Consider this scenario:
You and I are professional tennis players. (You like this scenario already, don’t you?) I’m the #1 ranked player in the world. You’re #2.
We both enter the Australian Open. You lose in round 2. I do better, eventually losing in the quarterfinals.
The tournament ends, and you become world #1.
Seems impossible, but it can happen, thanks to the sport’s quirky point system. Continue reading “The Ranking System, and a Poll”