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Collapse AllGreenwich Singles - Round 34 | Thursday 18 April 2019 to Wednesday 12 June 2019 (Midpoint: Wednesday 15 May 2019)

A round that had everything, including a brass band, proves that Greenwich is not only the birthplace of time but the home of friendly, competitive tennis! Well done everyone, nearly 70% of matches were played which is very good going. Thanks for making is so enjoyable. Do spread the word, it would be great to have a bumper entry for the height-of-summer round.

Group Summary:

Adrian wins the group in style with five well-fought matches. All of the leading pack of four earned their bonus points and by earning his, Adrian made sure that he wouldn't be caught out. But in reality it was his five good wins which included two three-setters that allowed him to build his unassailable tally of points. Garth, Ruslan and Carsten all tied on 7 points which means, in the absence of a clear head-to-head record for all three players, we have to look at the sets/games conceded record to break the tie. On that narrow measure, Garth just gets the silver. Excellent tennis everyone.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Adrian Britton 5 5 0 2 12 WWWW
2 Garth Patience 4 2 2 2 7 WLWL
3 Ruslan Kozirev 6 2 4 2 7 LWLL
4 Carsten Hovestadt 5 2 3 2 7 LWWL
5 Charles Prince 2 2 0 0 4 WW
6 Alberto Legarre 3 2 1 0 4 LWW
7 Chris Marksberry 5 0 5 0 1 LLLL

Match Results:

Charles Prince bt Chris Marksberry (Jun 9) 6-2, 6-2
Charles Prince bt Ruslan Kozirev (Jun 9) 7-5, 6-2
Garth Patience bt Chris Marksberry (May 23) 6-0, 6-2

Match of the Group:

Adrian Britton bt Carsten Hovestadt (May 23) 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-4
Ruslan Kozirev bt Chris Marksberry (May 18) 6-3, 6-2
Reveal CommentCarsten Hovestadt bt Ruslan Kozirev (May 16) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "Ruslan was struggling with grip on the grass court, good match thank you"  -- Carsten
Adrian Britton bt Alberto Legarre (May 16) 6-4, 6-4
Alberto Legarre bt Ruslan Kozirev (May 15) 6-2, 6-1
Reveal CommentCarsten Hovestadt bt Chris Marksberry (May 13) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "good match, think chris was was a bit careful on his movement as he had pulled a muscle a couple of weeks prior, nevertheless some great points, i started off a bit shaky but think the match got better the longer it went, great net play by chris"  -- Carsten
Adrian Britton bt Garth Patience (May 10) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
Reveal CommentGarth Patience bt Carsten Hovestadt (May 2) 6-4, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "I was just a bit more consistent with Carsten also having a bad day at the net. Lots of deuce games that I scraped through as well where on another day Carsten could easily have been the winner - Garth"  -- Garth
Reveal CommentAdrian Britton bt Chris Marksberry (May 1) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Another close match with Chris. Looked like it was heading for a third set until Chris’s movement was restricted with a pulled leg muscle. Looking forward to a rematch soon."  -- Adrian
Ruslan Kozirev bt Garth Patience (May 1) 6-0, 6-3
Adrian Britton bt Ruslan Kozirev (Apr 30) 6-3, 6-3
Alberto Legarre bt Carsten Hovestadt (Apr 30) 6-4, 6-3

Group Summary:

In this league, effort gets rewarded but that still can seem a little unfair! After all Rodrigo put in plenty of effort to secure his five wins, one of which was a particularly tough match with Andrew. Rodrigo also beat Angus in their head-to-head but Angus doesn't give up easily and by playing two more matches than Rodrigo and earning a point for a set one in a match lost, he added one more point to his winning tally. Hats off to our group 2 champ Angus, commiserations to runner-up Rodrigo and well done all for a great round and a great batch of commentaries.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Angus Bearn 7 5 2 2 13 WLLW
2 Rodrigo Dias 5 5 0 2 12 WWWW
3 Armando Noales 5 4 1 0 8 WWWW
4 Giles Thirkettle 6 2 4 2 7 LLLW
5 Pablo Lopez 5 1 4 2 7 LWLL
6 Andrew Lilley 3 1 2 0 4 LLW
7 Christian Schnee 1 0 1 0 1 L
8 Anthony Cooray 4 0 4 0 0 LLLL

Match Results:

