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Collapse AllRichmond Parks Singles - Round 14 | Thursday 9 March 2017 to Wednesday 3 May 2017 (Midpoint: Wednesday 5 April 2017)

Thanks to everyone who made it onto the courts in this round, we hope you enjoyed your matches. Congratulations to the new group champions and we look forward to seeing you back next time for more tennis in the warmer weather.

Group Summary:

Sam retains his group one title in style thanks to a dominant display of tennis clinching him six straight set wins - that's now ten matches unbeaten for Sam, can anyone end his winning streak next time? Richard pips Rob to the silver with his hard fought victory in their head to head. Credit to Rob too though for playing all his matches.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Sam Armour 6 6 0 2 14 WWWW
2 Richard Matthews 5 3 2 0 6 WWLL
3 Rob Hollinshead 6 3 3 0 6 LLLW
4 David Saville 5 2 3 2 6 WLWL
5 Bruce Harrison 4 1 3 2 5 WLLL
6 Geoffrey Derouault 3 2 1 0 4 WWL
7 Manoj Jangra 5 0 5 0 1 LLLL

Match Results:

Richard Matthews bt Manoj Jangra (May 3) 6-2, 6-2
Richard Matthews bt Rob Hollinshead (May 2) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Sam Armour bt Manoj Jangra (May 2) 6-2, 6-0

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentBruce Harrison bt Manoj Jangra (Apr 29) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "A very hard fought match!"  -- Bruce
Geoffrey Derouault bt Rob Hollinshead (Apr 23) 6-3, 7-5
Sam Armour bt Rob Hollinshead (Apr 22) 6-3, 6-2
Reveal CommentRob Hollinshead bt Manoj Jangra (Apr 21) 6-4, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Great conditions both weather-wise and in terms of the court surface. I took an early lead in the first set but Manoj came back well and the first set finished 6-4 in my favour. Although the second set score mirrored the first. it was tightly contested with an even stronger physical element to it."  -- Rob
Sam Armour bt Richard Matthews (Apr 16) 6-1, 6-0
Geoffrey Derouault bt Richard Matthews (Apr 12) 6-4, 6-4
David Saville bt Bruce Harrison (Apr 3) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
Sam Armour bt Bruce Harrison (Apr 2) 6-2, 6-0
Reveal CommentRob Hollinshead bt Bruce Harrison (Mar 30) 7-5, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "As always, a tight match with Rob showing the extra quality."  -- Bruce
Sam Armour bt Geoffrey Derouault (Mar 27) 6-1, 6-2
Sam Armour bt David Saville (Mar 26) 6-1, 6-1
David Saville bt Manoj Jangra (Mar 22) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Reveal CommentRichard Matthews bt David Saville (Mar 21) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)

Player Comments:

  • "A really close match which could have gone either way and in the end was won by the narrowest of margins. Several good rallies, nice winners and plenty of unforced errors from both of us, back in the sunshine and shaking off the rust after while off the court. Thanks for the match Dave!"  -- Richard
Rob Hollinshead bt David Saville (Mar 13) 6-4, 6-3

Group Summary:

Darryl demonstrated the importance of getting matches set up and played, as despite winning one match less than Christopher, his battling performance against Rod and good scheduling skills earn him the extra points he needs to move into the lead. Runner up Christopher does finish with the satisfaction of being the only player to remain unbeaten. Kudos to Baresh for bagging his bonus points too.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Darryl Ashcroft 5 3 2 2 9 LWWW
2 Christopher Timms 4 4 0 0 8 WWWW
3 Rod Sumner 4 3 1 0 6 LWWW
4 Baresh Kebar 4 1 3 2 5 WLLL
5 Frantisek Skorunka 1 0 1 0 1 L
6 Domonic Noble 4 0 4 0 0 LLLL
7 Adrian Ion 0 0 0 0 0 0

Match Results:

Christopher Timms bt Rod Sumner (May 3) 6-4, 6-2
Reveal CommentBaresh Kebar bt Domonic Noble (May 1) 6-4, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "Good winning drop and forhand shots by Domonic in the 1st set...enjoyable match."  -- Baresh
Christopher Timms bt Domonic Noble (Apr 30) 6-0, 6-0
Reveal CommentRod Sumner bt Domonic Noble (Apr 29) 6-2, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Some great rallies and a really enjoyable match at York House Gardens."  -- Rod
Christopher Timms bt Darryl Ashcroft (Apr 28) 6-4, 6-4
Reveal CommentDarryl Ashcroft bt Frantisek Skorunka (Apr 6) 1-6, 7-5, [10-7]

Player Comments:

  • "Great match with plenty of good shots between both players and a very balance match throughout."  -- Darryl
Christopher Timms bt Baresh Kebar (Apr 1) 7-5, 6-1
Reveal CommentRod Sumner bt Baresh Kebar (Mar 28) 6-2, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "A really enjoyable match with some long rallies on a sunny afternoon."  -- Rod
Reveal CommentDarryl Ashcroft bt Domonic Noble (Mar 25) 6-1, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Perfect weather to play this match and both players played some great shots during the match."  -- Darryl

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentDarryl Ashcroft bt Baresh Kebar (Mar 17) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Great match with some long rallies at times and both players playing some good shots during the match."  -- Darryl
Reveal CommentRod Sumner bt Darryl Ashcroft (Mar 15) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Great match with some long rallies on a sunny evening at York House Gardens."  -- Rod

Group Summary:

Graham and Binoy both end the round with four wins each in the race for first place. Binoy came out on top in the two's head to head which included an epic second set tiebreak, but crucially Graham bagged his bonus points and Binoy didn't, and this gave Graham the boost he needed to take top spot. A shame we didn't see everyone get off the start line in this group.

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Graham Wilson 5 4 1 2 10 WWWL
2 Binoy Joseph 4 4 0 0 8 WWWW
3 Yinka Bankole 3 1 2 0 2 LLW
4 Beatriz Franco 3 0 3 0 1 LLL
5 Terry Rollinson 2 0 2 0 1 LL
6 Jason Mills 1 0 1 0 0 L
7 Mark Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nuala Galazka 0 0 0 0 0 0

Match Results:

Reveal CommentBinoy Joseph bt Yinka Bankole (Apr 22) 6-2, 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "Great tennis.. Great weather... Nice to meet Yinka and play some good tennis."  -- Binoy

Match of the Group:

Graham Wilson bt Terry Rollinson (Apr 18) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Reveal CommentBinoy Joseph bt Terry Rollinson (Apr 15) 7-5, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "Really good match.. I feel the the result could have gone either way had the tight first set ended differently."  -- Binoy
Graham Wilson bt Beatriz Franco (Apr 7) 6-0, 6-4
Reveal CommentBinoy Joseph bt Beatriz Franco (Apr 5) 6-4, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "It was a good day for tennis, except the light got a bit low in the second set.. hope it didn't affect Bee too much.. Enjoyed the game "  -- Binoy
Reveal CommentGraham Wilson bt Yinka Bankole (Apr 2) 6-1, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "An enjoyable game that was much closer than the scores suggest. "  -- Graham
Binoy Joseph bt Graham Wilson (Apr 1) 6-2, 7-6 (15-13)
Reveal CommentYinka Bankole bt Beatriz Franco (Apr 1) 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Continued game 1st May 6pm"  -- Yinka
Reveal CommentGraham Wilson bt Jason Mills (Mar 16) 6-4, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "A very enjoyable game and i was lucky to win Thanks Jason."  -- Graham