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Old 11-25-2016, 08:45 PM   #566
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
World Team Cup, Group 2, Second Round
Sri Lanka vs. Spain, Indoors

Monday: P. Mooljee d. R. Padilla, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Tuesday: G. Girsh d. J. de los Santos, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(2)
Wednesday: E. Serrano/J. Fucile d. S. Ujjaval/H. Ganeshwaran, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6)
Thursday: P. Mooljee d. J. de los Santos, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Friday: G. Girsh d. R. Padilla, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Sri Lanka defeats Spain, 4-1!!

Another routine win, and all that's left is to yawn our way past China in terms of group play. We've clinched the top spot, and Spain-Germany in the final round will determine who the second team is. Interestingly, we actually haven't done as well as any of the top teams from the other groups; Argentina, the Czech Republic, and the United States have all lost one rubber or, in the case of the Argentines, none! We'll deal with them at the end of the year though.


Elsewhere ...

Ritwik Dudwadkar played his first senior tournament, an amateur. Based on practice results I was leaning towards making it only one of them, but then he went and lost in the semifinals of singles. Perhaps he needs more time, though he won the doubles despite a number of close matches. Dudwadkar has now entered the rankings but is outside of the Top 2000. The first step of many for him up the ladder.


Coming Up ...

A few weeks off for everybody until just before Indian Wells in a month's time.
World Team Cup, Group 2, Second Round
Sri Lanka vs. Spain, Indoors

Monday: P. Mooljee d. R. Padilla, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Tuesday: G. Girsh d. J. de los Santos, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(2)
Wednesday: E. Serrano/J. Fucile d. S. Ujjaval/H. Ganeshwaran, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6)
Thursday: P. Mooljee d. J. de los Santos, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Friday: G. Girsh d. R. Padilla, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Sri Lanka defeats Spain, 4-1!!

Another routine win, and all that's left is to yawn our way past China in terms of group play. We've clinched the top spot, and Spain-Germany in the final round will determine who the second team is. Interestingly, we actually haven't done as well as any of the top teams from the other groups; Argentina, the Czech Republic, and the United States have all lost one rubber or, in the case of the Argentines, none! We'll deal with them at the end of the year though.


Elsewhere ...

Ritwik Dudwadkar played his first senior tournament, an amateur. Based on practice results I was leaning towards making it only one of them, but then he went and lost in the semifinals of singles. Perhaps he needs more time, though he won the doubles despite a number of close matches. Dudwadkar has now entered the rankings but is outside of the Top 2000. The first step of many for him up the ladder.


Coming Up ...

A few weeks off for everybody until just before Indian Wells in a month's time.
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