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Old 05-05-2017, 07:02 PM   #604
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
February/March

World Team Cup

The second round was the biggest one of group play for us, facing off against Spain on their favored clay. It was basically over by day two though. Shreya Ujjaval pulled a stunning upset in an epic over 7th-ranked Juan de los Santos, 8-6 in the 5th. The next day we took the doubles and had a 3-0 lead, getting a 4-1 win with Martin Zarco the lone victory for the Spaniards; he beat Ujjaval on Friday.

That gives Sri Lanka clear passage to the top spot in our group; we'll still have an encounter with Peru but nothing that happens there can change our position.

Everybody had the next few weeks off, and then there was some action the week before Indian Wells. Prakash Mooljee entered the 500 in Acapulco, and was shocked by Germany's Stefano Espinoza in the quarterfinals. Probably should have won the match, but no way it should have been close to begin with. Anil Mehul played the doubles in Acapulco, winning easily. Ritwik Dudwadkar entered in the Salinas tier-2 challenger, and took home both the singles and doubles championship trophies in a strong week for him; albeit against fairly weak competition.
Sushant Chiba had his latest tier-4 juniors action in Haifa, Israel, and was upset in the SFs mostly for reasons of extreme fatigue. He pushed it to hard in training the week before, and had the following week off completely. It wasn't a totally lost event at all, and he did win in doubles.

Pretty good showings all things considered.
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