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Brian Swartz · 07-29-2019, 03:00 PM

World Tour Finals

Kicevo, Macedonia was the site for this year's mini-tournament. The award for biggest surprise goes to Ollie Haas, who reached the final and took the first set from presumptive - and actual - champion Nicolas Perez. This is Perez's first WTF crown, but I'm thinking it probably won't be the last. The way he finished the year really strengthened his grip as the world #1. As for Haas, he edged out Harald Wentz in a two-tiebreak semi that was impressive in its ineptitude - the players won 25% and 30% of their return points overall, yet managed to go a combined 0-for-15 on break chances. On the other side, Perez dominated Il-Sung Jung more than the scoreline looked like he did.

Aviles was the only player to go winless in the round-robin stage, whilst Mpakati wasn't far from advancing but a three-set loss to Haas doomed him. Also getting a single victory were de Jong and John Hart, who had won the last three years and reached at least the SF the three years before that. Kind of a sad end to a long string of success here for him.

07-29-2019, 03:00 PM	#1126
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	World Tour Finals Kicevo, Macedonia was the site for this year's mini-tournament. The award for biggest surprise goes to Ollie Haas, who reached the final and took the first set from presumptive - and actual - champion Nicolas Perez. This is Perez's first WTF crown, but I'm thinking it probably won't be the last. The way he finished the year really strengthened his grip as the world #1. As for Haas, he edged out Harald Wentz in a two-tiebreak semi that was impressive in its ineptitude - the players won 25% and 30% of their return points overall, yet managed to go a combined 0-for-15 on break chances. On the other side, Perez dominated Il-Sung Jung more than the scoreline looked like he did. Aviles was the only player to go winless in the round-robin stage, whilst Mpakati wasn't far from advancing but a three-set loss to Haas doomed him. Also getting a single victory were de Jong and John Hart, who had won the last three years and reached at least the SF the three years before that. Kind of a sad end to a long string of success here for him. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 07-29-2019 at 03:15 PM.