Open University Primes 3-7 Milton Keynes Topspin

League

Division One

Monday 16 October 2017

Set	Result	Games	Score	Match score
1	Patrick Wong beat David Wackrill	12-10, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5	3-1	1-0
2	Yi Cao beat Russell Penn	13-11, 11-9, 11-6	3-0	2-0
3	Martin Lok lost to Mervyn Kelly	14-12, 10-12, 11-8, 3-11, 8-11	2-3	2-1
4	Martin Lok & Patrick Wong lost to Mervyn Kelly & David Wackrill	11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 4-11	2-3	2-2
5	Yi Cao lost to David Wackrill	6-11, 4-11, 11-7, 8-11	1-3	2-3
6	Patrick Wong lost to Mervyn Kelly	9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11	1-3	2-4
7	Martin Lok lost to Russell Penn	7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 8-11	2-3	2-5
8	Yi Cao lost to Mervyn Kelly	4-11, 11-9, 16-18, 5-11	1-3	2-6
9	Martin Lok lost to David Wackrill	6-11, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11	1-3	2-7
10	Patrick Wong beat Russell Penn	13-11, 11-7, 11-4	3-0	3-7

Team summaries

Team	Games won	Games average (%)	Points won	Points average (%)
Open University Primes	19	46.34	371	48.12
Milton Keynes Topspin	22	53.66	400	51.88

Player summaries

Player	Sets played	Sets won	Games played	Games won	Games average (%)	Points played	Points won	Points average (%)
Open University Primes
Patrick Wong	3	2	11	7	63.64	206	111	53.88
Yi Cao	3	1	11	5	45.45	215	100	46.51
Martin Lok	3	0	14	5	35.71	265	119	44.91
Milton Keynes Topspin
David Wackrill	3	2	12	7	58.33	214	114	53.27
Russell Penn	3	1	11	3	27.27	209	98	46.89
Mervyn Kelly	3	3	13	9	69.23	263	144	54.75

Match details

New date	Monday 16 October 2017
Start time	19:30
Original date	Thursday 19 October 2017
Competition	League
Division	Division One
Venue	Open University
Season	2017-2018
Games played	41
Points played	771

Report

Published 15/04/2025 04:23 by David Wackrill.

Primes opted to bring this match forward by 72 hours and change venue to the Club Studio. I thought this impressive dance studio, with a full length mirror down one side, was going to prove to be the O.U’s secret weapon when they raced into a 2-0 lead with Patrick Wong beating me and Yi Cao beating Russell Penn quite easily.

But Mervyn Kelly had other ideas. Boosted by his golden win over Biao Wang last week, Mervyn found these fellow pen-holders held no terrors as he blasted his way to a hat-trick, albeit from a dodgy start when 2-1 down in games against Martin Lok to win 11-8 in the 5th. This was where our recovery began, stretching to 7 consecutive sets before Patrick beat Russell in straight games at the end of the night.

The doubles was a close affair at set 4, another crucial stage of the match. Mervyn and I trailed by 2 games when at 9-9 in 3rd Martin helpfully mishit a service under the table, after which we sneaked home and then got stronger as the set progressed. Topspin’s first doubles win of the season too.

So, a welcome return to top spot, for 24 hours anyway, until Greenleys Warriors play again.