Glasgow Tennis league, dates for your diary
Monday, April 2nd 2012
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Start of the Glasgow Tennis League, Singles Round 8: Join Now!
- Start date: Monday, April 2nd 2012
- End date: Sunday, May 27th 2012
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Closing date: Friday 30 March
Mid point for bonus points and FREE tennis balls: Sunday 29 April
Monday, June 11th 2012
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Start of the Glasgow Tennis League, Singles Round 9: Join Now!
- Start date: Monday, June 11th 2012
- End date: Sunday, August 5th 2012
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Closing date: Friday 8 June
Mid point for bonus points and FREE tennis balls: Sunday 8 July
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The Glasgow Tennis League: Singles Round 5
The Glasgow Tennis League: Singles Round 5
Monday 15th August to Sunday 9th October 2011
It has been a great round, with some very close matches to keep things exciting! Andy Murray, who is powering ahead in the far east, would be proud. Sadly we weren't able to honour our pledge of an extra can of free tennis balls to all our players in Scotland if Andy had won the US Open, but Grand Slam success can't be far way.
Thank you all for supporting the league. We are very grateful for the hard work you put in scheduling your matches and for your efforts on court. 38 matches were played, and 14 of you earned your bonus points (which is brilliant).
GROUP ONE
Winner: James McCullough
James and defending champion Martin were neck and neck all the way until the final match, which fittingly decided the group. They entered their showdown having each won 5 out of 5 matches, knowing a win would seal the group. James edged it, and wrote in afterwards:
"It was a really competitive match. My serve won it for me as Martin outplayed me in most of the rallies, my forehand was missing in action. Martin is a class act all the way. I enjoyed the league very much and it has rekindled my interest in tennis as I hadn't played for 10 years before joining this round. I'd recommend that anyone joins as the players are a great group of people."
Martin was similarly gracious in defeat, and wrote in after the match as well:
"I would like to congratulate James on his win today and for winning the group, it was well deserved. The spirit in which the game was played made for a very enjoyable game and is exactly what I think we are all looking for from the league."
Elsewhere in the group, Dragan finished in third place after a couple of storming three-setters. He beat Keith 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, and came from a set down to win against Vance, who unfortunately had to retire at 2-1 in the third. There were also wins for Vance, Keith and Frank, but the main story was at the top, and congratulations once again to James. We hope to see you all back next time, for a similarly exciting and competitive round!
GROUP TWO
Winner: Harry McDonald
There was nothing in this group either, with just 2 points separating the top 4 players at the end of the round. Harry takes the title after winning all 5 of his matches, but he had to work particularly hard against Iain, coming from a set down to take the match in a deciding set tie-break. Alastair finished just a point behind Harry, and wrote in after a gruelling match with Iain:
"23 degrees in Glasgow! Crazy. After a set each, we had a game of 'who can hold serve', with 6 breaks in the first 8 games! At 4-4, I broke again as the heat wore us down, and served out to clinch a real tight one."
David Bryers also ended his round on 11 points, and he too reported on a three-set win:
"I beat David Robertson 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. This long match started outdoors but we had to move indoors when the rain came at the start of the second set. We both played a mixture of good shots and errors. Most of the games went to deuce and could have been won by either player. I pulled my calf muscle during the final game and was close to retiring but managed to just scrape the last few points to win the match."
Iain recovered from the heartbreak of two deciding set losses to pick up three wins of his own, while David Robertson won from a set down against Alastair. Three-setters really were the order of the day in this round, with Ruairidh beating Miranda in a final set tie-break and Andrew winning against David Bryers in three. Interestingly, Andrew won his only two matches, suggesting he could have been a real force in the group had he played a few more matches. However, we'll never know, and Harry is a worthy winner after triumphing in all of his matches.
Mid way point: Sunday 11th September 2011
To qualify for bonus points or free balls, just COMPLETE THREE MATCHES by this date.
Please see Rules and Regs for other useful playing information.
Player, (LTA rating), [win/loss/UnFinished] points won
Please report your results to: glasgowtennisleague@googlemail.com
To make input easier our end, please use the format: John McEnroe bt Bjorn Borg (Feb 21) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Thanks!
