No one is betting against his current streak of more than 30 consecutive wins on the dirt. The King of Clay has already won two tournaments on his preferred surface this year, and he is the favorite for every single match on it! That explains the "least tiny" because that's the superlative of the chance you have of beating Nadal on clay.

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I rubbed my eyes to make sure I had read correctly, Murray had lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Soderling, whereas the previous No. 3, Rafael Nadal had gotten to the semis and lost to Ljubicic.

There was my confusion, if Murray had improved on his past result, fine, he could gain points and jump Nadal. But, the previous year, Nadal had defeated Murray in the championship. Both of them should have been subtracted points, and around the same amount, leaving the ranking intact. Instead, Rafa lost 640 points, and Murray only lost 420?

Instead of confusing the fans, the rules should be simple:

We'll take an ATP 1,000 tourney as our example

The champion gains 800 points

The runner-up gains 650 points

The semifinalists gain 400 points

The quarter-finalists gain 250 points

The fourth-rounders gain 100 points

The third rounders gain 0

The second rounders who won one match gain 0

The second rounders who had a bye lose 150 points

The first rounders lose 200 points

In January, you keep your points from the 12-month cycle, and in February, you keep your points from that one-year long cycle.

In that tourney, Rafa would have gained more points than Murray, and kept his three spot.

The current rankings mean that your result relies on your past result, there is no points gained for a repeating champ, you lose points for being a finalist if you won the year before.

My updated rankings make you have to win at least three matches to gain points, and you gain points from there on out. Those rankings would be much more fair.

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Federer and Nadal may be rivals since 2006, but their rivalry is a friendly one, never getting in fights or anything of the kind.

I have always thought as Agassi and Sampras as more of "rivalry" than Federer and Nadal. They faced each other 35 times (Sampras leads all-time, 21-14), versus just 20 for the other two (13-7, Nadal).

Their battles were always intense as tennis and emotions were both high. Federer and Nadal, however, are always nice to each other, Nadal always reminds Federer of his number one ranking, even after wrecking him in 22 games in Paris.

Agassi and Sampras never had a player dominate as thoroughly as Nadal did at one point in 2008. They always fought until the end. They were compatriots, fighting for the love of their country. Federer and Nadal are probably the most recognized athletes in all of Switzerland and Spain, respectively.

The charity event in Indian Wells, "Hit for Haiti", perfectly proves my point. In a doubles match: Federer and Sampras versus Nadal and Agassi, Fed and Rafa watched in disbelief as the other two had a heated exchange.

After Sampras imitated Agassi's pigeon-toed walk, and Agassi made fun of Sampras never tipping enough, Sampras, who was supposed to serve to Nadal, smashed a serve right at Agassi.

The two got over it, and Agassi later apologized to Sampras, but this exchange made sure that this rivalry would never die.

Although forever linked, like Magic and Bird, Ali and Frazier, and of course Agassi and Sampras, Federer and Nadal are more of a friendly rivalry then the rivalries above. Agassi and Sampras are not friends, but actually true rivals.

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Now, we are in 2010, the newest French version of "Les trois Mousketeres" opens up Davis Cup play in France against the Germans.

The French team has three strong singles players. 10th ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, nicknamed "hercule" for his elite power. Ruthless Gael Monfils is ranked No.13—he is known for his "never give up" atittude. Gilles Simon, who has a very solid all-around game is currently ranked 15th, but he has been ranked as high as No.7.

Simon has caused trouble to top players, and is always a threat, despite not being at the top of his game at the moment. Monfils and Tsonga, though the better of the three, will most likely take on the singles, while the team of Simon, Tsonga, or Richard Gasquet along with Michael Llodra, will be doubles partners.

The Germans don't sport an especially talented team, and if the French advance, they will more than likely face the defending champs from Spain.

The Spaniards sport a very solid team: Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Fernando Verdasco, and doubles player Feliciano Lopez, whom they can split up any way they want.

I think a solid French squad could beat them, though.

Simon is easily the worst of the three. He is consistent, but lacks a powerful serve, forehand, or backhand. Tsonga is powerful from both sides, and has strong serve...and I've always been a fan of Monfils.

If the French get a team of Monfils and Tsonga playing the singles and a team of Gasquet—who has come back nicely since his suspension—and Llodra, who is an extremely gifted doubles player, the team might be able to pull off the gigantic upset.

If they can win one of three matches (Monfils vs. Nadal, Tsonga vs. Nadal or the doubles) they can more than likely win both the singles against world No. 16 David Ferrer.

Monfils, who has been playing well lately, plays his best tennis on clay, the most likely surface for the match. If the match is played on clay, then Rafa, winner of four French Open titles, will win both the singles. But Llodra and Gasquet have a very solid clay-centered game.

If the French think that Rafa will win too easily, I have a picture of this squad in my mind:

Singles: Monfils, Simon

Doubles: Llodra and Tsonga, who were 2-0 last year in Davis Cup play.

The Spanish are probably the biggest threat to the French, so after that, the French will pretty easily get by all the other teams, counting out the Czech (last year's finalists) and the Americans (who beat the French 4-1 last year).

So, in my opinion, the French—who may no longer be considered favorites, or even as a dangerous squad—have one of the three most complete squads, which could trigger them to there first Davis Cup since they defeated the Australians, in 2000.

By the time this thing is over, the French will have the trophy in Louvre, and the Spanish will be considered the biggest threat to the defending champs.

Barring any injuries or withdrawals, I hope to see the French celebrating in December.

Thanks for reading!

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