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Collapse AllWest Ham Park & Newham Singles - Round 32 | Thursday 28 February 2019 to Wednesday 24 April 2019 (Midpoint: Wednesday 27 March 2019)

Great to be back to 3 groups for West Ham Park and Newham during this round, and with just over two thirds of all matches played this was a highly competitive round for everyone. Some really epic duels out on court in a variety of weather conditions resulted in lots of tight matches - plenty of 3-setters and deuces here! We welcomed back returning players as well as some newbies and look forward to seeing many of you again in the next round - don't forget to sign up soon!

Group Summary:

Lots of really fantastic tennis played during this round for Group 1, over 70% of matches played, many of them in glorious sunshine for a change! Navneet continues his success after promotion in the last round, taking the trophy without losing a match, although his head-to-head against runner-up Mehran was a close battle leaving them both physically and mentally exhausted. Well played both of you! Lots of long matches with three-setters, tie-breaks, unforced errors, deuce after deuce and breaks of serve made for highly competitive tennis from everyone in the group. Your commentaries read like an ATP tour press conference - great stuff!

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Navneet Ravishanker 7 7 0 0 14 WWWW
2 Mehran Ali Khan 6 5 1 0 11 LWWW
3 Miglen Emilov 6 3 3 2 9 WLLW
4 Sandev Srinivas 6 4 2 0 8 WLWW
5 Ulukbek Ibraev 5 1 4 0 3 LWLL
6 Giuseppe Passino 5 1 4 0 2 LLWL
7 Jan Metcalf 3 0 3 0 2 LLL
8 Ken Jarrad 4 0 4 0 1 LLLL

Match Results:

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Mehran Ali Khan (Apr 22) 6-7, 6-2, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Both Mehran and Me had won all games so far So this was almost like the finals of this league. Three highly competitive sets and probably the best match of the tournament for me!! There were Lots of very close points, lots of duces, constant change in momentum and a nail biting finish in the end. Both of us were completely exhausted physically, mentally and 23° of heat just drained us even more.I could barely move post the match as this was my second gruelling match of the day(without a break) My strategy was to keep it simple, be though mentally, not to give up and take it one point at a time. Which worked. Mehran has a good serve, excellent strokes and a very aggressive style of playing. He's just 19..I'm Really excited for his future!"  -- Navneet
Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Ken Jarrad (Apr 22) 7-5, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "Ken is a really good player.. Very experienced and controls the game very well. Considering that this was his first league.. He played exceptionally well. I admire His drive and mental strength to never give up during a point. As we know 'Competing is more important than winning /losing'...Ken for me is a winner for having done just that. Would love to play with Ken again! "  -- Navneet
Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Ulukbek Ibraev (Apr 21) 6-2, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Good game, excellent weather! Second set was really close... Just managed to break at the right time. Enjoyed the game and would love to play Ulukbek again. "  -- Navneet
Reveal CommentMehran Ali Khan bt Giuseppe Passino (Apr 20) 6-3, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "loved playing with him. Some if the games were quite long with some good rallies, especially the last one. Good luck for the rest of the league mate"  -- Mehran Ali
Reveal CommentUlukbek Ibraev bt Ken Jarrad (Apr 20) 6-1, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "It was a really tough match in 25C heat. We still managed to keep 20+ shot rallies going in excruciating heat that left us breathless. The score does not reflect the real toughness of the match because there were many break points."  -- Ulukbek
Reveal CommentUlukbek Ibraev v Jan Metcalf (Apr 19) 5-7, 6-2 TBC

Player Comments:

  • "It was a warm sunny day and an enjoyable match with nice long rallies. Hopefully, we will complete it before the end of the round."  -- Ulukbek
Reveal CommentSandev Srinivas bt Giuseppe Passino (Apr 19) 6-1, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Great game with good rallies!"  -- Sandev
Reveal CommentMehran Ali Khan bt Ken Jarrad (Apr 18) 6-3, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "I just didn't deserve to win after the way I played. Gave the guy an entire game just by doing double faults. Deffo need to step it up for the upcoming matches."  -- Mehran Ali
Reveal CommentMiglen Emilov bt Ulukbek Ibraev (Apr 18) 6-4, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Nice match with a good friend. Some of my returns after loops and smashes from Uluk finished with nice points. He start strong at 3:1 in first set, so i need to focus and find my game to turn around. Some long rallies in the second set make it the match remarkable and hard to win. Lucky to finished in 2 sets. Always pleasure to play him, he improved his game in last year a lot. Good luck in rest matches Uluk!"  -- Miglen
Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Sandev Srinivas (Apr 15) 6-4, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Really though game.. Both of us had a very similar style of play. Enjoyed the game! "  -- Navneet
Sandev Srinivas bt Ken Jarrad (Apr 14) 6-2, 6-2
Reveal CommentGiuseppe Passino bt Ulukbek Ibraev (Apr 14) 6-3, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Very enjoyable match, with plenty of winners and long rallies"  -- Giuseppe
Reveal CommentSandev Srinivas bt Jan Metcalf (Apr 12) 6-1, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Great game with Jan, some unforced errors on both sides but my first serve came good and tipped the scales in my favour. Would definitely play fellow United fan again!"  -- Sandev
Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Giuseppe Passino (Apr 12) 6-1, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Good game.. Decent weather. Enjoyed the match and looking forward to playing Guisseppe again"  -- Navneet
Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Jan Metcalf (Apr 12) 7-5, 6-7, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "Really close and competitive game.. Had To be played over two days to finish. Would love to play with Jan again. Cheers! "  -- Navneet
Reveal CommentMehran Ali Khan bt Sandev Srinivas (Apr 6) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "It was a good match. Some big serves that were too fast to be neutralised and good ground strokes made the first set very difficult to win. "  -- Mehran Ali
Reveal CommentNavneet Ravishanker bt Miglen Emilov (Apr 6) 6-0, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Good match.. Enjoyed playing with my gunner mate. "  -- Navneet
Reveal CommentMehran Ali Khan bt Miglen Emilov (Mar 30) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)

