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Brian Swartz · 05-23-2019, 03:27 PM

Canada Masters

Big winner of the week was Chisulo Mpakati, who has gained well over 800 points in two events after making a run to the final, where he lost to Hart. The world no. 1 defended his title here last year. Mpakati has made his breakthrough decisively, defeating #2 and Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Perez, then blasting through Dogic and Jung as well. He's now up to #11 and knocking on the door - it'll be interesting to see how he fares, though he'll be tired, in the next two events. Definitely figures to have a more prominent placing in the next Race standings. Meanwhile, the Korean made a nice showing as an unseeded semifinalist, and Seamus Hughes did indeed have a good run on the other side - but lost a pair of tiebreaks to Hart. Match of the tournament was given by Harald Wentz, who lost to our champion in the QFs, but it was one heck of a ride: 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 7-5.

In rankings news, the #16 position is now a stupidly-high 2905 points. That's like 40% inflation over the normal value. I'm not in too much of a hurry for it to settle out, since that likely happens by pushing Sushant Chiba below the line. He did well, coming a close third-set breaker away from upsetting Hughes in the third round. Amrik Kasaravalli, not so much - a second disappointing showing for him as he met with Jorgen Henriksson and left at the first hurdle. Couldn't overcome one of the best serves in the game, but he should have been able to make better use of his own superiority from the back of the court than he did. Not as close as a 6-3, 7-6(4) would normally be; didn't force a single break point and saved 10 of 11 to keep it interesting.

05-23-2019, 03:27 PM	#1025
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Canada Masters Big winner of the week was Chisulo Mpakati, who has gained well over 800 points in two events after making a run to the final, where he lost to Hart. The world no. 1 defended his title here last year. Mpakati has made his breakthrough decisively, defeating #2 and Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Perez, then blasting through Dogic and Jung as well. He's now up to #11 and knocking on the door - it'll be interesting to see how he fares, though he'll be tired, in the next two events. Definitely figures to have a more prominent placing in the next Race standings. Meanwhile, the Korean made a nice showing as an unseeded semifinalist, and Seamus Hughes did indeed have a good run on the other side - but lost a pair of tiebreaks to Hart. Match of the tournament was given by Harald Wentz, who lost to our champion in the QFs, but it was one heck of a ride: 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 7-5. In rankings news, the #16 position is now a stupidly-high 2905 points. That's like 40% inflation over the normal value. I'm not in too much of a hurry for it to settle out, since that likely happens by pushing Sushant Chiba below the line. He did well, coming a close third-set breaker away from upsetting Hughes in the third round. Amrik Kasaravalli, not so much - a second disappointing showing for him as he met with Jorgen Henriksson and left at the first hurdle. Couldn't overcome one of the best serves in the game, but he should have been able to make better use of his own superiority from the back of the court than he did. Not as close as a 6-3, 7-6(4) would normally be; didn't force a single break point and saved 10 of 11 to keep it interesting. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 05-23-2019 at 03:29 PM.