London Sutton August 2010

The London tournament in Sutton is the tournament I have played most times: this is the 4th year in a row.
Also, it was the first time I "visited" London, after my move to Brighton.

I was the nr3 seed in D singles:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/seeds.aspx?id=D9AD06D6-B064-4126-923E-01293316694E

My first round in singles was against Ian, who was very tall. In a very long match, 3 sets, I eventually lost 6-4, 2-6, 4-6. I was even 4-1 up in the final set!

The Doubles in D was Round Robin, so at least we got to play 3 matches.
Ed, Canadian in London, was a great doubles partner. You can see our results here below.

The Consolation draw in the singles was a rollercoaster ride:
The first round which was the Quarter Final was supposed to be against Phil, who I played against in Sutton in the past 2 years, but he had to withdraw with an injury.
So, the Semi Final then, against John, who is from Cork but lives in London.
At 6-3 for me, he suddenly left the match and said I won. He said I was dishonest and he didn't like me motivating myself (!).
So, I got to the Consolation Final! I played against Tomas from Prague. I played against him in Prague last year.

I won, after 2 and a half hours, 6-4, and I was 0-4 down (!), 7-6 (after 3-5 down!), 9-7 in the tie-break.
I had a matchpoint at 6-4 in the tie-break already.

This is my Spanish friend Jose Manuel, who I played against in Sutton last year. He won the D singles this year!

Here is the prize ceremony:

I was happy with my trophy, because after I lost my first round match, I thought it was going to be a bad weekend.

And here is the trophy in close up:

Here are the results for D Singles and D Doubles:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D9AD06D6-B064-4126-923E-01293316694E&draw=47

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D9AD06D6-B064-4126-923E-01293316694E&draw=46


Here are the details of my matches:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D9AD06D6-B064-4126-923E-01293316694E&player=11


I am even included in the winners, as Ed and I ended as 3rd in D-Doubles:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=D9AD06D6-B064-4126-923E-01293316694E

Last but not least: Tony, thanks for your camera skills!