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Brian Swartz · 02-17-2023, 10:06 AM

Paris Masters

Only one surprise into the quarterfinals, and not a particularly big one; Goya Banqueria replacing Johann Przalowik, courtesy of a 6-4, 6-4 result in their third-round match. He would have a competitive showing against Polychroniadis but lose in straight sets. Toni Bardales managed only a single game in a complete beatdown by Faille, Jochen Weigle took a set from Cananis but lost a second-set tiebreak and then collapsed in the third. There was one moderate surprise when Ene Caballero lost to Oleg Urazov, 6-2, 7-6(4).

Urazov would give Ben Faille what would be his only competitive match of the tournament, but it still ended in two sets. Leon Polychroniadis rallied to defeat Renke Cananis 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, breaking a four-match streak by the German in their head to head which refuses to be anything but close. Cananis still leads 33-31. Polychroniadis melted to a 6-3, 6-1 defeat in the final, concluding Faille's perfect sweep of all the Masters tournaments for the year. That is not something that happens often, and his perfect record is still intact with only the World Tour Finals remaining as an obstacle. Despite his efforts, France is out of the World Team Cup in the semifinals so there will be no more matches for him there this year.

The field at the Finals will be as expected; nothing here changed that. Themis Xanthos is out, Johann Przalowik is in, the other competitors are the same ones as last year.

Elsewhere ...

Aparna Chandrasekharan had another FT2 triumph in Zimbabwe, and I think it's time to finish off his season with a jump to the FT1 level. If he wins, it could be his last futures event. Girish Raychaudhari, lacking a good juniors tournament to enter, went to the American capital for his first Amateur event. Really the only goal here was to get in a good number of matches. Third round in singles, quarterfinals in doubles is a reasonable result, particularly considering he lost to the top seed in singles, a player a year older who easily won the event without losing more than two games in any set.

The players are down to pretty much having one or two more tournaments each before we learn our fate for next year's WTC in a little over a month.

02-17-2023, 10:06 AM	#1382
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Paris Masters Only one surprise into the quarterfinals, and not a particularly big one; Goya Banqueria replacing Johann Przalowik, courtesy of a 6-4, 6-4 result in their third-round match. He would have a competitive showing against Polychroniadis but lose in straight sets. Toni Bardales managed only a single game in a complete beatdown by Faille, Jochen Weigle took a set from Cananis but lost a second-set tiebreak and then collapsed in the third. There was one moderate surprise when Ene Caballero lost to Oleg Urazov, 6-2, 7-6(4). Urazov would give Ben Faille what would be his only competitive match of the tournament, but it still ended in two sets. Leon Polychroniadis rallied to defeat Renke Cananis 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, breaking a four-match streak by the German in their head to head which refuses to be anything but close. Cananis still leads 33-31. Polychroniadis melted to a 6-3, 6-1 defeat in the final, concluding Faille's perfect sweep of all the Masters tournaments for the year. That is not something that happens often, and his perfect record is still intact with only the World Tour Finals remaining as an obstacle. Despite his efforts, France is out of the World Team Cup in the semifinals so there will be no more matches for him there this year. The field at the Finals will be as expected; nothing here changed that. Themis Xanthos is out, Johann Przalowik is in, the other competitors are the same ones as last year. Elsewhere ... Aparna Chandrasekharan had another FT2 triumph in Zimbabwe, and I think it's time to finish off his season with a jump to the FT1 level. If he wins, it could be his last futures event. Girish Raychaudhari, lacking a good juniors tournament to enter, went to the American capital for his first Amateur event. Really the only goal here was to get in a good number of matches. Third round in singles, quarterfinals in doubles is a reasonable result, particularly considering he lost to the top seed in singles, a player a year older who easily won the event without losing more than two games in any set. The players are down to pretty much having one or two more tournaments each before we learn our fate for next year's WTC in a little over a month.