Reveal CommentAngus Bearn bt Andrew Lilley (Jun 6) 6-2, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Both players were slightly thrown off their game by the blustery conditions and transfer onto the grass. Andy threw himself heroically into the fray (often literally), but was ultimately overcome by some stolid, if unimaginative, play which benefited from the surface and conditions. "  -- Angus
Reveal CommentRodrigo Dias bt Giles Thirkettle (Jun 2) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Rodrigo was the worthy winner! I enjoyed the 1st set before wilting in the heat!"  -- Giles
Reveal CommentArmando Noales bt Giles Thirkettle (May 31) 7-5, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Armando played a good game and his 1st serve was very good"  -- Giles
Reveal CommentArmando Noales bt Angus Bearn (May 22) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Fine, sporting match on a still evening. Angus simply ran out of steam, where Armando maintained his intensity and accuracy to the end. "  -- Angus
Reveal CommentPablo Lopez v Andrew Lilley (May 20) 4-6, 7-6 (9-7) TBC

Player Comments:

  • "Pretty even match that couldn't be finished because it got dark. Plenty of deuces and advantages on both sides. The match got more and more intense as the time went by. The sencond set was drainning both mentally and physically for both players. "  -- Pablo
Rodrigo Dias bt Angus Bearn (May 19) 6-3, 6-2
Reveal CommentArmando Noales bt Pablo Lopez (May 16) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "We couldn't finish the match . We played 2 sets and will play the third set as soon as we find another slot to both play again. "  -- Pablo
  • "On 16th May the two players finally managed to play the last set of their game in Hornfair Park Tennis Courts. At the beginning of the set Armando was very focused and Pablo appered to be mentally out of the game. After 3-0 for Armando, Pablo managed to get into the game again and managed to win some games. However the initial advantage gained at the beginning of the set was too large for Pablo to overturn the overall score. Well deserved victory for Armando," -- Pablo:
Armando Noales bt Anthony Cooray (May 15) Walkover
Pablo Lopez bt Anthony Cooray (May 10) Walkover
Reveal CommentAngus Bearn bt Giles Thirkettle (May 8) 6-3, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Intriguing and tactically challenging match when thunderstorms threatened. The score doesn't reflect the many, many deuce games, nor the shifts of momentum. Giles sprinted to rescue a drop shot which was the fastest get seen so far this year. Amazing speed. "  -- Angus
Reveal CommentGiles Thirkettle bt Anthony Cooray (May 7) 6-0, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "Some enjoyable rallies especially in the second set. "  -- Giles
Reveal CommentAngus Bearn bt Christian Schnee (May 6) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Christian has devastating, crisp, topspun shots that sent Angus scuttling like a fool or simply watching in admiration as the first set evaporated in about ten minutes. At the start of the second set, perhaps Christian's concentration dipped on account of the easy victory? Perhaps it was the annoying helicopter? From then on, it was a case of distraction: erratic, limp, disruptive, and oddball shots which helped to undermine Christian's rhythm as Angus threw everything at survival. A freak escape, rather than a replicable victory. "  -- Angus
Rodrigo Dias bt Andrew Lilley (May 6) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Rodrigo Dias bt Armando Noales (May 5) 7-5, 6-2
Reveal CommentAngus Bearn bt Anthony Cooray (May 1) 6-0, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Beautiful, fresh morning for tennis in the park. Angus took full advantage of Anthony's rusty start. (It was a different story in the friendly third set!)"  -- Angus
Reveal CommentAngus Bearn bt Pablo Lopez (Apr 28) 6-0, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "A fine, sporting match under constant threat of rain. The score highly flattering to Angus as most games went close, many back and forth around the deuce. Pablo's strength - particularly that sweeping forehand to the corners - was gaining during the second set. Angus just managed to close out the last couple of games to avoid a third, which would have been decisive in Pablo's favour, we're sure. "  -- Angus
Reveal CommentAndrew Lilley bt Giles Thirkettle (Apr 28) 6-4, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "A Marathon 2 setter on London marathon day! Lost count of the number of deuces. Highly enjoyable game and one particular rally of 40 shots was immense. Left everything on court but Andrew was just too good on the day. Hope to have another hit sometime....."  -- Giles

Match of the Group:

Giles Thirkettle bt Pablo Lopez (Apr 27) 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
Rodrigo Dias bt Pablo Lopez (Apr 19) 7-5, 6-2

Group Summary:

