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Brian Swartz · 10-11-2019, 06:17 PM

Monte Carlo

Hughes/Hart continue to show they are the best around, claiming another bit of hardware for their trophy case. Chiba/Guha had to qualify, but eliminated third-seeded Swiss team before falling to former #1s (6) Galvan/Aguilar in a 6-4, 6-2 quarterfinal. Right now we need a bunch of points to move up much at all, and are gaining but not enough to make a significant difference.

Nicolas Perez has never managed a clean sweep of the clay events, but he is the two-time defending RG champion and for three years in a row he's won two of the three Masters on the dirt. If this tournament was any indication, he'll be the best on clay once again. He only had to break a sweat twice, the toughest match being a 7-5, 7-5 win over Lucas Perez in the quarterfinals. Only four games apiece were allotted his last two opponents, the Spanish contingent of Fabio Cagide in the semifinals and Calisto Aviles in the final. The other SF featured Amrik Kasaravalli in his second masters semifinal (Rome last year), where he was pretty badly outplayed by Aviles but still had a chance to beat him in a second-set tiebreak. Kasravalli got here by dispatching Chisulo Mpakati in three sets, then surviving a first-set breadstick to rally and take a tight deciding breaker over no. 2 Harald Wentz in the quarterfinals. Fine showing on his part, and other than Perez in current form he's capable of hanging with anyone on this surface if he plays well.

Ollie Haas and the continually-impressive Peter de Boer were the other quarterfinalists. In the third round, Algot Hakanson got a whole three games off of N. Perez, Clavet Moniotte was dispatched by L. Perez in a competitive two, and Ross Vicars managed just three games against Aviles. Second round saw Nasir Chittoor exit at the hands of Velilla, Tommy Fitzpatrick pushed Haas to three before leaving, and Willy Weigl got a set off of Kasaravalli but couldn't finish the upset. Helmut Edlund (l. Gronhag in three), Mark Smith (l. Cagide), and Joao Narciso (l. de Boer in three) were all unfortunate enough in their first-round draws that they were eliminated right away.

10-11-2019, 06:17 PM	#1221
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Monte Carlo Hughes/Hart continue to show they are the best around, claiming another bit of hardware for their trophy case. Chiba/Guha had to qualify, but eliminated third-seeded Swiss team before falling to former #1s (6) Galvan/Aguilar in a 6-4, 6-2 quarterfinal. Right now we need a bunch of points to move up much at all, and are gaining but not enough to make a significant difference. Nicolas Perez has never managed a clean sweep of the clay events, but he is the two-time defending RG champion and for three years in a row he's won two of the three Masters on the dirt. If this tournament was any indication, he'll be the best on clay once again. He only had to break a sweat twice, the toughest match being a 7-5, 7-5 win over Lucas Perez in the quarterfinals. Only four games apiece were allotted his last two opponents, the Spanish contingent of Fabio Cagide in the semifinals and Calisto Aviles in the final. The other SF featured Amrik Kasaravalli in his second masters semifinal (Rome last year), where he was pretty badly outplayed by Aviles but still had a chance to beat him in a second-set tiebreak. Kasravalli got here by dispatching Chisulo Mpakati in three sets, then surviving a first-set breadstick to rally and take a tight deciding breaker over no. 2 Harald Wentz in the quarterfinals. Fine showing on his part, and other than Perez in current form he's capable of hanging with anyone on this surface if he plays well. Ollie Haas and the continually-impressive Peter de Boer were the other quarterfinalists. In the third round, Algot Hakanson got a whole three games off of N. Perez, Clavet Moniotte was dispatched by L. Perez in a competitive two, and Ross Vicars managed just three games against Aviles. Second round saw Nasir Chittoor exit at the hands of Velilla, Tommy Fitzpatrick pushed Haas to three before leaving, and Willy Weigl got a set off of Kasaravalli but couldn't finish the upset. Helmut Edlund (l. Gronhag in three), Mark Smith (l. Cagide), and Joao Narciso (l. de Boer in three) were all unfortunate enough in their first-round draws that they were eliminated right away.