Collapse AllPavilion Singles - Round 31 | Thursday 19 July 2018 to Wednesday 12 September 2018 (Midpoint: Wednesday 15 August 2018)
A very good effort this time resulted in an excellent three-quarters of matches taking place, group three managing all bar a couple. None of the three group winners had a clean sweep on the way to the top, with each losing one match along the way. In fact, the groups all look to have been strongly competitive with rankings often decided by bonus points and head-to-head victories. And as usual league players showed resilience in the face of difficulty, overcoming darkness, wind, rain and heat (not all at the same time, thank goodness) to complete their matches. An eventful and memorable round, so here's to the next one.
Group Summary:
Uche's head-to-head victory over Andrew made him runner-up under group champ John, who, despite being being beaten by, and equal on wins with Uche, earned two vital bonus point to claim the top spot. Dan's matches with John and Andrew were close-run events, as the scores reveal: John finally overcame Dan in their third tiebreak set and Dan forced a second set tiebreak against Andrew. Meanwhile, well done John and Andrew for playing more matches than the others. Not a single player comment from the group in this round, unfortunately. It doesn't take long to do and it really brings the matches to life and lets us know how things are going!
Final Rankings:
| Pos. | Name | Played | P | Won | W | Lost | L | Bonus | BNS | Total | PTS | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Cotterill | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | WWWW | ||||||
| 2 | Uche Onyema | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | WWWW | ||||||
| 3 | Andrew Sims | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | LWWW | ||||||
| 4 | Nicolo Colombo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | LLLW | ||||||
| 5 | Tim Ibbotson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | LLLL | ||||||
| 6 | Dan Bridge | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | LL | ||||||
| 7 | Patrick Boguzas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Match Results:
Match of the Group:
John Cotterill bt Nicolo Colombo (Aug 10) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3Group Summary:
Well done Thomas and Mariano for scheduling all your possible matches. And congratulations to Thomas for getting 5 wins out of 6 to top the group. The tie on 10 points between Benji and Anthony is resolved by the fact that in their head-to-head, Benji overcame Anthony in a "great match" that was obviously close judging by the second-set tie break. Benji thus claims runner-up position. Elsewhere, the group's pair of 3-set games both involved Mariano (vs Ruvan and Benji). Against Ruvan, Mariano comments that Ruvan's youth overcame the "wiley tricks of age".
Final Rankings:
| Pos. | Name | Played | P | Won | W | Lost | L | Bonus | BNS | Total | PTS | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas McCarthy | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | LWWW | ||||||
| 2 | Benji Wilson | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | WWWW | ||||||
| 3 | Anthony Crawley | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | WWWL | ||||||
| 4 | Mariano Kalfors | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | LWLL | ||||||
| 5 | Ruvan Amarasinghe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | LW | ||||||
| 6 | Dan Hodgson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | LLLL | ||||||
| 7 | Max Olds | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | LLL |
Match Results:
Player Comments:
- "Rain stopped play. Benji to serve next." -- Mariano
Match of the Group:
Anthony Crawley bt Thomas McCarthy (Aug 28) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3Player Comments:
- "It was great to meet and play Ruvan today. Good luck in A&E!" -- Thomas
Player Comments:
- "Couldn't maintain the momentum against Ruvan. The wiley tricks of age couldn't hold out in the end against the boundless energy and enthusiasm of youth across the net." -- Mariano
Player Comments:
- "Great match, great player" -- Benji
Player Comments:
- "Good player, nice guy" -- Benji
Group Summary:
With bonus points in play, it was nip and tuck who would win group three. But in the end, one extra match played (and won) meant Sean was able to edge ahead of runner up Joanna while Steve, despite earning the bragging rights for having beaten our new champ in their head to head, has to settle with a very commendable third place. Now, had Steve also earned bonus points we would have another story to tell! However you look at it, an eventful round: Steve and Joanna's obviously extremely close 3-set, 2-day encounter "could have gone either way", while, Jim and Maria got to play their 3-set encounter a long way from Pavilion players' usual stomping ground (on holiday in Spain no less!).
Final Rankings:
| Pos. | Name | Played | P | Won | W | Lost | L | Bonus | BNS | Total | PTS | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Combrink | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | LWWW | ||||||
| 2 | Joanna Redfern | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | WWWL | ||||||
| 3 | Steve Robinson | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | WLWW | ||||||
| 4 | Othmane Islah | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | WWLL | ||||||
| 5 | Martin Lynchehan | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | LLLW | ||||||
| 6 | Jim Harrison | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | WLLL | ||||||
| 7 | Maria Harrison | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | LWLL |
Match Results:
Player Comments:
- "Well hats off to the both of us for playing 2 sets at night with only one floodlight working! Maria is very tenacious and we always have super long rallies when we play so stamina and concentration was key. Always very enjoyable playing with Maria. Thanks!" -- Joanna
Player Comments:
- "Always enjoyable to play Martin. Lots of long rallies and deuces. " -- Maria
Player Comments:
- "Lots of fun, some long games and good winners from both sides!" -- Steve
Match of the Group:
Reveal CommentJoanna Redfern bt Steve Robinson (Sep 8) 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2Player Comments:
- "Really enjoyed our match, thought Steve and I were evenly matched and a different style of match to the other ones I have played, lots of lobbing and some amazing get back shots resulting in long ralleys. Had to reconvene on Sunday am and it could have gone either way. Thanks Steve!" -- Joanna
Player Comments:
- "It was very enjoyable to play this league match while on holiday in southern Spain" -- Jim
Player Comments:
- "Good close match with some great points! " -- Steve
Player Comments:
- "Windy and muggy morning, and a fun and competitive match!" -- Steve
Player Comments:
- "Enjoyable match with a lot of deuces. Thanks Jim" -- Othmane
Player Comments:
- "A match that swung back and forth, with some tricky wind to contend with too. Good fun!" -- Steve
Player Comments:
- "Pretty even game with some long games, lots of fun!" -- Steve
Player Comments:
- "A lovely morning tennis which made it a pleasure to play with Gentlemen Jim. As ever when playing Jim it was a challenging match but I managed to edge it -helped I suspect by the fact that unlike Jim I had not spent the evening before at a beer festival!" -- Martin
Player Comments:
- "Great fun " -- Sean
Player Comments:
- "A match with consistency as the main strategy which therefore led to some long rallies. A cooler evening than it has been and nice to play on the astro at the MHM Club-thanks for organising Martin. " -- Joanna
Player Comments:
- "Great fun" -- Sean
Player Comments:
- "Great fun" -- Sean
Player Comments:
- "Very windy" -- Sean
Player Comments:
- "Wow who thought it was a good idea to play at 4pm on the hottest day of the year so far (sorry Jim) ...luckily we made sure we took enough breaks to regroup. Always nice playing with Jim with quite a few long deuce/adv which tested our resilience. We were the only mad ones on the courts and think we were both happy that it didn’t go to 3 sets! " -- Joanna
Player Comments:
- "Great game thanks" -- Sean
Player Comments: