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Brian Swartz · 08-02-2015, 12:57 PM

November

Prakash Mooljee tallied another Tier-5 win, this one in Zagreb, and made the final in doubles as well. That his fourth tournament at that level, pushing him to 330th in the junior annals with the year's end coming up, and he'll try to successfully crack the Tier-4 wall once more before the latest crop of 18-year-olds turns pro.

Girish Girsh was very busy getting his late-season rush of matches in. At a Tier-1 challenger in Geneva he figured to have a chance against any of the top seeds, but lost a tough quarterfinal to Slovakian Cestmir Dziadosz, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. The next week he fared better in Bratislava. Most of the best players there lost early as there was a lot of fatigue going around. A narrow victory in the final over Spain's Eduardo Serrano, 7-5, 7-6(2), got Girsh the biggest title of his career and second challenger, moving him up to just outside the Top 100. In Japan for the Toyota tier-2 event to finish off his season, he moved just inside it by reaching the semis where he was blasted aside by Manne Pascual. The former world no. 12 is a little out of his league, but it was still a fine finish to the year and despite losing both doubles matches he played over the three-week stretch, Girsh is set up perfectly to get through the five-week offseason and be ready to go again in January.

World Tour Finals

Bjorn Benda made this a proper coronation, rambling undefeated through his group and failing to drop a set in sweeping aside all comers. Gabriel Alastra fittingly gave him his toughest match, 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in a razor-thin semifinal, while Almagro was less of a challenge in the championship match. With a nearly three-thousand-point-lead, Benda is head and shoulders ahead of the field at the moment.

Antonin Iglar won one match but failed to get out of group play, Viktor Goncharenko had a solid semifinal run in his debut, and the big loser was Perry Hogue, the only player to go winless for the week. The American, who was #1 for four weeks just a couple of months ago, has clearly hit a poor patch and it's doesn't appear likely he's going to recover from it.

So the month-long offseason is upon us, with final 2039 rankings and 2040 predictions upcoming after that.

08-02-2015, 12:57 PM	#87
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	November Prakash Mooljee tallied another Tier-5 win, this one in Zagreb, and made the final in doubles as well. That his fourth tournament at that level, pushing him to 330th in the junior annals with the year's end coming up, and he'll try to successfully crack the Tier-4 wall once more before the latest crop of 18-year-olds turns pro. Girish Girsh was very busy getting his late-season rush of matches in. At a Tier-1 challenger in Geneva he figured to have a chance against any of the top seeds, but lost a tough quarterfinal to Slovakian Cestmir Dziadosz, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. The next week he fared better in Bratislava. Most of the best players there lost early as there was a lot of fatigue going around. A narrow victory in the final over Spain's Eduardo Serrano, 7-5, 7-6(2), got Girsh the biggest title of his career and second challenger, moving him up to just outside the Top 100. In Japan for the Toyota tier-2 event to finish off his season, he moved just inside it by reaching the semis where he was blasted aside by Manne Pascual. The former world no. 12 is a little out of his league, but it was still a fine finish to the year and despite losing both doubles matches he played over the three-week stretch, Girsh is set up perfectly to get through the five-week offseason and be ready to go again in January. World Tour Finals Bjorn Benda made this a proper coronation, rambling undefeated through his group and failing to drop a set in sweeping aside all comers. Gabriel Alastra fittingly gave him his toughest match, 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in a razor-thin semifinal, while Almagro was less of a challenge in the championship match. With a nearly three-thousand-point-lead, Benda is head and shoulders ahead of the field at the moment. Antonin Iglar won one match but failed to get out of group play, Viktor Goncharenko had a solid semifinal run in his debut, and the big loser was Perry Hogue, the only player to go winless for the week. The American, who was #1 for four weeks just a couple of months ago, has clearly hit a poor patch and it's doesn't appear likely he's going to recover from it. So the month-long offseason is upon us, with final 2039 rankings and 2040 predictions upcoming after that.