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Brian Swartz · 03-22-2019, 01:11 AM

May

The clay Masters personified the year Sushant Chiba is having. He lost a 7-5 final-set tiebreak to Hughes, the kind he used to pull out on a regular basis, in the Madrid QF. Had he won that, he'd probably have made the final. I can't exactly feel bad about this given how many times he's beaten the Irish no. 2 when he should have lost. Then in Rome, an Italian beat him at the first hurdle. Santino Belmon would go on to lose his next match after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 success in this encounter. It was a typical Chiba loss this year - vastly inferior opponent but they have the fans of their side, close match but Sushant outplays them slightly, yet still finding a way to lose. Belmon is one of dozens of players who are just good enough to give him a match on his worst day. He's just finding a way to have that worst day repeatedly this year. I've seen it before - but not on this scale. It's actually kind of amusing when you think about it. In related news, I'm down to 13th in the manager rankings btw.

So going into RG, Chiba basically needs to go at least far as #3 Meikeljohn to retain his ranking. Fittingly, they are both on the same side of the bracket, so if neither chokes - which will probably happen - they'll meet in the semis with the #2 explicitly on the line. Unless Molyneaux makes the final, which is unlikely as he's yet to get past the quarters there.

Amrik Kasaravalli lost at CH1 Busan in the semis to one of the top challenger players right now, Sweden's Matteus Ameen. A competitive but clear defeat, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. He's getting closer. My tracking shows him nearly a year behind my other players in terms of his training, which is rather disheartening if not entirely surprising. Top-seeded William Todhunter at CH2 Fergana was one of his biggest conquests to date the next week, and he continues to float in the low-mid 60s ranking-wise.

Nasir Chittoor escaped from the amateur ranks by taking the title in Warsaw, both singles and doubles. He beat Satyajit Guha in the SFs. Winning that wasn't surprising, but rather that Guha got there. It happened by virtue of long, tough matches over middling seeds. So now that my doubles specialist is finally ready for his current singles tier … I've got to haul him up further and throw him in the deep end of the pool again.

03-22-2019, 01:11 AM	#914
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	May The clay Masters personified the year Sushant Chiba is having. He lost a 7-5 final-set tiebreak to Hughes, the kind he used to pull out on a regular basis, in the Madrid QF. Had he won that, he'd probably have made the final. I can't exactly feel bad about this given how many times he's beaten the Irish no. 2 when he should have lost. Then in Rome, an Italian beat him at the first hurdle. Santino Belmon would go on to lose his next match after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 success in this encounter. It was a typical Chiba loss this year - vastly inferior opponent but they have the fans of their side, close match but Sushant outplays them slightly, yet still finding a way to lose. Belmon is one of dozens of players who are just good enough to give him a match on his worst day. He's just finding a way to have that worst day repeatedly this year. I've seen it before - but not on this scale. It's actually kind of amusing when you think about it. In related news, I'm down to 13th in the manager rankings btw. So going into RG, Chiba basically needs to go at least far as #3 Meikeljohn to retain his ranking. Fittingly, they are both on the same side of the bracket, so if neither chokes - which will probably happen - they'll meet in the semis with the #2 explicitly on the line. Unless Molyneaux makes the final, which is unlikely as he's yet to get past the quarters there. Amrik Kasaravalli lost at CH1 Busan in the semis to one of the top challenger players right now, Sweden's Matteus Ameen. A competitive but clear defeat, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. He's getting closer. My tracking shows him nearly a year behind my other players in terms of his training, which is rather disheartening if not entirely surprising. Top-seeded William Todhunter at CH2 Fergana was one of his biggest conquests to date the next week, and he continues to float in the low-mid 60s ranking-wise. Nasir Chittoor escaped from the amateur ranks by taking the title in Warsaw, both singles and doubles. He beat Satyajit Guha in the SFs. Winning that wasn't surprising, but rather that Guha got there. It happened by virtue of long, tough matches over middling seeds. So now that my doubles specialist is finally ready for his current singles tier … I've got to haul him up further and throw him in the deep end of the pool again.