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Christy · 03-22-2019, 05:26 PM

The match that knocked Chiba down a place brought Perez up to no. 8 with Balzer losing 800 points from his final appearance last year.

Aas ended up in the Swedish section with 3 Swedes going for same spot in the last 16 with a likely match vs Solberg then. He gave the fans their money's worth with two 4 setters and a 5 setter vs Henriksson but he grinded his way forward. Solberg was the predicted r16 match. Aas going onto the board of legends as the first Swede to win a singles masters (there is one player with a wtf for them) must be annoying Solberg who is used to the plaudits back home. He let loose in set 1 as Aas was 2 breaks down before winning a point and didn't win a game. Sets 2 and 3 were fairer but no repeat of the Cinderella story.

Perez had an easy route till r3 when he faced Abinati. A quality clay courter. I had hoped he would stay in the top 16 to avoid this but mysteriously lost his first game in both clay masters. He also beat Perez a few weeks ago in a clay 250 final in straight sets. A banana skin covered in oil for me. Perez went a break down in both the first two sets but managed to split them, winning a tie break. In the 3rd set he won in a period both players abandoned the serve with 6 breaks. Perez got the edge there and forced it in the 4th for the win. Solheim had a rocket start to the year but clay has slower him down a bit. Perez again went a break down early but fought back for the set. Again he showed his ability to win a dirty set in the second with a mass of broken serves before closing out the 3rd in a more usual fashion. A match with a combined 37 break points. Solheim served 15 games and only won 8.

Then for the 3rd time in 4 weeks he played Hart. For the third time in a row Perez' serve was a mess but now he was against Hart and couldn't make up for it with his return game. Not sure if it is his strength or just a bad week for his serve. Certainly clay slows down the play a lot but he could use some consistency there. Still overall a good week thanks to his return game.

Elsewhere Mpakati pushed Hughes all the way. Definitely a big threat going forward. Hughes then fell to Rhodes. A very capable clay courter who is going to doe from exhaustion. Rhodes then brushed aside Chiba and I am unsure if he will be able to stand up at all vs Meiklejohn given how overplayed he is.

Molyneaux was beaten early by Tim de Jong who is starting to make good on some talent after a poor start to the season. He was also driven to 5 sets in the 3rd round by Aviles who could play spoiler on clay in a few years. With proper management could even start to dominate the surface.

03-22-2019, 05:26 PM	#922
Christy n00b Join Date: Jun 2018	The match that knocked Chiba down a place brought Perez up to no. 8 with Balzer losing 800 points from his final appearance last year. Aas ended up in the Swedish section with 3 Swedes going for same spot in the last 16 with a likely match vs Solberg then. He gave the fans their money's worth with two 4 setters and a 5 setter vs Henriksson but he grinded his way forward. Solberg was the predicted r16 match. Aas going onto the board of legends as the first Swede to win a singles masters (there is one player with a wtf for them) must be annoying Solberg who is used to the plaudits back home. He let loose in set 1 as Aas was 2 breaks down before winning a point and didn't win a game. Sets 2 and 3 were fairer but no repeat of the Cinderella story. Perez had an easy route till r3 when he faced Abinati. A quality clay courter. I had hoped he would stay in the top 16 to avoid this but mysteriously lost his first game in both clay masters. He also beat Perez a few weeks ago in a clay 250 final in straight sets. A banana skin covered in oil for me. Perez went a break down in both the first two sets but managed to split them, winning a tie break. In the 3rd set he won in a period both players abandoned the serve with 6 breaks. Perez got the edge there and forced it in the 4th for the win. Solheim had a rocket start to the year but clay has slower him down a bit. Perez again went a break down early but fought back for the set. Again he showed his ability to win a dirty set in the second with a mass of broken serves before closing out the 3rd in a more usual fashion. A match with a combined 37 break points. Solheim served 15 games and only won 8. Then for the 3rd time in 4 weeks he played Hart. For the third time in a row Perez' serve was a mess but now he was against Hart and couldn't make up for it with his return game. Not sure if it is his strength or just a bad week for his serve. Certainly clay slows down the play a lot but he could use some consistency there. Still overall a good week thanks to his return game. Elsewhere Mpakati pushed Hughes all the way. Definitely a big threat going forward. Hughes then fell to Rhodes. A very capable clay courter who is going to doe from exhaustion. Rhodes then brushed aside Chiba and I am unsure if he will be able to stand up at all vs Meiklejohn given how overplayed he is. Molyneaux was beaten early by Tim de Jong who is starting to make good on some talent after a poor start to the season. He was also driven to 5 sets in the 3rd round by Aviles who could play spoiler on clay in a few years. With proper management could even start to dominate the surface.