Andy Murray Can Still Become No. 1 at the US Open
Despite his loss to Roger Federer in the Cincinnati semifinals, and despite Federer’s eventual tournament win, world No. 2 Andy Murray can still overtake the Swiss in the rankings at the US Open.
For Murray to become the first Brit to rank No. 1, he will have to win the US Open title outright and hope Federer does not reach the fourth round.
The math on this is pretty straightforward. Federer loses 2,000 points off his 12,040 from last year, Murray drops 1,400 from 9,610. That leaves Federer at 10,040 and Murray at 8,210 entering the US Open (with 2008 pts removed).
That difference of 1,830 can be made up provided Murray wins the title (2,000 points) and Federer does not pick up the 200 points that come with a fourth round appearance.
Murray and Federer will be on opposite sides of the draw, and Federer’s third round test could come against someone ranked between 25-32 like Andreev, Mathieu, Karlovic and Hewitt.
That’s a joke..
Please tell me this is some kind of joke do you actually think there is a chance Federer won’t make it to the fourth round of a tournament that he is on a 5 year winning streak at. Not to mention the fact that he has made it to at least the 4th round at the US Open every year since 2001. The idea that Federer will lose the top ranking at this tournament is so ridiculous that I have to laugh you people are just grasping at straws praying for a miracle to put Andy Murray into the top spot. P.S. A major part of the reason that Andy Murray is number 2 right now is Nadal being injured and unable to play for a while.
That’s never gonna happen.. Instead Nadal may get his no. 2 spot back after US Open..
no way that can happen