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April
World Team Cup
In wrapping up group play, Sri Lanka blanked Peru 5-0. Once a strong competition, the Peruvians no longer have anybody ranked higher than 75th, and they didn't win a set. On to the quarterfinals, where we'll be pretty big favorites against the Czech Republic. It's on clay, and their rising #2 player Milos Schmucker(17th) could make things interesting. Niklas is quickly falling off though. Mooljee should get his two wins, leaving us needing just one from doubles or Ujjaval. That shouldn't be too hard.
Monte Carlo
Most of the top players were in action here, and Prakash Mooljee did well. Took three sets to get through tough customers in the QFs(Zarco) and SFs(Fangio), before a close straight-set loss to Mateo Kaspar in the final. Looks like he found his game, as this is one of his worst surfaces. Definitely a big confidence-booster for the champion. In doubles, Mehul/Kroese were bounced by the 8th seeds from the Phillipines, Thomas and Chris Rhodes, in the quarterfinals. Not the result they were looking for, and they continue to bob up and down from 3rd-5th there.
Ritwik Dudwadkar took the whole month off; Sushant Chiba won both singles and doubles in tier-4 Algiers, but continues to struggle against Top-200 juniors.
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