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Brian Swartz · 04-15-2016, 06:42 AM

Early November

An interesting dilemma was in front of us here. With the way the end-of-season schedule is spaced out, Girsh and Mehul could either peak for Paris and the Tour Finals, or for the WTF Final, but not both. Given that we've got a real chance at taking home our ultimate goal as world champions in the WTC, that was chosen. This meant overplaying heading into the other events, which will make them tired by the end.

To get there, both players entered 500-level events the week before Paris. Girish Girsh entered the Valencia Open. He quite surprisingly was extended to a third set by unseeded Roberto Martin in the second round, but crushed all comers the rest of the way with a 6-0, 6-2 beatdown of Condon in the final.

Anil Mehul was back at the Swiss Indoors, where he'd suffered one of the most disappointing losses last year as Federer staged a comeback despite being badly outplayed in the final. After the first round, pretty much ever match was competive. Local veteran Vito Bonamoni, then each of the rising young French players, and finally revenge against Roger Federer himself in the title match, 6-3, 7-6(0). Mehul faced a pair of tiebreaks on the way but did not drop a set.

Mission accomplished, and on to Paris.

04-15-2016, 06:42 AM	#311
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Early November An interesting dilemma was in front of us here. With the way the end-of-season schedule is spaced out, Girsh and Mehul could either peak for Paris and the Tour Finals, or for the WTF Final, but not both. Given that we've got a real chance at taking home our ultimate goal as world champions in the WTC, that was chosen. This meant overplaying heading into the other events, which will make them tired by the end. To get there, both players entered 500-level events the week before Paris. Girish Girsh entered the Valencia Open. He quite surprisingly was extended to a third set by unseeded Roberto Martin in the second round, but crushed all comers the rest of the way with a 6-0, 6-2 beatdown of Condon in the final. Anil Mehul was back at the Swiss Indoors, where he'd suffered one of the most disappointing losses last year as Federer staged a comeback despite being badly outplayed in the final. After the first round, pretty much ever match was competive. Local veteran Vito Bonamoni, then each of the rising young French players, and finally revenge against Roger Federer himself in the title match, 6-3, 7-6(0). Mehul faced a pair of tiebreaks on the way but did not drop a set. Mission accomplished, and on to Paris. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 04-16-2016 at 07:58 AM.