Player Comments:

  • "was a tough match. Not gonna lie he had me in the first and third sets by getting under my skin and making me do unforced errors but somehow I managed to survive."  -- Mehran Ali
Mehran Ali Khan bt Ulukbek Ibraev (Mar 14) 7-5, 6-3
Ken Jarrad v Giuseppe Passino (Mar 10) 7-6 (10-8) TBC
Reveal CommentMiglen Emilov bt Jan Metcalf (Mar 9) 7-6, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Enjoyed quality match with some great rallies, points and extremely close first set, most game go to deuces and finished with tiebreak 7:2. Lucky to got that match closed in 2 sets. Looking forward for next match with Jan! "  -- Miglen
Reveal CommentSandev Srinivas bt Miglen Emilov (Mar 8) 6-0, 7-6

Player Comments:

  • "Great match, second set was neck and neck up till the death. 7-5 in the tie break, looking forwaed to meeting Miglen again. Thanks for the game, Sandev"  -- Sandev
Reveal CommentMiglen Emilov bt Giuseppe Passino (Mar 3) 6-1, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Nice play with old friend. Good luck with the rest matches Zeppe! "  -- Miglen

Group Summary:

Lots of great tennis matches played in a variety of weather conditions - from snowy evenings to sweltering heat - that's typical of tennis in the UK! Group 2 featured a number of returning players getting to chance to play familiar opponents as well as new ones and Miles even got reunited with Noresh, who designed the extension on his house 12 years ago (it's a small world!). Russell and Adriana's unfinished epic was Match of the Group this time. With two long see-sawing sets both ending in 7-5 tie-breaks they were totally even for points and happy to leave it as a draw! Congratulations to Miles for taking the winner's podium this time, with Nazim a close runner-up. Both played some great tennis and were very complimentary about their opponents; true LTL spirit. Hope to see you all again next time for more of the same!

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Miles Thomas 5 5 0 0 11 WWWW
2 Nazim Haque 5 4 1 0 8 WWLW
3 Russell Butchers 6 2 4 2 8 LLWL
4 Mantas Lukosius 4 3 1 0 7 LWWW
5 MIchael Holbrook 6 3 3 0 7 WLLL
6 Noresh Gupta 5 1 4 0 2 LLWL
7 Adriana Dea Zubi 1 0 1 0 1 L
8 Rachel Mcculloch 4 0 4 0 0 LLLL

Match Results:

MIchael Holbrook bt Russell Butchers (Apr 25) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Reveal CommentNazim Haque bt Noresh Gupta (Apr 23) 6-3, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Pleasure playing Noresh. Match was played in a great spirit. A lot of breaks of serve. Thanks for the match Noresh."  -- Nazim
Reveal CommentNazim Haque bt Mantas Lukosius (Apr 20) 6-4, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Tough match against Mantas in very sunny conditions. First set was tight and closely fought. The second set was closer than score suggests and Mantas had a few break point opportunities. Enjoyable match and it was played in right spirit. Thanks Mantas."  -- Nazim
Reveal CommentMiles Thomas bt Nazim Haque (Apr 18) 6-3, 7-5

Player Comments:

  • "Thanks Naz "  -- Miles
Reveal CommentMiles Thomas bt MIchael Holbrook (Apr 17) 6-1, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Great fun. Thanks Michael "  -- Miles
Reveal CommentNazim Haque bt MIchael Holbrook (Apr 16) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Player Comments:

  • "Really hard fought match. Michael is like a tennis wall. He kept getting everything back. The second set was very closely fought. Could easily have gone the other way. Third set felt like Michael ran out of steam to my relief. One of the hardest matches I have played. He kept getting balls back into play. Genuine relief to nick this one. well played Michael "  -- Nazim
Mantas Lukosius bt Noresh Gupta (Apr 14) 6-2, 6-0
Reveal CommentMiles Thomas v Mantas Lukosius (Apr 12) 6-3, 2-6 TBC