Big welcome to Alex, playing for the first time in the league and showing us all that he was capable of with a haul of five excellent wins to grab gold. We wish him luck as he pushes on up the groups. Marcel's round was not too shabby either and congratulations on a tidy silver. If the top players proved hard to catch they certainly didn't have the monopoly on great tennis and well done all for playing so many of your matches.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Alex Liddiard 5 5 0 2 12 WWWW
2 Marcel Heinrichs 6 4 2 2 11 WWLW
3 Paul Merry 5 3 2 2 9 WWWL
4 Graham Cutting 6 2 4 2 7 LWLL
5 Stephen Joberns 2 2 0 0 4 WW
6 Abdelaziz Elasmar 5 1 4 2 4 LLLL
7 Tim Oxman 5 0 5 2 3 LLLL
8 Bramwell Simiyu 0 0 0 0 0 0

Match Results:

Paul Merry bt Tim Oxman (Jun 9) 6-1, 6-0
Stephen Joberns bt Graham Cutting (Jun 3) 6-3, 6-3
Reveal CommentGraham Cutting bt Tim Oxman (May 18) 6-3, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "A close match on a nice, sunny, Saturday morning"  -- Graham
Paul Merry bt Abdelaziz Elasmar (May 18) 6-1, 6-1
Alex Liddiard bt Tim Oxman (May 12) 6-3, 6-0
Marcel Heinrichs bt Tim Oxman (May 11) 6-2, 6-4
Paul Merry bt Graham Cutting (May 11) 6-3, 6-3
Alex Liddiard bt Abdelaziz Elasmar (May 8) 6-0, 6-2
Marcel Heinrichs bt Abdelaziz Elasmar (May 5) 6-0, 6-0
Reveal CommentAlex Liddiard bt Paul Merry (May 4) 6-3, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Tricky conditions for both of us with a bit of wind but a good competitive match. Thanks for the game Paul!"  -- Alex

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentStephen Joberns bt Marcel Heinrichs (May 2) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "A great match, lasting over two hours. Both of us nearly collapsed at the end. Thanks Marcel, look forward to playing again."  -- Stephen
Marcel Heinrichs bt Graham Cutting (Apr 30) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Reveal CommentMarcel Heinrichs bt Paul Merry (Apr 28) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Great, competitive match!"  -- Marcel
Alex Liddiard bt Marcel Heinrichs (Apr 25) 6-3, 6-2
Graham Cutting bt Abdelaziz Elasmar (Apr 21) 6-1, 6-1
Alex Liddiard bt Graham Cutting (Apr 20) 6-1, 6-3
Reveal CommentAbdelaziz Elasmar bt Tim Oxman (Apr 19) 7-6 (7-0), 4-6, 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "Enjoyable Match :) Was lucky to save a match point in the third set. Looking forward to our next match."  -- Abdelaziz

Group Summary:

CORRECTION: We discovered, after this round was closed, that Jonathan had not been awarded the correct number of points. This has now been corrected and has resulted in Jonathan pipping Lee to the runner up spot due to his victory in their head to head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The tennis gods can be cruel and fate seemed to have a hand in depriving Lee of the group win. In the very first match of the round, Lee took on Tiago and turned round the loss of a first set to beat him. But that point, for a set won in a match lost, was to prove crucial. Tiago went on to clock up five good wins of his own and earn his bonus points. Meanwhile Lee seemingly went one better with six wins in total, but missed out on bonus points. Add it all together and by a solitary point (that set won at the beginning of the round) Tiago grabs the group. Huge commiserations to Lee but a massive round of applause to Tiago... somehow we'll have to get you both promoted next time. Great tennis throughout this brilliantly busy group.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Tiago Matos 7 5 2 2 13 LWWW
2 Jonathan Hetherington 6 6 0 0 12 WWWW
3 Lee Wadhams 7 6 1 0 12 WWWL
4 Sam Stretch 5 2 3 2 9 LLLW
5 Ed Gyde 6 2 4 2 8 WWLL
6 Jed Aukin 5 2 3 2 6 LLWL
7 John Williams 5 1 4 2 5 LLLW
8 Amie James 7 0 7 2 2 LLLL

Match Results:

Lee Wadhams bt John Williams (Jun 11) 6-4, 6-2
Jonathan Hetherington bt Tiago Matos (Jun 10) 6-3, 6-3
Reveal CommentEd Gyde bt Sam Stretch (Jun 9) 0-6, 6-3, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "competitive match on a muggy day. sam culled the first set 6-0 as i struggled to put one foot in front of the other (not a good tennis look) ! i hung in there and the momentum swung back in the last 2 sets. "  -- Ed
Lee Wadhams bt Jed Aukin (Jun 8) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
Ed Gyde bt Amie James (Jun 4) Walkover
Lee Wadhams bt Amie James (Jun 1) 6-0, 6-3
Reveal CommentEd Gyde v John Williams (May 31) 4-6, 6-1, 3-2 TBC

Player Comments:

