Doubles identity — Schacht's partner since Philly toddlerhood

pivotal · STANDING

• When: STANDING (lifelong; predates and runs through YDAU)
• What: Troeltsch's one real competitive value is doubles, not singles. Though he and Schacht sit "way down on the B squad in 18's singles," they play #2 doubles on E.T.A.'s 18s A-team because they have been a partnership since early childhood in Philadelphia, and their long-drilled cooperation lets them beat the A-team's #3/#4 singles players. His equipment sponsorship is minor — Spalding. This partnership is the load-bearing fact of his tennis chronology and the reason he travels A-team despite a weak singles rank. He rooms in a Subdorm B triple with Pemulis and Schacht.