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Collapse AllGladstone Park and Chelmsford Square Singles - Round 32 | Thursday 5 October 2017 to Wednesday 29 November 2017 (Midpoint: Wednesday 1 November 2017)

Thanks to all of you being proactive in scheduling matches and playing an impressive 80% of all possible matches, and your enthusiasm was reflected too in your match commentaries and the number of bonus balls we've sent out in the post! Player numbers were a little down on the last round so we're hoping this will bounce back in the Spring to give you more friendly but competitive matches in the next round!

Group Summary:

This was a competitive group with lots of matches played and a number of close 2 and 3 setters, showing a high standard of tennis across the group. Congratulations to Luca, making his Gladstone Park debut, on winning the group crown by going undefeated in 6 matches, although Krzysiek was a close second with just the one defeat to Luca in which Luca's smashes and lob retrievals were really put to the test! Well played everyone!

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Luca Calderone 6 6 0 2 14 WWWW
2 Krzysiek Filipiak 6 5 1 2 13 WWLW
3 David Roberts 4 2 2 2 7 LWLW
4 Metodi Borisov 6 2 4 2 6 WLWL
5 Maher Al Ahmadieh 3 1 2 0 2 LLW
6 David Thomas 4 0 4 2 2 LLLL
7 Christopher Evi-parker 3 0 3 0 0 LLL

Match Results:

Reveal CommentMetodi Borisov bt Christopher Evi-parker (Nov 26) 6-2, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Great game in a chili but sunny morning. Looking forward to the next round."  -- Metodi
Luca Calderone bt Maher Al Ahmadieh (Nov 25) Walkover
Luca Calderone bt Metodi Borisov (Nov 13) 6-3, 6-2
Reveal CommentDavid Roberts v Christopher Evi-parker (Nov 12) 6-2, 1-1 TBC

Player Comments:

  • "The court was slippery so we decided to suspend the match. Chris is getting married soon and we didn't want him walking down the aisle on crutches!"  -- David
Krzysiek Filipiak bt Maher Al Ahmadieh (Nov 11) 6-2, 6-3
Krzysiek Filipiak bt Christopher Evi-parker (Nov 5) 6-1, 7-5
Reveal CommentLuca Calderone bt Krzysiek Filipiak (Nov 2) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "This was a very tactical match; Krzysiek playing the moonballer and me trying to smash his lobs. So I saw the sky most of the time, sometimes really forgetting where the court was.. I am really talking of 50 mt hight lobs, which everytime I left hit the ground, they were mostly going to hit the lines...it has been a nightmare...and my neck hurts! Well played Krzysiek. See you on the court again."  -- Luca
Reveal CommentLuca Calderone bt Christopher Evi-parker (Oct 29) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Christopher is a very tall opponent, he is able to cover the net very well and i wasn't in my best moment; well played Chris, see you on the court again!"  -- Luca
Reveal CommentKrzysiek Filipiak bt David Thomas (Oct 29) 6-1, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Really enjoyable game- Krzysiek"  -- Krzysiek
Reveal CommentMetodi Borisov bt David Thomas (Oct 28) 6-4, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "It was great fun playing tennis with David."  -- Metodi
Reveal CommentLuca Calderone bt David Roberts (Oct 25) 6-3, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "the weather was cruel, but we decided to play anyway.... so it was a very tactical match, we had fun!"  -- Luca
Reveal CommentDavid Roberts bt Metodi Borisov (Oct 22) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Metodi has improved massively over the last few months. In the past I've beaten him quite easily, but this was a really tough game, with a tie-break in the first set and strong winds blowing the ball around!"  -- David
Reveal CommentLuca Calderone bt David Thomas (Oct 22) 6-0, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "We played some good rallies, David has a good baseline style, and I am sure he will improve match by match. keep going."  -- Luca
Krzysiek Filipiak bt David Roberts (Oct 20) 6-2, 6-3
Reveal CommentDavid Roberts bt David Thomas (Oct 15) 6-1, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "David is obviously a good player, but he hasn't played for a while. The second set was much more competitive and I'm sure David will improve very quickly with more match time."  -- David

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentMaher Al Ahmadieh bt Metodi Borisov (Oct 15) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "2 hours of great tennis won by the slightest of margins. Metodi just wouldn't give up any ball today. Well done "  -- Maher
Krzysiek Filipiak bt Metodi Borisov (Oct 13) 6-3, 6-0