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Brian Swartz · 11-04-2017, 02:10 PM

Indian Wells

Mehul/Kroese didn't get the tournament they wanted, losing their first match in the second round to unseeded Spaniards, 11-9 in the super TB. Played well enough to win, but moral victories aren't real helpful here. Shyam Senepathy got through one round, then pushed Kronecker to a 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3 score in the second. Almost played well enough to beat a Top-10 player. That's gotta be a moment to remember for him.

A couple of second-round upsets, as Stuart Pargeter(USA) took advantadge of a friendly crowd to beat (28) Angel Zaferia(ARG) easily, and Greece's top player Maliagros went out to doubles specialist and qualifier Tore Aspelin. There were a few mild surprises in the third, but a couple more significant ones. (20)Alexey Alenichev stunned favorite #13 Jake Jolland, crowd support or no, while Gillo Fangio was upended by Besson 7-6(6), 7-6(8). World no. 2 losing to the 31-seed is not exactly what he hand in mind coming in. The fourth was pretty much according to script. Prakash Mooljee was the only player to be pushed to a third set in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 comeback win over #11 Milos Schmucker. Everyone else got through routinely.

Fangio's loss was the gain of Ruben Piazzola, as the 16th seed crashed the quarterfinal party. The other seven players were all ranked to advance this far. Ritwik Dudwadkar got crushed 3 & 1 by Kaspar; it'd be nice to have a closer score but that's just bad luck in the draw. Dircx beat Hsuang-tsung Teng in straight sets, while Martin Zarco needed three to stop Piazzola. Johnny Browne showed a bit of life, beating Mooljee 6-4, 7-5, his 5th win in 20 meetings but second out of the last three. Both my players were out here.

Kaspar had to work a little, but only a little, to get by Guus Dircx in the first semi. Browne rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Zarco, but won only 10 return points and neither of his break chances in the final. Mateo Kaspar wins his 4th IW trophy and third in a row, without losing a set or really being threatened as expected. Dircx in the semis was the toughest foe for him at 6-4, 6-3.

11-04-2017, 02:10 PM	#695
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Indian Wells Mehul/Kroese didn't get the tournament they wanted, losing their first match in the second round to unseeded Spaniards, 11-9 in the super TB. Played well enough to win, but moral victories aren't real helpful here. Shyam Senepathy got through one round, then pushed Kronecker to a 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3 score in the second. Almost played well enough to beat a Top-10 player. That's gotta be a moment to remember for him. A couple of second-round upsets, as Stuart Pargeter(USA) took advantadge of a friendly crowd to beat (28) Angel Zaferia(ARG) easily, and Greece's top player Maliagros went out to doubles specialist and qualifier Tore Aspelin. There were a few mild surprises in the third, but a couple more significant ones. (20)Alexey Alenichev stunned favorite #13 Jake Jolland, crowd support or no, while Gillo Fangio was upended by Besson 7-6(6), 7-6(8). World no. 2 losing to the 31-seed is not exactly what he hand in mind coming in. The fourth was pretty much according to script. Prakash Mooljee was the only player to be pushed to a third set in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 comeback win over #11 Milos Schmucker. Everyone else got through routinely. Fangio's loss was the gain of Ruben Piazzola, as the 16th seed crashed the quarterfinal party. The other seven players were all ranked to advance this far. Ritwik Dudwadkar got crushed 3 & 1 by Kaspar; it'd be nice to have a closer score but that's just bad luck in the draw. Dircx beat Hsuang-tsung Teng in straight sets, while Martin Zarco needed three to stop Piazzola. Johnny Browne showed a bit of life, beating Mooljee 6-4, 7-5, his 5th win in 20 meetings but second out of the last three. Both my players were out here. Kaspar had to work a little, but only a little, to get by Guus Dircx in the first semi. Browne rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Zarco, but won only 10 return points and neither of his break chances in the final. Mateo Kaspar wins his 4th IW trophy and third in a row, without losing a set or really being threatened as expected. Dircx in the semis was the toughest foe for him at 6-4, 6-3.