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Brian Swartz · 08-18-2019, 02:58 PM

April

Facing off against the United States to see who would win our WTC group, we had another up-and-down struggle just like against Italy. Against a team featuring world no. 15 doubles Stuart Pargeter we figured to lose a one-sided doubles encounter, and that indeed happened after pushing them to a tiebreak the first set. Amrik Kasaravalli started things out by beating Molyneaux, while Vicars snatched one back for the Americans against Sushant Chiba, both in straight sets as well. That put us one loss from defeat as play began on Thursday. Chiba battled past fellow veteran Barry Molyneaux in a tough four-setter, leaving the finale between Kasaravalli and Ross Vicars to decide it. 356 points later, that match had a similar result; the good guys take it 7-5, 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3. Amrik is the hero this time, claiming two wins and we sure needed them both.

With a second straight 3-2 victory, we win this year's group of death and head into the quarterfinals unbeaten (so far). Sweden is up first and on an indoor court they are probably favored. Two indoor and no hardcourt assignments for the set of QF ties is just weird. Is what it is though … hard to see a winning path for that matchup from here.

The strong wee also moved Kasaravalli just above Chiba in the rankings, and he looked good to stay there and finally claim his spot in the Top 16 - for now. Looking to secure that location, he entered the Houston 250 in a week that I almost never play pro events in. As the top seed, Amrik advanced smoothly until a tough 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over 2-seed Algot Hakanson in the final. It still won't be easy to improve on last year's clay showing with how the top players are doing, but he's put himself in the best position to do so as he should be seeded for all of the clay Masters now.

Coming Up …

We get the clay season going with the first hurdle in Monte Carlo. My younger players will also head back out for another challenger event, so everybody's in action.

ETA: Also, fun fact; the Anilophiles own the Top-32 transition spots right now.

31 - Hughes
32 - Narciso
33 - Edlund
34 - Weigl

08-18-2019, 02:58 PM	#1153
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	April Facing off against the United States to see who would win our WTC group, we had another up-and-down struggle just like against Italy. Against a team featuring world no. 15 doubles Stuart Pargeter we figured to lose a one-sided doubles encounter, and that indeed happened after pushing them to a tiebreak the first set. Amrik Kasaravalli started things out by beating Molyneaux, while Vicars snatched one back for the Americans against Sushant Chiba, both in straight sets as well. That put us one loss from defeat as play began on Thursday. Chiba battled past fellow veteran Barry Molyneaux in a tough four-setter, leaving the finale between Kasaravalli and Ross Vicars to decide it. 356 points later, that match had a similar result; the good guys take it 7-5, 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3. Amrik is the hero this time, claiming two wins and we sure needed them both. With a second straight 3-2 victory, we win this year's group of death and head into the quarterfinals unbeaten (so far). Sweden is up first and on an indoor court they are probably favored. Two indoor and no hardcourt assignments for the set of QF ties is just weird. Is what it is though … hard to see a winning path for that matchup from here. The strong wee also moved Kasaravalli just above Chiba in the rankings, and he looked good to stay there and finally claim his spot in the Top 16 - for now. Looking to secure that location, he entered the Houston 250 in a week that I almost never play pro events in. As the top seed, Amrik advanced smoothly until a tough 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over 2-seed Algot Hakanson in the final. It still won't be easy to improve on last year's clay showing with how the top players are doing, but he's put himself in the best position to do so as he should be seeded for all of the clay Masters now. Coming Up … We get the clay season going with the first hurdle in Monte Carlo. My younger players will also head back out for another challenger event, so everybody's in action. ETA: Also, fun fact; the Anilophiles own the Top-32 transition spots right now. 31 - Hughes 32 - Narciso 33 - Edlund 34 - Weigl Last edited by Brian Swartz : 08-18-2019 at 03:10 PM.