Okay, so today I’m gonna ramble about something I was tinkering with – Sofia Kenin’s ranking. Yeah, the tennis player. Don’t judge, I was bored.
It all started with me just randomly wondering, “Hey, where’s Sofia Kenin these days?” I remember she had that awesome Australian Open win, but then kinda faded a bit. So, naturally, I Googled it.
First thing I did was hop onto the WTA website. I mean, that’s gotta be the official source, right? I typed “Sofia Kenin” into their search bar and bam, there she was. Found her profile. The site said something like she’s currently ranked around 134th or something. Okay, not bad, not bad at all, considering. But I wanted to see how that’s changed. I looked at her ranking history on that same page, it was a graph showing her rise and fall, pretty interesting to see visually.
Next, I wanted to get a second opinion. So, I jumped over to some tennis news sites. Just typed in “Sofia Kenin ranking” into Google News and started clicking. A lot of the articles were just reporting on her upcoming matches, like the one in Rome against Kalinina. Saw one that specifically mentioned her being the American no.20 which gave the ranking some context.
Then, I got a bit nerdy. I started thinking about how those rankings are actually calculated. WTA uses a points system based on how far you get in tournaments. Win a big tournament, get a bunch of points. Lose early, not so much. I didn’t go super deep into the math, but I kinda glanced at the WTA rules on their website to get the general idea. Seemed pretty straightforward.
Honestly, that’s about it. Just a little internet rabbit hole I went down. It’s kinda cool to see how these rankings work and track a player’s career through them.
Was it productive? Nah, not really. But hey, I learned something new (or at least refreshed my memory). And now I can kinda follow Sofia Kenin’s comeback a bit better. Maybe she’ll climb back up to the top 10! Who knows?
