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Brian Swartz · 09-04-2019, 08:11 PM

Canada

This was a tale of two tournaments basically. The last couple of rounds mostly made sense. Before that … well, things were weird. At the end, we had Tobias Velilla turning back the clock to Australian time apparently and edging Nicolas Perez in an All-Argentina final, 7-6(5), 6-4. Perez really struggled on return despite just five aces from Velilla, and did not get single break opportunity. Barely got the final as well, splitting a pair of tiebreaks with Calisto Aviles in the semis before pulling out the third set. So it definitely wasn't his best week, but he still almost got the title before coming up short. First Masters for Velilla, so congratulations are definitely due there. He dumped Harald Wentz with surprising ease in the SF; the defending champ clearly isn't what he was a year ago.

Then there were the quarterfinals, where Il-Sung Jung was an expected showing. Then there was Barry 'Why Am I Even Still Playing' Molyneaux and unseeded entrants John Hart and Fabio Cagide, because of course he'd show up here after a relatively tame clay season? Cagide eliminated Vicars and Haas on his way through somehow, Molyneaux had a comeback win over L. Perez in which he won second and third-set tiebreaks, and the bottom of the draw was just silly with Hart beating Clavet Moniotte, then Hugo Licona … who had upset (5) Chisulo Mpakati. Then there was Seamus Hughes coming back from the dead to knock out 10th-seeded Dogic … just a lot of weird results all over the place. Willy Weigl (l. Abinati), Algot Hakanson (l. de Jong), and Helmut Edlund (l. Moniotte) were all first-round exits for the Anilophiles.

As for my players, Guha/Chiba embarrassingly failed to make it through qualifying, while Hughes/Hart claimed the winner's trophy. The Irish smashed (2) Kaspar/Godinic, winners of the past two Slams, in convincing fashion in the semifinals; 6-1, 6-3. Ouch. Apparently they aren't so special on the hardcourts? Amrik Kasaravalli did what he could but was outclassed by Jung in the third round, while Sushant Chiba went out to de Jong in the second.

Elsewhere …

Continuing to follow the path of least resistance, Nasir Chittoor yawned his way through a defense of his title from last year in CH2 Trani. He lost seven games for the week, never more than one in any set. That's … pretty terrifyingly non-competitive.

09-04-2019, 08:11 PM	#1175
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Canada This was a tale of two tournaments basically. The last couple of rounds mostly made sense. Before that … well, things were weird. At the end, we had Tobias Velilla turning back the clock to Australian time apparently and edging Nicolas Perez in an All-Argentina final, 7-6(5), 6-4. Perez really struggled on return despite just five aces from Velilla, and did not get single break opportunity. Barely got the final as well, splitting a pair of tiebreaks with Calisto Aviles in the semis before pulling out the third set. So it definitely wasn't his best week, but he still almost got the title before coming up short. First Masters for Velilla, so congratulations are definitely due there. He dumped Harald Wentz with surprising ease in the SF; the defending champ clearly isn't what he was a year ago. Then there were the quarterfinals, where Il-Sung Jung was an expected showing. Then there was Barry 'Why Am I Even Still Playing' Molyneaux and unseeded entrants John Hart and Fabio Cagide, because of course he'd show up here after a relatively tame clay season? Cagide eliminated Vicars and Haas on his way through somehow, Molyneaux had a comeback win over L. Perez in which he won second and third-set tiebreaks, and the bottom of the draw was just silly with Hart beating Clavet Moniotte, then Hugo Licona … who had upset (5) Chisulo Mpakati. Then there was Seamus Hughes coming back from the dead to knock out 10th-seeded Dogic … just a lot of weird results all over the place. Willy Weigl (l. Abinati), Algot Hakanson (l. de Jong), and Helmut Edlund (l. Moniotte) were all first-round exits for the Anilophiles. As for my players, Guha/Chiba embarrassingly failed to make it through qualifying, while Hughes/Hart claimed the winner's trophy. The Irish smashed (2) Kaspar/Godinic, winners of the past two Slams, in convincing fashion in the semifinals; 6-1, 6-3. Ouch. Apparently they aren't so special on the hardcourts? Amrik Kasaravalli did what he could but was outclassed by Jung in the third round, while Sushant Chiba went out to de Jong in the second. Elsewhere … Continuing to follow the path of least resistance, Nasir Chittoor yawned his way through a defense of his title from last year in CH2 Trani. He lost seven games for the week, never more than one in any set. That's … pretty terrifyingly non-competitive. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 09-04-2019 at 08:14 PM.