Play More Tournaments and you're No.1? (WTA)

At the conclusion of the recent Wimbledon Championship, one couldn't help but notice the mockery of women's tennis in regard to the way or the method they use to rank the players.The current world number 1, Dinara Safina has about a 1500 point lead over second ranked Serena Williams. What's worse is that Safina hasn't won a slam in her career, whereas Serena has won 11,(3 out of the last 4). Unfortunately for Safina, she now holds the worst defeat by a no.1 (her 6-1 6-0 loss to Venus in Wimbledon). Safina has played 19 WTA tournaments and has won only TWO (Madrid and Rome)!!!! Serena and Venus on the other hand have played 17 and 16 tournaments respectively.Serena and Venus have also won two tournaments each but Serena's has come at the Australian Open and the Wimbledon, which surely should account for greater weightage as compared to Safina's two wins, yet Safina has such a commanding lead over Serena. Youngster Victoria Azarenka has played 17 tournaments and won 3, whereas Russians Dementieva, Zvonareva and Kuznetsova have won two each as well. Kuznetsova's wins include the French Open.As Serena said after winning her third Wimbledon "I'd rather be no.2 and win Slams rather than being no.1 and win none.". An indirect taunt directed towards MAYBE Safina or even the WTA management. Rankings are done on the basis of a players performance throughout the year and the slams apart from Wimbledon base their seedings according to the players rankings which I personally feel is a bit unfair and should base it on the players performance at the venue. However, Wimbledon this year also surprised me. They usually base their seeds on the performance of the players grass achievements, yet Safina was seeded one and also on the men's side, injured Nadal was seeded one. If Wimbledon based their seeding according to the players grass performance over the years, where was Venus (5 titles, 2 back to back) and Roger Federer (5 consecuitive titles). Surely the formula or method used to make these rankings need to be looked into if tennis needs to keep its professionalism up. Otherwise if I may say, the Williams Sisters(and others) will continue to make a mockery out of Womens tennis, by playing fewer tournaments and walking away with the Slams (tournaments that are actually noticed and remembered)