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Brian Swartz · 06-19-2016, 09:53 PM

World Team Cup, Group 3, Second Round
Sri Lanka(2nd) vs. Peru(8th), Clay

Monday: A. Mehul d. M. Herrera, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
Tuesday: G. Girsh d. T. Herrera, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
Wednesday: S. Ujjaval/P. Mooljee d. J. Torres/E. Echiverri, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Thursday: A. Mehul d. T. Herrera, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Friday: G. Girsh d. M. Herrera, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Sri Lanka defeats Peru, 5-0!!

A rather resounding win as we crush Peru. The theme continues to be their lack of match readiness at the start of the season, though they are getting closer. Mooljee also gets his first WTC doubles win. Still in 2nd, in fact lost a bit of ground despite the one-sided victory as the US has not lost a rubber so far this year. All of this is just the preamble though. We have Germany on grass in our next tie a couple months from now to determine who takes this group. We'll definitely be favored again.

Elsewhere ...

Ritwik Dudwadkar entered one final tier-5 as there was an event in Colombo this week. Partly due to fatigue, he lost in the final both singles and doubles. Florentino Suarez, who I mentioned a bit ago as a very fast-rising young juniors player, beat him soundly 6-2, 6-2. To get through longer events with a lot of matches he just needs endurance to be a bit higher, but it's coming and every juniors player deals with that.

Coming Up ...

Time for the first big break of the year heading into the IW/Miami Masters. Mehul and Girsh will take the whole month off. Mooljee will be playing either a challenger or a bigger event the week before -- eyeing the Delray Beach 250 right now but it really depends on what the prospective fields look like and where he is compared to the challenger cutoff. As of right now he's 58 points below 32nd place in 33rd, but that situation changes pretty much weekly. Either way he figures to be in seeding position for Indian Wells if he has a decent result that week -- only event in the interim for him to defend is a QF result at Dallas(CH2) last year and he'll improve on that barring a disaster. Dudwadkar will take the full four weeks as well. A good solid training break here.

06-19-2016, 09:53 PM	#402
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	World Team Cup, Group 3, Second Round Sri Lanka(2nd) vs. Peru(8th), Clay Monday: A. Mehul d. M. Herrera, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 Tuesday: G. Girsh d. T. Herrera, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 Wednesday: S. Ujjaval/P. Mooljee d. J. Torres/E. Echiverri, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Thursday: A. Mehul d. T. Herrera, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 Friday: G. Girsh d. M. Herrera, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Sri Lanka defeats Peru, 5-0!! A rather resounding win as we crush Peru. The theme continues to be their lack of match readiness at the start of the season, though they are getting closer. Mooljee also gets his first WTC doubles win. Still in 2nd, in fact lost a bit of ground despite the one-sided victory as the US has not lost a rubber so far this year. All of this is just the preamble though. We have Germany on grass in our next tie a couple months from now to determine who takes this group. We'll definitely be favored again. Elsewhere ... Ritwik Dudwadkar entered one final tier-5 as there was an event in Colombo this week. Partly due to fatigue, he lost in the final both singles and doubles. Florentino Suarez, who I mentioned a bit ago as a very fast-rising young juniors player, beat him soundly 6-2, 6-2. To get through longer events with a lot of matches he just needs endurance to be a bit higher, but it's coming and every juniors player deals with that. Coming Up ... Time for the first big break of the year heading into the IW/Miami Masters. Mehul and Girsh will take the whole month off. Mooljee will be playing either a challenger or a bigger event the week before -- eyeing the Delray Beach 250 right now but it really depends on what the prospective fields look like and where he is compared to the challenger cutoff. As of right now he's 58 points below 32nd place in 33rd, but that situation changes pretty much weekly. Either way he figures to be in seeding position for Indian Wells if he has a decent result that week -- only event in the interim for him to defend is a QF result at Dallas(CH2) last year and he'll improve on that barring a disaster. Dudwadkar will take the full four weeks as well. A good solid training break here.