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I'm now a full year behind in reporting. What a slacker. Let's see what I can get caught back up on.
Q1 Rankings
This is how things are(were) just after Indian Wells and Miami.
1. Mateo Kaspar(28, FRA) -- 18,210
Still good enough to win everything on hardcourts, at least so far.
2. Ritwik Dudwadkar(26, SRI) -- 10,810
Runner-up in all the big events; 29-3 with all losses coming against the King. Just keep that going. Keep giving yourself every opportunity ... and now we're headed back into the time of year when he'll arguably have the upper hand.
3. Guus Dircx(27, NLD) -- 8,030
Clear #3 right now.
4. Hsuang-tsung Teng(27, NZL) -- 6,450
Takes advantadge of Zarco's absence in Indian Wells.
5. Martin Zarco(28, ESP) -- 6,400
A brief hiatus cost him a Top-4 placing.
6. Dick Blake(24, USA) -- 3,870
Best ranking for an American player in a while, but it's a mountain to climb for him to press further.
7. Ruben Piazzola(26, CHL) -- 3,790
Still solid.
8. Prakash Mooljee(32, SRI) -- 3,760
Someone forgot to tell him he's done.
9. Gilberto Chinaglia(24, ITA) -- 3,605
10. Gillo Fangio(29, ITA) -- 3,540
Looks like the bottom is finally falling out for this old war-horse.
12. Karl Kaspar
Gradually gaining ground.
15. Alexey Nikitin
Hasn't been heard from now in almost six months. Sad.
16. Cristian Castegali
17. Hamal Sbai
Sbai continues to make steady progress.
20. Stuart Pargeter
25. Rob Lock
30. Veini Aikio
Finland has a new hope.
31. Hugo Cordova
No huge changes in the up-and-comers.
44. Stanley Edleman
Was as high as 40th.
47. Uglesa Svajnovic
Holding steady.
58. Sushant Chiba
One spot below his peak. It's been a pretty good start for him but not perfect. He's got very few points to defend for the next three months; just 46 of them spread over three events. The chance is there to move up into the Top 50 by mid-season if he does well.
72. Shyam Senepathy
Holding on for now.
75. Chalerm Prachuab
The other elite juniors player from Edleman's class is not faring as well as the first three.
1202(J). Amrik Kasaravalli
At 1-5 in both singles and doubles, he hasn't found his footing just yet.
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