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Brian Swartz · 10-29-2015, 04:55 PM

July/August

Uneventful, except for Girish Girsh entering the Atlanta(250, H) tournament. As the 4th-seed, he got a first-round bye and then a virtual walkover against an American wild card. Then it was Milan Farkas(CZE, 39th), a meteoric player who is pretty much at his peak right now. Farkas is in the just good enough to be dangerous category for Girsh, a player he should definitely beat but couldn't be completely overlooked. After taking the first set, he succumbed to Farkas taking most of the big points and serving out of his mind. The final was 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

With this, Girsh is unquestionably in a big slump. He hasn't had a good win in about two months, with both of his Wimbledon victories coming against highly inferior competition, and very bad losses both here and at UNICEF. It's not a moment to panic or anything, he'll break out of it eventually I'm sure, but he's certainly squandering some good opportunities right now. Sometime in the last couple of weeks he also hit the point where he is now past physical maturity, seeing the very first barely-noticeable signs of decline, though he'll be able to improve technically enough to still get better for several more years of course. The rate of improvement will now begin to slow, and the gravy train is starting to pull out from the station, as it were.

The Canada Masters is just underway(Sunday qualifying as I write this) with Cincinatti to follow the week after. Girsh and Mehul are both playing of course, with Anil hoping to do better than last year's round of 16 exits in both events while Girish makes his debuts with the goal of getting some points to offset three challenger titles that will be dropping off in the next six weeks. Mooljee is in Sokhumi, Georgia, for his latest Tier-3 outing as well this week.

10-29-2015, 04:55 PM	#176
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	July/August Uneventful, except for Girish Girsh entering the Atlanta(250, H) tournament. As the 4th-seed, he got a first-round bye and then a virtual walkover against an American wild card. Then it was Milan Farkas(CZE, 39th), a meteoric player who is pretty much at his peak right now. Farkas is in the just good enough to be dangerous category for Girsh, a player he should definitely beat but couldn't be completely overlooked. After taking the first set, he succumbed to Farkas taking most of the big points and serving out of his mind. The final was 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. With this, Girsh is unquestionably in a big slump. He hasn't had a good win in about two months, with both of his Wimbledon victories coming against highly inferior competition, and very bad losses both here and at UNICEF. It's not a moment to panic or anything, he'll break out of it eventually I'm sure, but he's certainly squandering some good opportunities right now. Sometime in the last couple of weeks he also hit the point where he is now past physical maturity, seeing the very first barely-noticeable signs of decline, though he'll be able to improve technically enough to still get better for several more years of course. The rate of improvement will now begin to slow, and the gravy train is starting to pull out from the station, as it were. The Canada Masters is just underway(Sunday qualifying as I write this) with Cincinatti to follow the week after. Girsh and Mehul are both playing of course, with Anil hoping to do better than last year's round of 16 exits in both events while Girish makes his debuts with the goal of getting some points to offset three challenger titles that will be dropping off in the next six weeks. Mooljee is in Sokhumi, Georgia, for his latest Tier-3 outing as well this week. Last edited by Brian Swartz : 10-29-2015 at 05:04 PM.