That makes a lot of sense - I wasn't thinking about dealing with just the one country. Enjoy climbing that steep mountain
January
Germany was our foe for the first step in the WTC, and we lost only two combined sets en route to a 5-0 win. Nice victory in doubles for one of them, and Kasaravalli dropped one in the opening singles match but still was plenty good to grab the victory. The USA beat Italy 3-2, and the Italians are up next for us … indoors. That'll complicate things and it wouldn't at all shock me to see them 'upset' us given that surface.
Amrik Kasaravalli ended up playing two warmup events that both ended the same. In Brisbane (2nd round) and Auckland (QF) he exited to upcoming phenom and hardcourt specialist
Odimos Csollang. Csollang wasn't ranked quite high enough to make the start-of-year rundown, but we've mentioned him before and he'll definitely be there next season, sliding up a few spots to 31st after his performance in those events.
Sushant Chiba entered Chennai, having a solid showing with a QF exit to Velilla, 7-5 7-5 defeat there.
Chittoor/Guha haven't played since the WTC, though there were some tough choices whether to enter an event or take a subpar practice week. They were still in need of some more rest and training overall.
Coming Up …
The Australian Open. For the first time in many years, I will have all four of my players participating. It should be a fun adventure to kick off the new year.