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Brian Swartz · 11-18-2017, 07:56 PM

US Open

Anil Mehul continued to flounder with unknowns, seeded 13th here and losing a close second-round match in doubles. Shyam Senepathy had the misfortune of playing Dircx in his opening match; 6-3, 6-1, 6-0. A walkover by a different name.

As always, most of the quality was to be found in the matches between has-beens, journeymen, and youngsters in the first round. There was some action worth watching in a few of the matchups involving the seeds though. Angel Zaferia(31st) was pushed to a tough four, and even moreso Prakash Mooljee almost endured the unthinkable, outlasting Cristian Castegali of Mexico, one of the top unseeded players, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. One set away from a first-round exit. How monstrous! (26) Juan de los Santos continued to show his age, the only seed to actually lose. Nikolay Bronislav of Belarus in four sets is the answer to the trivia question. It may well be the only time we note his name. Zaferia survived another tough one in the second round, going five this time including three tiebreaks. Luc Janin was pushed the distance also, but no additional seeds were eliminated and most of the action was of the routine, three-set variety.

In the third, two of the young US hopefuls clashed with Blake taking it in four over Matthew Panter. Jolland and Cone, also Americans, butted heads with Jake the winner in five there. (9)Milos Schmucker was also pushed to the limit. Best match of the day was between Mooljee and the still-upstart (21)Alexey Nikitin. 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(4) was the final as Prakash wins his second 5-setter of the tournament in that most unique fashion that only the US Open has; the fifth-set tiebreak. The near-misses for Nikitin just keep coming and coming, and he probably should have won this one(+13 in total points, 193-180). In the end though, there were once again no real upsets. The fourth round brought the first bit of fight for Dudwadkar, who was taken to a pair of breakers before knocking out Sigmund Kronecker in straights. Mooljee had an easier time of it with Johnny Browne, showing how far he's fallen. The first shocker arrived with Martin Zarco losing to Piazzola in a five-set epic, close tiebreaker at the end and all. The world no. 2 is gone in the first week.

Seven of the top eight plus the Chilean surprise(although not that much of one, seeded 11th) made the quarterfinals. A strong field. Ritwik Dudwadkar was in the path of Kaspar once again and quickly dismissed. Another unfortunate draw for him in that regard, and the 7th time this year he's been eliminated by the same player. Guus Dircx was made to feel the sting of a mild upset, taken down by Rosenberg in a five-set encounter. Teng knocked out Ruben Piazzola in four, while Mooljee's journey ended against Gillo Fangio, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

On to the semis with no Sri Lanka representative, something that has become too commonplace. Valentin Rosenberg was absolutely throttled by Kaspar, 6-2, 6-0, 6-1. That's just brutal, opening-rounds kind of scoring. In a Slam semifinal. Hsuang-tsung Teng provided a better second match, losing to the Italian Fangio 7-5, 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4. The final was the expected straight-sets coronation, with Mateo Kaspar rolling one more time.

11-18-2017, 07:56 PM	#711
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	US Open Anil Mehul continued to flounder with unknowns, seeded 13th here and losing a close second-round match in doubles. Shyam Senepathy had the misfortune of playing Dircx in his opening match; 6-3, 6-1, 6-0. A walkover by a different name. As always, most of the quality was to be found in the matches between has-beens, journeymen, and youngsters in the first round. There was some action worth watching in a few of the matchups involving the seeds though. Angel Zaferia(31st) was pushed to a tough four, and even moreso Prakash Mooljee almost endured the unthinkable, outlasting Cristian Castegali of Mexico, one of the top unseeded players, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. One set away from a first-round exit. How monstrous! (26) Juan de los Santos continued to show his age, the only seed to actually lose. Nikolay Bronislav of Belarus in four sets is the answer to the trivia question. It may well be the only time we note his name. Zaferia survived another tough one in the second round, going five this time including three tiebreaks. Luc Janin was pushed the distance also, but no additional seeds were eliminated and most of the action was of the routine, three-set variety. In the third, two of the young US hopefuls clashed with Blake taking it in four over Matthew Panter. Jolland and Cone, also Americans, butted heads with Jake the winner in five there. (9)Milos Schmucker was also pushed to the limit. Best match of the day was between Mooljee and the still-upstart (21)Alexey Nikitin. 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-6(4) was the final as Prakash wins his second 5-setter of the tournament in that most unique fashion that only the US Open has; the fifth-set tiebreak. The near-misses for Nikitin just keep coming and coming, and he probably should have won this one(+13 in total points, 193-180). In the end though, there were once again no real upsets. The fourth round brought the first bit of fight for Dudwadkar, who was taken to a pair of breakers before knocking out Sigmund Kronecker in straights. Mooljee had an easier time of it with Johnny Browne, showing how far he's fallen. The first shocker arrived with Martin Zarco losing to Piazzola in a five-set epic, close tiebreaker at the end and all. The world no. 2 is gone in the first week. Seven of the top eight plus the Chilean surprise(although not that much of one, seeded 11th) made the quarterfinals. A strong field. Ritwik Dudwadkar was in the path of Kaspar once again and quickly dismissed. Another unfortunate draw for him in that regard, and the 7th time this year he's been eliminated by the same player. Guus Dircx was made to feel the sting of a mild upset, taken down by Rosenberg in a five-set encounter. Teng knocked out Ruben Piazzola in four, while Mooljee's journey ended against Gillo Fangio, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. On to the semis with no Sri Lanka representative, something that has become too commonplace. Valentin Rosenberg was absolutely throttled by Kaspar, 6-2, 6-0, 6-1. That's just brutal, opening-rounds kind of scoring. In a Slam semifinal. Hsuang-tsung Teng provided a better second match, losing to the Italian Fangio 7-5, 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4. The final was the expected straight-sets coronation, with Mateo Kaspar rolling one more time.