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Brian Swartz · 07-26-2016, 10:19 PM

World Tour Finals - The 250s

Three 250-level events are the focus will three weeks left to earn a spot. By my calculations, there were nine men left trying to make the final three spots. Prakash Mooljee and Ritwik Dudwadkar were also in action among my players, so there was a lot going on.

Five of the remaining hopefuls chose not to play this week. This was actually the right decision in most cases. All of them have a least one 250 title and many two of them, meaning that they could not strengthen their odds of qualifying and were better off staying fresh for events in the last couple of weeks. The only player who could have benefited and did not participate was Pierce Gaskell, who is knocking on the door already anyway. Kinczllers, Bourdet, and both Herreras wisely sat out the week with a full complement. Two of the four who did play could not help themselves either. Davide Poilblan won the title in Stockholm, and Garreth McCuskey lost in the semifinals. Both are long-shots though and probably have other matters on their mind. Elias Trulsen also lost in the Stockholm semifinals(to 4th-seed Sava Cirakovic), and for him this was a damaging loss. A title would have given him an additional 100 points, moving him ahead of Bourdet for the last spot, for the moment. As it was, he gained nothing. Bjorn Benda entered the Kremlin Cup even though he already has a pair of 250 titles, but for him is was perhaps just due to needing more matches. He would suffer a 7-6(5), 6-3 loss to Prakash Mooljee in the semifinals, as Mooljee avenged his defeat at the USO in their only other meeting. Mooljee beat Perry Mockler in a three-set match in the final, a nice feather in his cap as he pushes toward the end of the year. Rounding out the week's events was Ritwik Dudwadkar doing the double at tier-4 Nonthaburi in Thailand. This basically jumped him back up to where he was at the start of the year - he still needs another good result or two to justify moving up.

With all said and none, none of the nine hopefuls changed their standings. The qualifying cut line has not changed, and with two weeks left all nine are still in play. There are opportunities for everyone starting next week, with a pair of 500-level events.

07-26-2016, 10:19 PM	#442
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	World Tour Finals - The 250s Three 250-level events are the focus will three weeks left to earn a spot. By my calculations, there were nine men left trying to make the final three spots. Prakash Mooljee and Ritwik Dudwadkar were also in action among my players, so there was a lot going on. Five of the remaining hopefuls chose not to play this week. This was actually the right decision in most cases. All of them have a least one 250 title and many two of them, meaning that they could not strengthen their odds of qualifying and were better off staying fresh for events in the last couple of weeks. The only player who could have benefited and did not participate was Pierce Gaskell, who is knocking on the door already anyway. Kinczllers, Bourdet, and both Herreras wisely sat out the week with a full complement. Two of the four who did play could not help themselves either. Davide Poilblan won the title in Stockholm, and Garreth McCuskey lost in the semifinals. Both are long-shots though and probably have other matters on their mind. Elias Trulsen also lost in the Stockholm semifinals(to 4th-seed Sava Cirakovic), and for him this was a damaging loss. A title would have given him an additional 100 points, moving him ahead of Bourdet for the last spot, for the moment. As it was, he gained nothing. Bjorn Benda entered the Kremlin Cup even though he already has a pair of 250 titles, but for him is was perhaps just due to needing more matches. He would suffer a 7-6(5), 6-3 loss to Prakash Mooljee in the semifinals, as Mooljee avenged his defeat at the USO in their only other meeting. Mooljee beat Perry Mockler in a three-set match in the final, a nice feather in his cap as he pushes toward the end of the year. Rounding out the week's events was Ritwik Dudwadkar doing the double at tier-4 Nonthaburi in Thailand. This basically jumped him back up to where he was at the start of the year - he still needs another good result or two to justify moving up. With all said and none, none of the nine hopefuls changed their standings. The qualifying cut line has not changed, and with two weeks left all nine are still in play. There are opportunities for everyone starting next week, with a pair of 500-level events.