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July/August
As it ended up there was only one tournament to report. In late July after Wimbledon was over, Ritwik Dudwadkar headed to Jerusalem for his latest Tier-5 junior event. It was the first one he didn't have to qualify for. He lost in his first doubles match, but in singles he beat a pair of hideously overplayed seeds, then in the toughest match defeated qualifier Marek Soucek(CZE) 6-4, 7-5 to claim his first title. In doing so, Dudwadkar more than doubled his win total for the year in one week, from 3 to 7! He moved up almost 200 spots to the low 800s in the rankings, and earned himself a few weeks off.
Coming Up
The Canada and then Cincinatti Masters await. It's time for what is the busiest part of the year -- five tournament weeks out of six -- for our top players.
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