1.  Haguellar had successfully used the Davis Cup carrot to motivate his lower ranked players.

2.  Eventually, he arrived at an expert player, a fact he verified by matching the program against ranked human players.

3.  Hewitt also is the fifth-lowest ranked player to make the finals on the ATP Tour this year.

4.  Kuromiya was also a nationally ranked Scrabble player.

5.  You can simply bring a friend and rent a table, take a lesson or even learn by osmosis, watching nationally ranked players strut their stuff.

6.  Only the top eight ranked players qualify for the tour championship.

7.  Among them were Scott Hoch and Rocco Mediate, friends of Stewart and two of the highest ranked players in the field.

8.  Clement will play Sjeng Schalken, the top ranked player in the Netherlands.

9.  He and Singh, the highest ranked players for the International team, have been thumped in all three of their matches.

10.  In the past, he has been eliminated earlier by lower ranked players.