Player Comments:

  • "Great couple of sets but the third was interrupted at 2 all by the park closing. Looking forward to playing the decider"  -- Miles
Reveal CommentMiles Thomas bt Rachel Mcculloch (Apr 10) 6-0, 6-0

Player Comments:

  • "Thanks Rachel. Good luck with the nhs"  -- Miles
Reveal CommentMiles Thomas bt Russell Butchers (Apr 8) 6-0, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Thanks for an enjoyable match Russell. The scores for the sets didn’t show all the points you picked up. M"  -- Miles
Reveal CommentMiles Thomas bt Noresh Gupta (Apr 3) 6-3, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "Good to see Noresh again. 12 years since he designed the extension on our house. Really enjoyed the match. "  -- Miles
Reveal CommentNoresh Gupta bt Rachel Mcculloch (Apr 3) 6-4, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Very enjoyable match, even though we had to play the second half of the set on a very cold and snowy evening." Noresh
Mantas Lukosius bt MIchael Holbrook (Mar 31) 6-0, 6-4
MIchael Holbrook bt Rachel Mcculloch (Mar 28) 6-2, 6-4
Reveal CommentRussell Butchers bt Noresh Gupta (Mar 27) 6-3, 6-3

Player Comments:

  • "Close game with lots of deuces! "  -- Russell
Mantas Lukosius bt Russell Butchers (Mar 22) 6-3, 6-2

Match of the Group:

Reveal CommentRussell Butchers v Adriana Dea Zubi (Mar 19) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7) TBC

Player Comments:

  • "An extremely close match that see-sawed throughout...unfortunately we may not be able to finish it off so a draw is a fair result! "  -- Russell
MIchael Holbrook bt Adriana Dea Zubi (Mar 14) 6-4, 6-4
Reveal CommentRussell Butchers bt Rachel Mcculloch (Mar 13) 6-2, 6-1

Player Comments:

  • "A enjoyable game with some good rallies, good luck with the remaining matches Rachel. "  -- Russell
Reveal CommentNazim Haque bt Russell Butchers (Mar 7) 6-4, 6-4

Player Comments:

  • "Really close match in wet and windy conditions. Both sets were very close and could have gone either way. Russell has an excellent backhand slice and had me in trouble on many occasions. Was a match I was relieved to win because it was very close. "  -- Nazim

Group Summary:

Just over half of the matches in Group 3 were played, and our top two players both got their bonus points so well done on the scheduling front! Welcome to newcomer Mike, who has stamped his authority over this group, gaining promotion in his first round of LTL with an impressive 14 points - 6 wins and bonus points. Congratulations and welcome to LTL! Florin-Ionut came a close second with 5 wins under his belt and was the only player to complete all his matches, well-played both of you. We look forward to seeing you all again in the next round for some more competitive and friendly tennis!

Final Rankings:

Pos. Name Played P Won W Lost L Bonus BNS Total PTS Form
1 Mike Kosco 6 6 0 2 14 WWWW
2 Florin-Ionut Antohi 7 5 2 2 13 WLWL
3 Munawer Shafi 3 2 1 0 4 WLW
4 Steve Wadey 3 1 2 0 3 LWL
5 Margarita Perez Herra 4 1 3 0 2 LWLL
6 Andrea Rendes 4 0 4 0 0 LLLL
7 Luke Cooper 2 0 2 0 0 LL
8 Declan Duggan 1 0 1 0 0 L

Match Results:

Florin-Ionut Antohi bt Declan Duggan (Apr 16) 7-5, 6-2
Munawer Shafi bt Margarita Perez Herra (Apr 14) 6-2, 6-1
Margarita Perez Herra bt Andrea Rendes (Apr 13) 6-2, 6-4
Mike Kosco bt Andrea Rendes (Apr 12) 6-0, 6-1
Mike Kosco bt Munawer Shafi (Apr 7) 6-2, 6-1
Mike Kosco bt Steve Wadey (Apr 5) 6-2, 6-1
Munawer Shafi bt Florin-Ionut Antohi (Mar 31) 3-6, 6-3, [10-8]
Florin-Ionut Antohi bt Margarita Perez Herra (Mar 27) 6-1, 6-2
Mike Kosco bt Margarita Perez Herra (Mar 24) 6-0, 6-0
Mike Kosco bt Florin-Ionut Antohi (Mar 23) 6-0, 6-2
Florin-Ionut Antohi bt Luke Cooper (Mar 22) 6-1, 6-1
Florin-Ionut Antohi bt Andrea Rendes (Mar 17) 6-3, 6-2
Steve Wadey bt Andrea Rendes (Mar 15) 6-0, 6-4

Match of the Group:

Florin-Ionut Antohi bt Steve Wadey (Mar 11) 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-4
Mike Kosco bt Luke Cooper (Mar 2) 6-0, 6-1