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Brian Swartz · 12-19-2017, 10:28 PM

April

World Team Cup, Round Three

6th-ranked Russia was our final group play foe. Alexey Alenichev(18th) is their only singles threat, and Mooljee outlasted him 6-4 in the 5th set on day one. It was pretty much over from there; we lost doubles again but win 4-1 to finish atop the group. #13 Chile, the lowest-ranked team to advance, will be our quarterfinal opponent. An indoor surface, which isn't great for us, and this isn't without danger: #8 Ruben Piazzola is good enough to cause some problems. They might get two wins, one from him and doubles, but it's hard to see them getting more than that. Should be a comfortable win. United States or Netherlands would be next up, with Spain or France most likely to come out of the other side of the draw.

Monte Carlo

Anil Mehul entered in doubles here ... and didn't make it out of qualifying. Eeek. Ritwik Dudwadkar has had plenty of matches and took the tournament off. Jolland and Duhr both exited in the first round, while Shyam Senepathy lost in the first round of qualifying.

The upsets continued in round two. Prakash Mooljee was dumped in his first match, courtesy of Matteo Zimmolo, 7-6(5), 6-4. Fairly even overall but he went 0-for-9 in break chances. Schmucker and Pargeter both lost as well as the top half of the draw esp. was just seeded-player carnage. In the third round, another good run by Hugo Cordova as he dumped Rosenberg out.

Cordova was the lone unseeded player in the quarters, where (14)Dick Blake and (9)Matthew Panter were also unexpected guests for the Americans. Panter was sent away 6-4, 6-4 by Kaspar, Cordova even easier by Teng, and that was pretty much that. Blake did no better against Zarco, while Ruben Piazzola lost the best match of the day, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-2 to Dircx.

Expected victors Mateo Kaspar and Martin Zarco had little trouble in their semifinal matches. Kaspar thumped the Spaniard 6-3, 6-2 in the title match; the QF against Panter ended up being his toughest day of the week. Regardless, the seemingly-invincible Frenchman just keeps right on winning.

Elsewhere ...

Sushant Chiba played another challenger, tier-3 in Savannah, where he ran into none other than Stanley Edleman for the second time, first as professionals. Edleman is still the best as he showed in a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 score that shouldn't have gone the distance; a lot closer match than their juniors encounter but the American is still the superior player. Prakash Mooljee went back out there for the Estoril Open(250) to get some more matches, and was the top seed. He lost to Mexican Gilberto Chinaglia in he final 6-4, 6-4 however. So it hasn't been a real good month for him.

12-19-2017, 10:28 PM	#730
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	April World Team Cup, Round Three 6th-ranked Russia was our final group play foe. Alexey Alenichev(18th) is their only singles threat, and Mooljee outlasted him 6-4 in the 5th set on day one. It was pretty much over from there; we lost doubles again but win 4-1 to finish atop the group. #13 Chile, the lowest-ranked team to advance, will be our quarterfinal opponent. An indoor surface, which isn't great for us, and this isn't without danger: #8 Ruben Piazzola is good enough to cause some problems. They might get two wins, one from him and doubles, but it's hard to see them getting more than that. Should be a comfortable win. United States or Netherlands would be next up, with Spain or France most likely to come out of the other side of the draw. Monte Carlo Anil Mehul entered in doubles here ... and didn't make it out of qualifying. Eeek. Ritwik Dudwadkar has had plenty of matches and took the tournament off. Jolland and Duhr both exited in the first round, while Shyam Senepathy lost in the first round of qualifying. The upsets continued in round two. Prakash Mooljee was dumped in his first match, courtesy of Matteo Zimmolo, 7-6(5), 6-4. Fairly even overall but he went 0-for-9 in break chances. Schmucker and Pargeter both lost as well as the top half of the draw esp. was just seeded-player carnage. In the third round, another good run by Hugo Cordova as he dumped Rosenberg out. Cordova was the lone unseeded player in the quarters, where (14)Dick Blake and (9)Matthew Panter were also unexpected guests for the Americans. Panter was sent away 6-4, 6-4 by Kaspar, Cordova even easier by Teng, and that was pretty much that. Blake did no better against Zarco, while Ruben Piazzola lost the best match of the day, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-2 to Dircx. Expected victors Mateo Kaspar and Martin Zarco had little trouble in their semifinal matches. Kaspar thumped the Spaniard 6-3, 6-2 in the title match; the QF against Panter ended up being his toughest day of the week. Regardless, the seemingly-invincible Frenchman just keeps right on winning. Elsewhere ... Sushant Chiba played another challenger, tier-3 in Savannah, where he ran into none other than Stanley Edleman for the second time, first as professionals. Edleman is still the best as he showed in a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 score that shouldn't have gone the distance; a lot closer match than their juniors encounter but the American is still the superior player. Prakash Mooljee went back out there for the Estoril Open(250) to get some more matches, and was the top seed. He lost to Mexican Gilberto Chinaglia in he final 6-4, 6-4 however. So it hasn't been a real good month for him.