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July
I had a couple of fairly tough choices during the 'Channel Break'. Prakash Mooljee had just enough matches to take the whole thing off, while I sent Ritwik Dudwadkar off to the 250 in Eastbourne. He was starting to knock on the door of getting into the next 'circle', the Top 16. Lots of ebb and flow among the players around him during these weeks. He needed at least make the finals if not win, but lost a close one to Johnny Browne in the semis there, 6-3, 7-6(4). Browne is a couple years removed from his lone Wimbeldon title, but is still definitely a strong player on grass. For Dudwadkar, it's clearly his worst surface. Mehul also took the period off. Sushant Chiba found an opportunity and played his first tier-2 juniors event in Castricum(Netherlands). It was the week of the junior Wimbledon tournament, and there was only one high-ranking player who was worn out and lost early. Chiba won in both singles and doubles, rocketing himself almost 30 spots up to 39th.
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