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Ahh, grass season. *sigh*. Let's get this over with.
Girish Raychaudhari was the 3-seed in Antalya (250), losing a 3-set match that probably shouldn't have gone that long against Alvin Fant in the semifinals. Wasn't a match he could really expect to win, and it got him the matches he needed to be set up properly for Wimbledon. That was really the goal here.
Michael Sachse had himself a week in Halle, where naturally all the Germans converged, monopolizing the event from the semifinals on. Sachse beat Weltsch in a third-set tiebreak in the SF, then outlasted top-seeded #4 Johann Przalowik 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-4 in the championship match. This vaults Sachse up to #9, demonstrating the point that to break in to the next tier, you need to do well in 500s. Raychaudhari isn't there yet, but he's looking for his chance ... which is not in the near future it would appear.
Aparna Chandrasekharan got himself a win against a weak field at CH2 Marburg. Maybe he can get a good streak going on here. Meanwhile checking in on our competition, Renke Von dem Knesebeck did ... not well. 2nd round in Stuttgart, QF in Eastbourne. So I'm feeling pretty solid about where we are heading into Wimby.
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