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World Team Cup Quarterfinals
Sri Lanka vs. Spain, Clay
Monday: G. Girsh d. J. de los Santos, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-4
Tuesday: A. Mehul d. S. Davila, 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
Wednesday: E. Serrano/I. Malpica d. S. Ujjaval/P. Mooljee, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Thursday: G. Girsh d. S. Davila, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1
Friday: A. Mehul d. J. de los Santos, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Sri Lanka defeats Spain, 4-1!!
Pretty solid week, more or less as expected. I thought we might lose one of the singles encounters possibly here, as it was on Spain's favored clay. We move on to face Argentina in the semifinals in a couple of weeks. If that is on clay as well we are in more serious jeopardy ... but it is indoors, so we should be fine. A 3-2 win with a doubles loss and Mehul losing to Caratti would seem to be the worst-case scenario. On the other side of the bracket, the United States will meet Italy, who narrowly upset the Czech Republic 3-2. We're still #1 overall, gaining slightly in our margin over the US, while Argentina is the top nation this year so far, pushing into a strong third position. I expect we'll put a stop to that, at least for the moment. Italy's done second-best for the top nations so far, already up six spots to 11th. Making the semis is huge for them.
Coming Up ...
Dudwadkar is back in action next week, and then the semifinals against Argentina after that.
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