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Wimbledon Championship Week
I'm not going to try to build fake drama here; there was not one upset the rest of the way. Not a one. The quarterfinals had two four-set matches, Solitris Papadias losing to Xanthos and Oleg Urazov to Polychroniadis, a couple of tiebreaks in each match, while the other two matches went by in the minimum three. In the semifinals Themis Xanthos lost to Faille in four, while the best match of the tournament probably was Renke Cananis against Leon Polychroniadis. Their 57th meeting was Leon's 4th victory in the last 5, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. Normally I'd expect the German to come out on top of such a close one due to his mental fortitude. He tried; BPs were 3 of 5 for Cananis and just 4 of 17 for Polychroniadis. But the Greek had the upper hand overall and twice rallied from trailing by a set.
Another four sets in the final, and Ben Faille claimed his 6th consecutive Slam crown. It was as if the tennis tour just decided to be boring for this event. Wimbledon often has surprises as it's not the most sought-after surface, but this year it was just a collective 'meh'.
Elsewhere ...
Seeded for the first time in a futures tournament, 6th at FT3 in San Benedetto, Italy, Aparna Chandrasekharan did what he was supposed to do. Bashed his way through the first two rounds, but then lost in the quarterfinals. Seems his next step is to do this regularly, and hopefully occasionally find a favorable matchup to push further.
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