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Brian Swartz · 09-23-2017, 09:38 PM

Before we got to the main event here, Sushant Chiba played his first amateur event. He lost in doubles qualifying, but was seeded 12th(??, must have been a bad week for amateurs) in singles and easily bashed his way to the final. There he lost in three to top-seeded Argentine Agusto Fontanet, ranked about 1000th. Chiba did well enough that he enters the rankings at 2055th, I think it was. Got some good match experience, and his professional journey has officially started -- though it'll be a while till his next senior event.

World Tour Finals

As for this, there was good and bad. Mooljee and Dudwadkar were both in the first group, meaning one of them wasn't going to make it out with Gillo Fangio around. Ritwik Dudwadkar was good enough for only one set; he lost all three matches, and took the first set from Teng before losing the next two. I wasn't expecting much from him, yet still ended up disappointed. A tough 4-6, 7-6(8), 7-5 comeback win by Mooljee over the New Zealander was all that got him through to the semifinals. From the other group, Browne was a completely disaster winning no sets, never mind matches. Dircx got a win, Kaspar cruised as expected, but it was Zarco who was the surprise, claiming the second spot.

Prakash Mooljee got the treatment, 6-2, 6-3, in the semi against Kaspar. Can't really blame him, it was as good as you can expect for a guy at 30. Martin Zarco blasted 19 aces past Fangio in a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 win on the other side that was fully earned. He's really found something here. In the final, what he found was four games in the expected beatdown by Mateo Kaspar. A 5th straight WTF title ties the all-time streak by Gorritepe. One more thing to put in the history books for him.

At the Orange Bowl(JGA), Chiba got back out there again despite having played the previous week. It was better than getting crappy practice against nobodies. He narrowly escaped (11) Andre Marlowe(UK), 7-6(6), 7-5, to reach the quarterfinals. And then got flattened by Svajnovic. The usual final matchup ended 6-2, 6-4 in favor of Stanley Edleman, and that was that.

09-23-2017, 09:38 PM	#685
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Before we got to the main event here, Sushant Chiba played his first amateur event. He lost in doubles qualifying, but was seeded 12th(??, must have been a bad week for amateurs) in singles and easily bashed his way to the final. There he lost in three to top-seeded Argentine Agusto Fontanet, ranked about 1000th. Chiba did well enough that he enters the rankings at 2055th, I think it was. Got some good match experience, and his professional journey has officially started -- though it'll be a while till his next senior event. World Tour Finals As for this, there was good and bad. Mooljee and Dudwadkar were both in the first group, meaning one of them wasn't going to make it out with Gillo Fangio around. Ritwik Dudwadkar was good enough for only one set; he lost all three matches, and took the first set from Teng before losing the next two. I wasn't expecting much from him, yet still ended up disappointed. A tough 4-6, 7-6(8), 7-5 comeback win by Mooljee over the New Zealander was all that got him through to the semifinals. From the other group, Browne was a completely disaster winning no sets, never mind matches. Dircx got a win, Kaspar cruised as expected, but it was Zarco who was the surprise, claiming the second spot. Prakash Mooljee got the treatment, 6-2, 6-3, in the semi against Kaspar. Can't really blame him, it was as good as you can expect for a guy at 30. Martin Zarco blasted 19 aces past Fangio in a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 win on the other side that was fully earned. He's really found something here. In the final, what he found was four games in the expected beatdown by Mateo Kaspar. A 5th straight WTF title ties the all-time streak by Gorritepe. One more thing to put in the history books for him. At the Orange Bowl(JGA), Chiba got back out there again despite having played the previous week. It was better than getting crappy practice against nobodies. He narrowly escaped (11) Andre Marlowe(UK), 7-6(6), 7-5, to reach the quarterfinals. And then got flattened by Svajnovic. The usual final matchup ended 6-2, 6-4 in favor of Stanley Edleman, and that was that.