Victoria Park (East London) Tennis Courts

Wade: A great day for a game, and Becca had some great passing shots!

Matthew: Some great rallies and close calls - thanks for the great game Lee!

Lee: I was completely outclassed by Matt and his spins, but a really enjoyable game 👍🏻

Julio: Gane played in quite cold conditions, with the intermitent ray of sunshine though. I was in the zone today but the next one will be closer. Thanks for organising Adrian.

Adrian: Very consistent play from Julio, with very few unforced errors and a great shot variation which meant I was on the back foot most of the time. I had a few break chances but the conversion rate was 0% while Julio took the broke pretty much on the first chance he got. Well played and good luck in your next matches!

Franklin: Nice playing with you on a sunny day like this!

Lorenzo: Great way to start the day, and what an ending! Good luck to you too 😄

Kilian: Really fun match, Lorenzo! That epic game at the end of the second set… 😅 Good luck with your other matches.

Adrian: Glad to finally manage to play with Richard, even though the court was a bit slippery we had some good fun on the court. We exchanged some good rallies, winners, net plays, drop shots, lobs, passing shots, which is what makes tennis exciting. It was a 50-50 game in terms of who would win this one, and the tiebreaker was the way to decide this and I just managed to win a couple more points towards the end when it mattered, but it could have gone either way just as easy. Thanks for the match and well played, good luck in your next ones and hopefully we'll play again even if just a rally.

Richard: Well played Adrian. Solid in the tie breaker and a strong first set gave you a deserved victory. Good fun, definitely some great rallies and a few off the frame that were just as memorable! Cheers Adrian looking forward to the next one.

Alexei: How to win a league match against Ismail His strengths: -He runs. Fast. So try to hit balls on the wide sides to move him from one side to the other -Always goes for biggest possible first serve. 90% of them go into the net or long. But a very few get in. He managed to get about 3 aces against me. The second serve is gentle to get into the box His weaknesses -inability to control his frustration. As he wants to hit aggressively, he'll get frustrated when it goes into the net or long. The vast majority of high balls, he'll go for an aggressive hit as he doesn't have the patience to play it. Wants to strongly hit it for a quick win. If the balls comes high to him, he'll miss hit it 95% That's probably how I came top from being 2-5 in the second set. I was hoping to make it 7-5 but ended in a tiebreak. So grind him. Slowly but surely. Have patience. You'll get there

Ismail: Unplayable, he will just do moon shot on every forehand when there is no need, very boring game.

Kurt: It was great to play in temperatures nearing double digits. Poi was a slow burner to get into the match but her play level trippled in the second set. Her backhand was working!!!! Such o lovely person. We had fun 😁

Poi Cheng: Thanks for a fun game Kurt! You certainly made me work hard for those points! I really enjoyed our rallies:-)