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 | |
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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, 6-4Player 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
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
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
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
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
Player Comments:
- "Great game with good rallies!" -- Sandev
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
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
Player Comments:
- "Really though game.. Both of us had a very similar style of play. Enjoyed the game! " -- Navneet
Player Comments:
- "Very enjoyable match, with plenty of winners and long rallies" -- Giuseppe
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
Player Comments:
- "Good game.. Decent weather. Enjoyed the match and looking forward to playing Guisseppe again" -- Navneet
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
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
Player Comments:
- "Good match.. Enjoyed playing with my gunner mate. " -- Navneet
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
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
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
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 | |
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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:
Player Comments:
- "Pleasure playing Noresh. Match was played in a great spirit. A lot of breaks of serve. Thanks for the match Noresh." -- Nazim
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
Player Comments:
- "Thanks Naz " -- Miles
Player Comments:
- "Great fun. Thanks Michael " -- Miles
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
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
Player Comments:
- "Thanks Rachel. Good luck with the nhs" -- Miles
Player Comments:
- "Thanks for an enjoyable match Russell. The scores for the sets didn’t show all the points you picked up. M" -- Miles
Player Comments:
- "Good to see Noresh again. 12 years since he designed the extension on our house. Really enjoyed the match. " -- Miles
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
Player Comments:
- "Close game with lots of deuces! " -- Russell
Match of the Group:
Reveal CommentRussell Butchers v Adriana Dea Zubi (Mar 19) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7) TBCPlayer 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
Player Comments:
- "A enjoyable game with some good rallies, good luck with the remaining matches Rachel. " -- Russell
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 | |
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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 |
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