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June
Mooljee took the next three weeks off, having plenty of matches in to be ready for Wimbledon. The other three were in action the middle week though. First, there was Ritwik Dudwadkar at the junior Wimbly. He won a couple matches in each draw, then lost in the doubles quarters and the third round of singles to no. 2 Petr Duris, 6-2, 6-2. Not a bad showing. He's sort of treading water with these results at best, but that's not uncommon for slow-developing juniors players, it's pretty much happened with all of them. Girish Girsh was at the Halle 500, hoping to boost his points total to stave off Mooljee a while longer. After a couple of easy wins, he was knocked out in the semifinals by Zourab Andronikov in a heck of a match, 7-6(5), 6-7)(4), 7-6(6). Doesn't get much better than that in a best-of-three. Andronikov went on to lose a close one to Iglar in the final. Anil Mehul tried his luck at the larger Queens 500. He would not have an easy road. Spaniard Simon Davila gave him a tough match that Mehul was fortunate to come through in straight sets, and that was just the third round. Mehul saved all six break points in the quarterfinals to edge Garreth McCuskey 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-5, then was 5-for-5 in chances against his serve to again narrowly escape in the semis, another three-setter over Bourdet this time. Tiosav Srbulovic was the championship match opponent, and this one actually went fairly routinely. Mehul nabs his 7th 500-level title, even though he could easily have lost three times.
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