New WTA Tour chairwoman and CEO Stacey Allaster touched the hot topic of women's world rankings right after being appointed on Monday.

"It's a 52-week ruling average and it's a combination of the Grand Slams and Tour events. Without question, based on the ranking system, with consistent performance at the Slams and at the Tours, Dinara Safina is the number one player," Allaster said.

"Every fan has their own (ranking) measure, what we know is that we have a system… (Safina) has had a great season and she will win a Grand Slam I have no doubt in my mind."

Therefore, those of you who find the rankings flawed, together with world No.2 Serena Williams, will not be satisfied soon.

Allaster came to the Tour on January 1, 2006 in the newly-created role of President, and has now succeeded Larry Scott, who was Chairman and CEO of the Tour for six years. (source: Reuters, photo via: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour)

Everyone is talking about Twitter nowadays, and I wanted to let you know that Women's Tennis Blog’s is there as well.

On Women’s Tennis Blog’s Twitter account you can read updates from this blog and you will be notified the moment they’re posted. In addition, you can read tweets about some women’s tennis news that I don’t happen to feature on this blog.

If you already have a Twitter account, to start following Women's Tennis Blog just follow this link: www.twitter.com/womenstennis. If not, you will first need to open your account on Twitter.

If you’re still among those who have no idea what Twitter is, here’s my short and very definition: it is a website, where you open an account for free and then post messages up to 140 characters long, which all of the people who "follow" you will be able to see. Also, you will see all the messages of the people you follow.

Dear readers,

Women’s Tennis Blog won’t be updated until Monday because I’m leaving for a little trip to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

I've already been there in 2007, but for two days only, and now I'm going to revise this beautiful city. Haha, maybe I'll meet Vaidisova and Stepanek.

Don’t worry, when I come back you will get the summary of all the most important things that will have happened in the tennis world.

Love,
Marija

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has announced that Larry Scott will step down as its Chairman and CEO to become Commissioner of the NCAA's (National Collegiate Athletic Association) PAC-10 Conference, effective July 1, 2009. Scott will work with the Tour Board on the selection process for the next Chairman and CEO.

"With women's professional tennis more popular than ever, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in the strongest business position in its history and with a fantastic senior management team in place, now is the right time for me to embrace a new challenge consistent with my family and personal goals, and leave room for the next generation of Tour leadership to take on new responsibilities," Scott said.

Recapitulation of Scott’s post important moves:

1. historic changes to women’s tennis calendar
2. achievement of equal prize money at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, with the top 10 events in women's professional tennis now featuring equal pay
3. signing with Sony Ericsson – the largest sponsorship deal in the history of women's sport and professional tennis Read more »

Bethanie Mattek has launched her first official website. It seems more and more players are finally starting to realize the importance and benefits of a personal website.

Bethanie’s site reflects her style, so you can imagine it doesn't look plain. As for the functionality, I don’t find it practical when you need two clicks to reach the homepage. Other than that, I consider the site quite user-friendly. It’s easy to navigate and there’s enough useful information: press releases, Bethanie’s blog, biography, pictures, etc.

Visit www.bmattek.com to see the site yourself. What are your impressions?