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Brian Swartz · 11-15-2017, 07:37 PM

Canada Masters

The Mehul/Kroese partnership finally ended before this -- for good. Kroese's manager dumped him, and the new ownership found another player for him to join with. Without a decent mate, Mehul lost in the first round. Attempts at finding a quality replacement failed. For the rest of his playing days(about five and a half years now), Anil will be a former champion toiling in obscurity. Meanwhile Shyam Senepathy lost 6-2, 6-1 in the first round ... to fellow qualifier Efim Golubev(RUS). At least he qualified, I suppose.

Milos Schmucker was pushed to a tiebreak in his first match, but (15)Benno Duhr was the only name to fall. It wasn't really that much of an upset; Stefano Espinoza, who is almost good enough to be seeded, did the honors 6-2, 6-4. (12)Ruben Piazzola was the lone casualty in the next stage, with American Vinnie Cone narrowly defeating him. Nikitin nearly made it two, losing to 7th-ranked Teng in a deciding tiebreak. Jolland(13th) was also close to being defeated.

No suprises at all in the third, despite a number of tight scores. Teng d. Jolland 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(5); Rosenberg d. Mackenzie 6-7(12), 6-4, 6-4; Zarco d. Kronecker, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4; Mooljee d. Espinoza, 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2; Fangio d. Cone, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. That's five matches of eight going the distance without a single lower-ranked player winning; a sixth was a close two-setter with Dudwadkar moving on. Not sure I've ever seen the like of this before.

That meant another rarity in the QFs; all top eight seeds making good on their positioning. For Kaspar it was merely another warm-up round, as he blasted Hsuang-tsung Teng 6-1, 6-3. Zarco did well to get by Valentin Rosenberg in a much closer match. The other two were close as well but both decided in two sets; Ritwik Dudwadkar lost to Dircx, Prakash Mooljee to Fangio. The deserving player won in both cases, but it was somewhat disappointing. Dudwadkar had won three straight this year against his generational rival, on different surfaces; this setback makes their H2H 6-4 in Dircx's favor.

Martin Zarco made Kaspar work a bit before losing in straight sets in the first semifinal; a moderate upset in the second one as Gillo Fangio stopped the Dutch #2 6-4, 7-6(4). Didn't have a whole lot left for the final though as Mateo Kaspar cruised through 6-3, 6-0. That's what he does on hardcourts, of course.

In Australia for another tier-3 futures, Sushant Chiba made the final and ran into an old 'friend'. Ugljesa Svajnovic, the #2 player and only one to beat Edleman during their final junior year. Here we learned nothing much has changed, as Svajnovic dominated 6-1, 6-3 and won over half of Chiba's service points. That's four buttkickings in as many meetings, for those scoring at home.

11-15-2017, 07:37 PM	#709
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Canada Masters The Mehul/Kroese partnership finally ended before this -- for good. Kroese's manager dumped him, and the new ownership found another player for him to join with. Without a decent mate, Mehul lost in the first round. Attempts at finding a quality replacement failed. For the rest of his playing days(about five and a half years now), Anil will be a former champion toiling in obscurity. Meanwhile Shyam Senepathy lost 6-2, 6-1 in the first round ... to fellow qualifier Efim Golubev(RUS). At least he qualified, I suppose. Milos Schmucker was pushed to a tiebreak in his first match, but (15)Benno Duhr was the only name to fall. It wasn't really that much of an upset; Stefano Espinoza, who is almost good enough to be seeded, did the honors 6-2, 6-4. (12)Ruben Piazzola was the lone casualty in the next stage, with American Vinnie Cone narrowly defeating him. Nikitin nearly made it two, losing to 7th-ranked Teng in a deciding tiebreak. Jolland(13th) was also close to being defeated. No suprises at all in the third, despite a number of tight scores. Teng d. Jolland 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(5); Rosenberg d. Mackenzie 6-7(12), 6-4, 6-4; Zarco d. Kronecker, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4; Mooljee d. Espinoza, 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2; Fangio d. Cone, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. That's five matches of eight going the distance without a single lower-ranked player winning; a sixth was a close two-setter with Dudwadkar moving on. Not sure I've ever seen the like of this before. That meant another rarity in the QFs; all top eight seeds making good on their positioning. For Kaspar it was merely another warm-up round, as he blasted Hsuang-tsung Teng 6-1, 6-3. Zarco did well to get by Valentin Rosenberg in a much closer match. The other two were close as well but both decided in two sets; Ritwik Dudwadkar lost to Dircx, Prakash Mooljee to Fangio. The deserving player won in both cases, but it was somewhat disappointing. Dudwadkar had won three straight this year against his generational rival, on different surfaces; this setback makes their H2H 6-4 in Dircx's favor. Martin Zarco made Kaspar work a bit before losing in straight sets in the first semifinal; a moderate upset in the second one as Gillo Fangio stopped the Dutch #2 6-4, 7-6(4). Didn't have a whole lot left for the final though as Mateo Kaspar cruised through 6-3, 6-0. That's what he does on hardcourts, of course. In Australia for another tier-3 futures, Sushant Chiba made the final and ran into an old 'friend'. Ugljesa Svajnovic, the #2 player and only one to beat Edleman during their final junior year. Here we learned nothing much has changed, as Svajnovic dominated 6-1, 6-3 and won over half of Chiba's service points. That's four buttkickings in as many meetings, for those scoring at home. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 11-15-2017 at 07:39 PM.