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Brian Swartz · 06-27-2017, 12:38 AM

February/March

World Team Cup

The second round of group play was a little more tense than hoped. Blagota Cojanovic beat Ujjaval on Monday, then doubles went against us. Mehul/Dudwadkar put up a fight against a pair that included Radule Cordasic, part of the top doubles team in the world, but fell apart in a 6-1 5th set. At that point we trailed 2-1 against Croatia. Mooljee predictably handled his end, so it came down to a decisive Friday match. Shreya Ujjaval stopped Sara Cirakovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in what was far from an easy victory. That completes a 3-2 win, and we'll make it through to the knockout rounds once again. It wasn't a walk though, that's for sure.

After that it was time off for everyone the next three weeks, then back out there for warm-up events heading into the IW/Miami double. Sushant Chiba got his second tier-3 juniors title in as many attempts this year in Lille, France. He was bounced in semis of doubles though. Doing well at roughly maintaining his status in the rankings with these victories. Anil Mehul won a grass-court tier-1 futures in Ireland, and that should be his last of those at least for now; he pushes inside the Top 200 and at least for the moment is back in challengers territory as a singles competitor. Ritwik Dudwadkar headed to the Brasil Open(250), where he lost in the semis to top-seeded clay veteran de los Santos, 7-5, 6-2. Did pretty much what was expected of him here, although I thought he'd be a little closer to winning this one. No big upset, but he didn't lay an egg either. Prakash Mooljee entered Dubai(500), and was a comeback victim in the final against Gillo Fangio, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Overall pretty much an as-expected group of results during this stretch.

06-27-2017, 12:38 AM	#634
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	February/March World Team Cup The second round of group play was a little more tense than hoped. Blagota Cojanovic beat Ujjaval on Monday, then doubles went against us. Mehul/Dudwadkar put up a fight against a pair that included Radule Cordasic, part of the top doubles team in the world, but fell apart in a 6-1 5th set. At that point we trailed 2-1 against Croatia. Mooljee predictably handled his end, so it came down to a decisive Friday match. Shreya Ujjaval stopped Sara Cirakovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in what was far from an easy victory. That completes a 3-2 win, and we'll make it through to the knockout rounds once again. It wasn't a walk though, that's for sure. After that it was time off for everyone the next three weeks, then back out there for warm-up events heading into the IW/Miami double. Sushant Chiba got his second tier-3 juniors title in as many attempts this year in Lille, France. He was bounced in semis of doubles though. Doing well at roughly maintaining his status in the rankings with these victories. Anil Mehul won a grass-court tier-1 futures in Ireland, and that should be his last of those at least for now; he pushes inside the Top 200 and at least for the moment is back in challengers territory as a singles competitor. Ritwik Dudwadkar headed to the Brasil Open(250), where he lost in the semis to top-seeded clay veteran de los Santos, 7-5, 6-2. Did pretty much what was expected of him here, although I thought he'd be a little closer to winning this one. No big upset, but he didn't lay an egg either. Prakash Mooljee entered Dubai(500), and was a comeback victim in the final against Gillo Fangio, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Overall pretty much an as-expected group of results during this stretch. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 06-27-2017 at 12:39 AM.