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Brian Swartz · 04-03-2019, 03:30 PM

Summer Masters

Sushant Chiba is down to his last chance here basically. After tripping and faceplanting in Canada and Cincinatti, he is down to the 4th seed for the US Open, where he was runner-up last year. Solberg and Hughes, despite not playing as well lately themselves, are close behind. Chiba will not be a Top 4 player anymore if he doesn't make a big run here, and maybe even if he does. It'll matter little at that point if he makes the WTF by the skin of his teeth, because he won't accomplish much there, never has. So this is pretty much it if he wants to remain relevant at the top of the game - which, by all appearances, he couldn't care less about.

Amrik Kasaravalli is starting to make his move. Lost a fairly close final in CH1 Beijing to Matteus Ameen, who is become a bit of a rival and has become a long-term top Challenger player … but will he ever ascend above that? Anyway, Kasaravalli then won CH1 San Marino in the next week, his second-biggest title ever after the CH+ he won a few weeks ago. He's working his way into that elite challenger class, now firmly into the Top 50 at #46. It's hyper-competitive to get into the Top 32 right now with over 1500 pts required; just over 1k at the moment so there's still a lot of work to do and further progression will be very slow. He should definitely be among that best of the Challengers group in the Top 40 by year's end though if he keeps playing well. He'll be defending last year's title at CH2 Como during the USO.

Satyagit Guha had a tournament week without Nasir Chittoor, due to Chittoor having actually done something in that last futures event. So Guha won an Amateur for the first time. Then it was Nasir's turn, blasting his playing partner 6-1, 6-2 in an unfortunate first-round meeting at FT3 Ghana. He would go on to get his first futures title, 12 weeks earlier than any of my other players so he remains ahead of schedule despite the growing pains. There were a couple of fairly close matches, but he was able to get through them. We got a doubles win before losing in the quarters, so gradual progress there. Another win or so at this level will have Chittoor, who gains almost 200 spots in the rankings with this one, ready to move up a tier. Both players will get a few weeks off now.

04-03-2019, 03:30 PM	#950
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Summer Masters Sushant Chiba is down to his last chance here basically. After tripping and faceplanting in Canada and Cincinatti, he is down to the 4th seed for the US Open, where he was runner-up last year. Solberg and Hughes, despite not playing as well lately themselves, are close behind. Chiba will not be a Top 4 player anymore if he doesn't make a big run here, and maybe even if he does. It'll matter little at that point if he makes the WTF by the skin of his teeth, because he won't accomplish much there, never has. So this is pretty much it if he wants to remain relevant at the top of the game - which, by all appearances, he couldn't care less about. Amrik Kasaravalli is starting to make his move. Lost a fairly close final in CH1 Beijing to Matteus Ameen, who is become a bit of a rival and has become a long-term top Challenger player … but will he ever ascend above that? Anyway, Kasaravalli then won CH1 San Marino in the next week, his second-biggest title ever after the CH+ he won a few weeks ago. He's working his way into that elite challenger class, now firmly into the Top 50 at #46. It's hyper-competitive to get into the Top 32 right now with over 1500 pts required; just over 1k at the moment so there's still a lot of work to do and further progression will be very slow. He should definitely be among that best of the Challengers group in the Top 40 by year's end though if he keeps playing well. He'll be defending last year's title at CH2 Como during the USO. Satyagit Guha had a tournament week without Nasir Chittoor, due to Chittoor having actually done something in that last futures event. So Guha won an Amateur for the first time. Then it was Nasir's turn, blasting his playing partner 6-1, 6-2 in an unfortunate first-round meeting at FT3 Ghana. He would go on to get his first futures title, 12 weeks earlier than any of my other players so he remains ahead of schedule despite the growing pains. There were a couple of fairly close matches, but he was able to get through them. We got a doubles win before losing in the quarters, so gradual progress there. Another win or so at this level will have Chittoor, who gains almost 200 spots in the rankings with this one, ready to move up a tier. Both players will get a few weeks off now. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 04-03-2019 at 03:31 PM.