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Brian Swartz · 06-21-2015, 06:32 PM

The Australian Open came down to defending champion David Prieto against Perry Hogue who is on a real tear to start the year. Prieto made it three straight with a straight-sets win, dropping only one set in the tournament, a semi-final tiebreak to Alastra. Meanwhile, David Alvarez's strong showing bumped him into the Top 10 while Challenger dropped all the way down to 11th.

At the same time, Prakash Moojee was in Poland for a Tier 5 junior event, the lowest level of tournament with only 16 in the main draw. He'd managed to nearly double his meager technical skills going in and won a couple matches in singles and doubles each before going out in the quarters and semis respectively. Fatigue was as much a cause of the loss as anything else. Low-level junior matches are essentially a roll of the dice and they tend to be very long. Without developed technique, errors are very common and the advantage of the serve is virtually nil, leading to a lot more long games. He debuted at 1121st in the rankings but will move up from there fairly quickly. Right now that's really almost irrelevant, getting the match experience is what matters.

2039 WTC Level 2 Group 3, Second Round-Robin Round
Chinese Taipei vs. Sri Lanka

This tie was played on grass, but it could have been played on the moon for all that it mattered.

Monday: A. Chittoor d. D. Chow, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0
Tuesday: A. Mehul d. B. Bi, 6-0, 6-0, 6-2
Wednesday: A. Chittoor/P. Nilima d. T. Ang/T. Si-Ma, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-2
Thursday: A. Mehul d. D. Chow, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0
Friday: A. Chitoor d. B. Bi, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Other than doubles, it really wasn't worth watching -- a total bloodbath. Italy beat Japan as expected, but only 3-2 on account of their second-best player retiring early at age 33 to become a trainer. A short-sighted move by the manager there, and for team Italy they lack a similar replacement. This changes the look of things considerably. We are now near-prohibitive favorites to win our final group tie against them and take the top spot in Group 3. Even should an upset occur, our spot in the quarterfinals is booked and the entrance exam in Level 2 has been passed. Looking down the road, New Caledonia and Denmark could be tough, but the top competition appears once again to be Austria. It's more likely than not that our budding rivalry with them with have another chapter added, and I wouldn't mind avenging what is to date our only WTC defeat one bit.

Sri Lanka edges up a spot to 47th, while Anil Mehul moves up to his latest career-best at 23rd. It's a full month now of relative quiet coming up, leading up to the big American hardcourt masters and what will be a busy clay season this year following that as Mehul will be playing all of the Masters tournaments there as well for the first time.

06-21-2015, 06:32 PM	#47
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	The Australian Open came down to defending champion David Prieto against Perry Hogue who is on a real tear to start the year. Prieto made it three straight with a straight-sets win, dropping only one set in the tournament, a semi-final tiebreak to Alastra. Meanwhile, David Alvarez's strong showing bumped him into the Top 10 while Challenger dropped all the way down to 11th. At the same time, Prakash Moojee was in Poland for a Tier 5 junior event, the lowest level of tournament with only 16 in the main draw. He'd managed to nearly double his meager technical skills going in and won a couple matches in singles and doubles each before going out in the quarters and semis respectively. Fatigue was as much a cause of the loss as anything else. Low-level junior matches are essentially a roll of the dice and they tend to be very long. Without developed technique, errors are very common and the advantage of the serve is virtually nil, leading to a lot more long games. He debuted at 1121st in the rankings but will move up from there fairly quickly. Right now that's really almost irrelevant, getting the match experience is what matters. 2039 WTC Level 2 Group 3, Second Round-Robin Round Chinese Taipei vs. Sri Lanka This tie was played on grass, but it could have been played on the moon for all that it mattered. Monday: A. Chittoor d. D. Chow, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0 Tuesday: A. Mehul d. B. Bi, 6-0, 6-0, 6-2 Wednesday: A. Chittoor/P. Nilima d. T. Ang/T. Si-Ma, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-2 Thursday: A. Mehul d. D. Chow, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 Friday: A. Chitoor d. B. Bi, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 Other than doubles, it really wasn't worth watching -- a total bloodbath. Italy beat Japan as expected, but only 3-2 on account of their second-best player retiring early at age 33 to become a trainer. A short-sighted move by the manager there, and for team Italy they lack a similar replacement. This changes the look of things considerably. We are now near-prohibitive favorites to win our final group tie against them and take the top spot in Group 3. Even should an upset occur, our spot in the quarterfinals is booked and the entrance exam in Level 2 has been passed. Looking down the road, New Caledonia and Denmark could be tough, but the top competition appears once again to be Austria. It's more likely than not that our budding rivalry with them with have another chapter added, and I wouldn't mind avenging what is to date our only WTC defeat one bit. Sri Lanka edges up a spot to 47th, while Anil Mehul moves up to his latest career-best at 23rd. It's a full month now of relative quiet coming up, leading up to the big American hardcourt masters and what will be a busy clay season this year following that as Mehul will be playing all of the Masters tournaments there as well for the first time. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 06-21-2015 at 06:36 PM.