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Brian Swartz · 11-30-2015, 03:54 AM

February/March

This will be brief, and is overdue. Indian Wells is almost over as of the time of writing. Prakash Mooljee is sliding as is typical at the start of the year, but he did take both titles at a tier-2 event in Montevideo. Playing in the amateurs was considered, but in order to get valuable experience in the big junior events, he really needs to stay in the seedings and that means 'keeping up with the Joneses' a bit in terms of getting some ranking points and not going down to far. He needs to stay about in the Top 20 to do that and so far so good on that front.

Girish Girsh had an outing at the Delray Beach 250 the week before IW. I'd rather not discuss it, but I suppose I have to. He was the 2-seed, and the best player there as the #1 was veteran Andres Blanco of Spain, ranked 12th with a career-high of 11th, one of those players who was never good enough to reach the first page and now at 29 just trying to hang on.

Unfortunately, Girsh was the victim of a truly shocking 6-2, 7-5 upset in the first round by American Eddy Parsons. This is as bad a loss as I've ever heard of, and definitely the worst I've ever seen a player of mine suffer. Parsons has never been higher than 29th and is presently outside the Top 50, a near-30 hardcourt specialist who never developed a credible elite-level baseline game. Girsh just laid an egg here, an absolute egg, and I'm starting to wonder if he's ever going to get it together again. Mehul never suffered the kind of slump he's going through, which has at this point lasted nearly a year. Worse than just the loss itself and wasted opportunity at Delray Beach was the fact that it left him not well prepared at all for the two Masters to follow, where he will be playing doubles now in an attempt to catch up in preparation as much as possible. Just an ugly, ugly, inexcusable loss. No way he should lose to a player like Parsons at this point. Not ever. No way, nohow.

The ironic thing is, he'd just gotten his first-ever practice match win over Mehul a couple days prior. He should have lost it, but just had enough key points go his way, and I thought it might jump-start his confidence. About that ... Right now, I go into every match of his fearing the worst and frankly not expecting him to play well. More often than not, it's exactly what happens. .

11-30-2015, 03:54 AM	#198
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	February/March This will be brief, and is overdue. Indian Wells is almost over as of the time of writing. Prakash Mooljee is sliding as is typical at the start of the year, but he did take both titles at a tier-2 event in Montevideo. Playing in the amateurs was considered, but in order to get valuable experience in the big junior events, he really needs to stay in the seedings and that means 'keeping up with the Joneses' a bit in terms of getting some ranking points and not going down to far. He needs to stay about in the Top 20 to do that and so far so good on that front. Girish Girsh had an outing at the Delray Beach 250 the week before IW. I'd rather not discuss it, but I suppose I have to. He was the 2-seed, and the best player there as the #1 was veteran Andres Blanco of Spain, ranked 12th with a career-high of 11th, one of those players who was never good enough to reach the first page and now at 29 just trying to hang on. Unfortunately, Girsh was the victim of a truly shocking 6-2, 7-5 upset in the first round by American Eddy Parsons. This is as bad a loss as I've ever heard of, and definitely the worst I've ever seen a player of mine suffer. Parsons has never been higher than 29th and is presently outside the Top 50, a near-30 hardcourt specialist who never developed a credible elite-level baseline game. Girsh just laid an egg here, an absolute egg, and I'm starting to wonder if he's ever going to get it together again. Mehul never suffered the kind of slump he's going through, which has at this point lasted nearly a year. Worse than just the loss itself and wasted opportunity at Delray Beach was the fact that it left him not well prepared at all for the two Masters to follow, where he will be playing doubles now in an attempt to catch up in preparation as much as possible. Just an ugly, ugly, inexcusable loss. No way he should lose to a player like Parsons at this point. Not ever. No way, nohow. The ironic thing is, he'd just gotten his first-ever practice match win over Mehul a couple days prior. He should have lost it, but just had enough key points go his way, and I thought it might jump-start his confidence. About that ... Right now, I go into every match of his fearing the worst and frankly not expecting him to play well. More often than not, it's exactly what happens. . Last edited by Brian Swartz : 11-30-2015 at 03:56 AM.