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Brian Swartz · 09-20-2022, 11:40 PM

Year 100 Rankings, Other Notables

45. Ene Caballero (19, ESP, 101%, 8.18)

Making the Top 100 as a teenager is an impressive and rare feat. Making the Top 50? That virtually doesn't happen. Caballero is strong, very fast, strong mentally ... and checks in with a 4.7 endurance rating. He's also of course a fast ager, but that won't stop him from making a splash. Manager is 6th-ranked jtweedy so it's not likely he gets ruined on that front.

As is the case with any 19-year-old, technical side needs work. But Caballero is probably out of the Challengers in a year at most, and making noise on the pro tour from then on. For reference, the next-highest-ranked teenager is 120th.

288. Manoj Datar (32, SRI, 75%, 6.51)

Datar continues to hang around the top of futures ranks - doubles at 242nd - but he is of course declining. At his 104% aging factor, it's not particularly slow either. Current trainer eval is at 3.85. I'm guessing he's probably got at least three years to bring that up, but it'll be a judgement call on how far to take him before he starts working with Raychaudhari, and how long until our young prodigy begins really needing the help.

553. Sushant Srivastava (23, SRI, 96%, 6.54)

Technically speaking, Srivastava has - narrowly - eclipsed Datar as Sri Lanka's best player. Of course, that's not what the rankings say, at least not yet. Srivastava was 31-11 this year, which may not sound that impressive, but his career match win total before this season was 22. That adds some perspective. Every new tournament boosts him to a new career high.

For the next several months, Sushant has nothing better than QF results to replace. All of his best finishes have been recent, and there's no reason to expect that trend to change. Really it's just all about how quickly he can get up high enough to push up the futures ladder to higher-tier events, and get into the WTC to help us out. It's a bit of a race against time there, and it might well be that it's another year before he can really be of assistance. Hopefully it's not too late if that happens.

2291. Aparna Chandrasekharan (19, SRI, 94%, 4.97)

The growing pains of this past year behind him, Chandrasekharan was in the 4.3 range when we picked him up. So he's already made notable progress. His first year in competitive tournaments brought him 8-12 singles and 16-12 doubles marks. I expect his singles results to well north of break-even this year, and my goal is to get him out of the amateur ranks by the time it's over. Aparna isn't yet listed on Sri Lanka's Top 10 active players, and he's probably two years minimum away from being a factor in the World Team Cup.

First things first, but definitely headed in the right direction.

665 (J). Girish Raychaudhari (14, SRI, 64%, 2.23)

The warm-up/initiation year is now over for Raychaudhari. Marks of 12-11 singles, 14-11 doubles at the JG5 tournament level were ... underwhelming. But that's fine so long as he starts finding more success this year, as every expectation and experience indicates he will. Girish is still very much in the range where fatigue is an issue for even the shorter tournaments, but the situation is gradually improving.

Manager Ranking

106th to start with 473 points, out of 122 managers at >150 points.

09-20-2022, 11:40 PM	#1289
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Year 100 Rankings, Other Notables 45. Ene Caballero (19, ESP, 101%, 8.18) Making the Top 100 as a teenager is an impressive and rare feat. Making the Top 50? That virtually doesn't happen. Caballero is strong, very fast, strong mentally ... and checks in with a 4.7 endurance rating. He's also of course a fast ager, but that won't stop him from making a splash. Manager is 6th-ranked jtweedy so it's not likely he gets ruined on that front. As is the case with any 19-year-old, technical side needs work. But Caballero is probably out of the Challengers in a year at most, and making noise on the pro tour from then on. For reference, the next-highest-ranked teenager is 120th. 288. Manoj Datar (32, SRI, 75%, 6.51) Datar continues to hang around the top of futures ranks - doubles at 242nd - but he is of course declining. At his 104% aging factor, it's not particularly slow either. Current trainer eval is at 3.85. I'm guessing he's probably got at least three years to bring that up, but it'll be a judgement call on how far to take him before he starts working with Raychaudhari, and how long until our young prodigy begins really needing the help. 553. Sushant Srivastava (23, SRI, 96%, 6.54) Technically speaking, Srivastava has - narrowly - eclipsed Datar as Sri Lanka's best player. Of course, that's not what the rankings say, at least not yet. Srivastava was 31-11 this year, which may not sound that impressive, but his career match win total before this season was 22. That adds some perspective. Every new tournament boosts him to a new career high. For the next several months, Sushant has nothing better than QF results to replace. All of his best finishes have been recent, and there's no reason to expect that trend to change. Really it's just all about how quickly he can get up high enough to push up the futures ladder to higher-tier events, and get into the WTC to help us out. It's a bit of a race against time there, and it might well be that it's another year before he can really be of assistance. Hopefully it's not too late if that happens. 2291. Aparna Chandrasekharan (19, SRI, 94%, 4.97) The growing pains of this past year behind him, Chandrasekharan was in the 4.3 range when we picked him up. So he's already made notable progress. His first year in competitive tournaments brought him 8-12 singles and 16-12 doubles marks. I expect his singles results to well north of break-even this year, and my goal is to get him out of the amateur ranks by the time it's over. Aparna isn't yet listed on Sri Lanka's Top 10 active players, and he's probably two years minimum away from being a factor in the World Team Cup. First things first, but definitely headed in the right direction. 665 (J). Girish Raychaudhari (14, SRI, 64%, 2.23) The warm-up/initiation year is now over for Raychaudhari. Marks of 12-11 singles, 14-11 doubles at the JG5 tournament level were ... underwhelming. But that's fine so long as he starts finding more success this year, as every expectation and experience indicates he will. Girish is still very much in the range where fatigue is an issue for even the shorter tournaments, but the situation is gradually improving. Manager Ranking 106th to start with 473 points, out of 122 managers at >150 points. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 09-20-2022 at 11:41 PM.