As a final note, I would like to thank Mr. Vasu Kasubhota of the
> University of S. California for the lively discussion on Seles/Graf.
> I hope to be involved in more such commentary in the future. I'll
> catch you all after the A.O. quarters!
Thanks Mr. Patano for the generous words, I fully reciprocate your
sentiments.
before saying bye, here is a trivia question for those interested. What common distinction do Roger Taylor, Ismail El Shafei, Arthur Ashe and John Mcenroe share (has to do with Wimbledon)?