  • "good match - rain twice prevented finishing the last set. a true british summer! "  -- Ed
Jonathan Hetherington bt Jed Aukin (May 30) 6-1, 6-3
Jonathan Hetherington bt Lee Wadhams (May 26) 6-1, 6-2
Jonathan Hetherington bt Ed Gyde (May 24) 7-5, 6-2
Reveal CommentJonathan Hetherington bt Amie James (May 22) 6-0, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "A fun match which was a lot closer than the score suggests. A lot of good rallies and deuces. Thanks Amie"  -- Jonathan
Tiago Matos bt John Williams (May 20) 6-3, 6-1
Lee Wadhams bt Sam Stretch (May 19) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Lee Wadhams bt Ed Gyde (May 12) 6-4, 6-3
Jed Aukin bt Ed Gyde (May 10) 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
Jonathan Hetherington bt John Williams (May 10) 6-2, 6-2
Reveal CommentTiago Matos bt Jed Aukin (May 7) 6-4, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Great match !!"  -- Tiago
Reveal CommentJohn Williams bt Amie James (May 6) 6-2, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Despite the proximity of a loud brass band playing its somewhat limited repertoire, Amie and I had a good game with plenty of running to work up a bank holiday lunchtime appetite. Thanks Amie! "  -- John
Reveal CommentTiago Matos bt Ed Gyde (May 6) 6-2, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Good match. Balanced"  -- Tiago
Reveal CommentTiago Matos bt Sam Stretch (May 5) 2-6, 6-0, 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "Great match super close"  -- Tiago
Reveal CommentTiago Matos bt Amie James (May 4) 6-3, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Good match"  -- Tiago
Sam Stretch bt Amie James (May 1) 6-1, 7-5
Jed Aukin bt Amie James (Apr 30) 6-2, 6-2
Reveal CommentSam Stretch bt John Williams (Apr 22) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Player Comments:

  • "Wonderful Easter bank holiday weather was taken advantage of. The tennis wasn’t too bad either! The match was closely fought and the lead in each set changed hands multiple times. It was a great match to play to blow the cobwebs off our rackets as we both had taken the winter off. "  -- Sam

Match of the Group:

Lee Wadhams bt Tiago Matos (Apr 22) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2

Group Summary:

An efficient display of tennis from Arkadiusz: three wins, bonus points and group-winner promotion in his first outing in the league! Well done to to Michael and Abhishek on their two wins each (Michael added bonus points to come in second) and as special commendation to Hanna who played more matches than any one else and notched up a good win of her own.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Arkadiusz Klos 3 3 0 2 8 WWW
2 Michael Maley 3 2 1 2 6 LWW
3 Abhishek Chatterjee 2 2 0 0 4 WW
4 Mark Edwards 1 1 0 0 2 W
5 Bernat Gabor 2 1 1 0 2 LW
6 Hanna Peramotava 6 1 5 0 2 WLLL
7 Sian Rogers 3 0 3 0 0 LLL

Match Results:

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentHanna Peramotava bt Sian Rogers (Jun 9) 6-1, 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "A lovely match played on both Saturday and Sunday mornings. Totally opposite weather conditions as well (rain and wind on day 1 and nice sunshine day 2). Thanks a lot for the game, Sian!"  -- Hanna
Reveal CommentAbhishek Chatterjee bt Bernat Gabor (Jun 4) 6-1, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Thanks Bernat for the match, enjoyed thoroughly."  -- Abhishek
Reveal CommentAbhishek Chatterjee bt Hanna Peramotava (Jun 1) 6-1, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Good to play after a break...Thanks Hanna for the initiative."  -- Abhishek
Reveal CommentMark Edwards bt Hanna Peramotava (May 26) 6-2, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Very friendly match played over two Sundays. Glad we wrote the score down last Sunday, although at times it felt like we should have been doing that for every game!"  -- Mark
Bernat Gabor bt Hanna Peramotava (May 18) 6-1, 6-1
Arkadiusz Klos bt Michael Maley (May 12) 6-2, 6-4
Reveal CommentMichael Maley bt Hanna Peramotava (May 12) 6-3, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Very competitive match with Hannah. Probably one of my best serves ever met with an absolute shockingly good return of serve. Very impressed. "  -- Michael
Arkadiusz Klos bt Sian Rogers (May 11) 6-1, 6-0
Arkadiusz Klos bt Hanna Peramotava (Apr 27) 6-1, 6-0
Reveal CommentMichael Maley bt Sian Rogers (Apr 25) 6-4, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Good match completed in two sessions."  -- Sian