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Brian Swartz · 09-02-2017, 01:09 PM

Madrid

One of the better showings this year for Mehul/Kroese, but it still ended earlier than hoped. 2nd-seeds Podkopayev/Cordovez ended their run 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinals. Still searching for their first final of the year. Shyam Senepathy qualified, then got smashed in the first round of the main draw by (14)Milos Schmucker.

Interesting second day for the Americans: Matthew Panter upset Schmucker to send him out early, while (11)Ariel Borja continued his swift decline in losing to countryman Gregory Mackenzie in straight sets. The big surprise was 8th-seed Sigmund Kronecker, one of the best clay players in the world, losing to Austrian Benno Duhr 6-3, 7-6(5). That result is frankly quite hard to fathom. Only one favorite went down in the third; unfortunately for me it was Ritwik Dudwadkar, who was defeated by Ruben Piazzola by the same score. Interestingly, while Dudwadkar is having a much better career to date, he is 0-3 against the slightly younger Chilean. Second loss here in just over a month with the WTC match a little while ago.

The top six all progressed to the quarterfinals, where Kaspar absolutely annihilated Johnny Browne, losing just three games. Prakash Mooljee was next up for Piazzola, and he won ... barely. 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 for the tough comeback victory, just two points overall separating the players. Dircx got by another surprise, Hsuang-tsung Teng, while Fangio narrowly escaped Martin Zarco, that one going three sets as well.

Mateo Kaspar made very short work of Mooljee in a rather embarrassing 6-2, 6-1 score in the first semi. He sure looks sharp right now. Weird second match, with Gillo Fangio taking a narrow first set, getting bageled in the second, then rallying for the win. He earned it, despite losing the points count 100-96 against Dircx. The final was the exact same score for the third straight match for Kaspar. Three games allowed in each of the last three. Even for clay, that's ridiculously dominant. Perhaps trying to atone for his first loss of the year back in Monte Carlo.

Italian Open

Meanwhile, the first big clay event for the juniors was also underway. Sushant Chiba teamed with Kutuzov for another title that was far from easy; both of the last two matches went to super tiebreaks, narrow 10-8 successes in each. Still counts though, and another nice bundle of points result. In singles, it was another trip to the QFs, and another one-sided loss; three games from Uglesa Svajnovic(6). Stanley Edleman yawned his way through another tournament. A bad match for him is now one in which he loses three games or more. Here he lost seven. For the tournament.

09-02-2017, 01:09 PM	#664
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Madrid One of the better showings this year for Mehul/Kroese, but it still ended earlier than hoped. 2nd-seeds Podkopayev/Cordovez ended their run 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinals. Still searching for their first final of the year. Shyam Senepathy qualified, then got smashed in the first round of the main draw by (14)Milos Schmucker. Interesting second day for the Americans: Matthew Panter upset Schmucker to send him out early, while (11)Ariel Borja continued his swift decline in losing to countryman Gregory Mackenzie in straight sets. The big surprise was 8th-seed Sigmund Kronecker, one of the best clay players in the world, losing to Austrian Benno Duhr 6-3, 7-6(5). That result is frankly quite hard to fathom. Only one favorite went down in the third; unfortunately for me it was Ritwik Dudwadkar, who was defeated by Ruben Piazzola by the same score. Interestingly, while Dudwadkar is having a much better career to date, he is 0-3 against the slightly younger Chilean. Second loss here in just over a month with the WTC match a little while ago. The top six all progressed to the quarterfinals, where Kaspar absolutely annihilated Johnny Browne, losing just three games. Prakash Mooljee was next up for Piazzola, and he won ... barely. 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 for the tough comeback victory, just two points overall separating the players. Dircx got by another surprise, Hsuang-tsung Teng, while Fangio narrowly escaped Martin Zarco, that one going three sets as well. Mateo Kaspar made very short work of Mooljee in a rather embarrassing 6-2, 6-1 score in the first semi. He sure looks sharp right now. Weird second match, with Gillo Fangio taking a narrow first set, getting bageled in the second, then rallying for the win. He earned it, despite losing the points count 100-96 against Dircx. The final was the exact same score for the third straight match for Kaspar. Three games allowed in each of the last three. Even for clay, that's ridiculously dominant. Perhaps trying to atone for his first loss of the year back in Monte Carlo. Italian Open Meanwhile, the first big clay event for the juniors was also underway. Sushant Chiba teamed with Kutuzov for another title that was far from easy; both of the last two matches went to super tiebreaks, narrow 10-8 successes in each. Still counts though, and another nice bundle of points result. In singles, it was another trip to the QFs, and another one-sided loss; three games from Uglesa Svajnovic(6). Stanley Edleman yawned his way through another tournament. A bad match for him is now one in which he loses three games or more. Here he lost seven. For the tournament.