Please do send match commentaries too - we may quote from them in our emailed round updates.
W=won, L=lost, UF=unfinished
| GROUP ONE James McCullough 9.2 [W6] 14 includes two bonus points Martin Long [W5, L1] 12 includes two bonus points Dragan Milanovic 9.2 [W3, L2] 8 includes two bonus points Vance Docherty 9.2 [W1, L2] 5 includes two bonus points Keith Vernal 9.2 [W1, L3] 5 includes two bonus points Frank Kiernan [W1, L2] 4 includes two bonus points Aman Singh [L6] 2 includes two bonus points Laurence Conway [L1] | James McCullough bt Martin Long (Oct 9) 6-3, 6-3 Martin Long bt Dragan Milanovic (Oct 7) 6-4, 4-1 Dragan retired Martin Long bt Aman Singh (Oct 1) 6-1, 6-2 James McCullough bt Aman Singh (Sep 19) 6-1, 6-0 Dragan Milanovic bt Keith Vernal (Sep 18) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 Dragan Milanovic bt Vance Docherty (Sept 11) 3-6, 6-4, 2-1 Vance retired Vance Docherty bt Aman Singh (Sep 10) 6-3, 6-3 James McCullough bt Vance Docherty (Sept 6) 6-1, 6-1 Keith Vernal bt Aman Singh (Sept 6) 6-4, 6-2 James McCullough bt Dragan Milanovic (Sep 2) 6-4, 6-3 James McCullough bt Keith Vernal (Aug 28) 6-1, 6-0 Frank Kiernan bt Aman Singh (Aug 26) 6-4, 6-2 James McCullough bt Frank Kiernan (Aug 21) 6-3, 6-3 Dragan Milanovic bt Aman Singh (Aug 28) 6-2, 6-4 Martin Long bt Laurence Conway (Aug 23) 6-0, 6-0 Martin Long bt Frank Kiernan (Aug 19) 6-0, 6-2 Martin Long bt Keith Vernal (Aug 17) 6-1, 7-5 |
| GROUP TWO Harry McDonald [W5] 12 includes two bonus points Alastair Jackson 9.2 [W4, L2] 11 includes two bonus points David Bryers [W4, L2] 11 includes two bonus points Iain McQuade [W3, L3] 10 includes two bonus points David Robertson [W2, L3] 7 includes two bonus points Andrew Dyce 9.2 [W2] 4 Ruairidh MacLean 9.2 [W1, L5] 4 includes two bonus points Miranda Ralston 9.2 [L6] 3 includes two bonus points | Rudiarh MacLean bt Miranda Ralston (Oct 9) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) Iain McQuade bt Miranda Ralston (Oct 5) 6-2 6-1 Harry McDonald bt Alastair Jackson (Oct 1) 6-2, 6-1 Alastair Jackson bt Iain McQuade (Sep 28) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 David Robertson bt Ruairidh MacLean (Sept 21) 6-2, 6-4 David Bryers bt David Robertson (Sep 25) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 David Bryers bt Iain McQuade (Sep 18) 6-1, 6-2 Alastair Jackson bt David Bryers (Sep 11) 6-1, 6-2 Harry McDonald bt Ian McQuade (Sep 9) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) David Robertson bt Alastair Jackson (Sep 8) 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 David Bryers bt Miranda Ralston (Sep 8) 6-0, 6-0 Harry McDonald bt Miranda Ralston (Sep 3) 6-0, 6-1 Iain McQuade bt David Robertson (Aug 28) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) Alastair Jackson bt Miranda Ralston (Aug 27) 6-4, 6-0 David Bryers bt Ruairidh MacLean (Aug 27) 6-0, 6-1 Harry McDonald bt David Robertson (Aug 26) 6-1, 6-4 Alastair Jackson bt Ruairidh MacLean (Aug 24) 6-2, 6-0 Andrew Dyce bt Miranda Ralston (Aug 22) 6-1, 6-2 Harry McDonald bt Ruairidh MacLean (Aug 21) 6-2, 6-2 Andrew Dyce bt David Bryers (Aug 21) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 Iain McQuade bt Ruairidh MacLean (Aug 19) 6-1, 6-3 |
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