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Brian Swartz · 08-02-2016, 03:28 PM

During the off week following the Tour Finals, there was one event worth noting. Ritwik Dudwadkar entered his final event of the year, another tier-4 event in Auckland, New Zealand. He was seeded second and frankly annihilated the field, handing out a pair of breadsticks to the once-imposing Florentino Suarez in the final. A narrow loss in the doubles final was his only flaw on the week.

Dudwadkar will be making the jump to tier-3 soon, possibly after one more tier-4 event, that remains to be seen. His endurance has reached the point(2.5 right now) where he can play deep into both singles and doubles and still perform well. This last tournament success pushed him into the Top 200 of juniors for the first time, and he'll see a bigger bump than that of course at the end of the year when another crop of players turn pro.

World Team Cup Finals
Sri Lanka(1st) vs. France(3rd), Hardcourt

This of course was the only notable event remaining this year, as we seek to defend our title from last season. One point of interest this week is that Iglar ascended to #1 while Girsh fell to #2 in the world rankings, despite both players being tied in the points total still. My working hypothesis at the moment is that in such situations the game uses the highly sophisticated, complex, and deeply mathematical method known as 'flipping a coin' to resolve such situations. Probably as good as anything, since both players played almost 100 matches this year and there would be a clear choice if you changed the result of any one of those. It'll be interesting to see if the order switches again before the tie is broken.

Monday: G. Girsh d. D. Poilblan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Tuesday: A. Mehul d. T. Bourdet, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Wednesday: S. Ujjaval/P. Mooljee d. R. Iragui/T. Rey, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
Thursday: G. Girsh d. T. Bourdet, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Friday: A. Mehul d. D. Poilblan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4

Sri Lanka defeats France, 5-0!!

That was rather unexpectedly comprehensive. Each rubber was competitive, and yet we did not drop a single set. Mooljee was back in doubles with Kuttikad's ranking there dropping into the 400s as age appears to be taking him, and contributed to a rare doubles win for us nicely ... Ujjaval is the highest-ranking doubles player in Sri Lanka history, and still the better of the pair in that discipline. I fully expected to win this, but it was a very focused, disciplined effort, a good way to end another successful season. Back to back titles for us, and we end the year #1 in the world, with the United States close behind still as the only nation in striking distance. France is third, just ahead of Spain.

The WTC Playoffs are up next week, beginning the end-of-the-year cycle.

08-02-2016, 03:28 PM	#454
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	During the off week following the Tour Finals, there was one event worth noting. Ritwik Dudwadkar entered his final event of the year, another tier-4 event in Auckland, New Zealand. He was seeded second and frankly annihilated the field, handing out a pair of breadsticks to the once-imposing Florentino Suarez in the final. A narrow loss in the doubles final was his only flaw on the week. Dudwadkar will be making the jump to tier-3 soon, possibly after one more tier-4 event, that remains to be seen. His endurance has reached the point(2.5 right now) where he can play deep into both singles and doubles and still perform well. This last tournament success pushed him into the Top 200 of juniors for the first time, and he'll see a bigger bump than that of course at the end of the year when another crop of players turn pro. World Team Cup Finals Sri Lanka(1st) vs. France(3rd), Hardcourt This of course was the only notable event remaining this year, as we seek to defend our title from last season. One point of interest this week is that Iglar ascended to #1 while Girsh fell to #2 in the world rankings, despite both players being tied in the points total still. My working hypothesis at the moment is that in such situations the game uses the highly sophisticated, complex, and deeply mathematical method known as 'flipping a coin' to resolve such situations. Probably as good as anything, since both players played almost 100 matches this year and there would be a clear choice if you changed the result of any one of those. It'll be interesting to see if the order switches again before the tie is broken. Monday: G. Girsh d. D. Poilblan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday: A. Mehul d. T. Bourdet, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday: S. Ujjaval/P. Mooljee d. R. Iragui/T. Rey, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 Thursday: G. Girsh d. T. Bourdet, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 Friday: A. Mehul d. D. Poilblan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 Sri Lanka defeats France, 5-0!! That was rather unexpectedly comprehensive. Each rubber was competitive, and yet we did not drop a single set. Mooljee was back in doubles with Kuttikad's ranking there dropping into the 400s as age appears to be taking him, and contributed to a rare doubles win for us nicely ... Ujjaval is the highest-ranking doubles player in Sri Lanka history, and still the better of the pair in that discipline. I fully expected to win this, but it was a very focused, disciplined effort, a good way to end another successful season. Back to back titles for us, and we end the year #1 in the world, with the United States close behind still as the only nation in striking distance. France is third, just ahead of Spain. The WTC Playoffs are up next week, beginning the end-of-the-year cycle. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 08-02-2016 at 03:29 PM.