Global Scoreboard: How the WTA Rankings Quietly Rule the World Between Mondays
PARIS – In the gilded corridor of the Palais des Congrès, where the WTA rankings are ceremonially updated each Monday like a corporate earnings call with better jawlines, a small army of statisticians, publicists, and caffeinated interns feed the algorithm that decides who, precisely, is the best at whacking a fuzzy yellow sphere until someone…