Aegon men's team tennis

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

RE: Aegon men's team tennis

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Congrats to A1, particularly impressive to win when Marcus and Neil both lost their singles.

With regard to the point Gary made in a previous thread about the LTA scheduling a clash between their two futures events and the AEGON Team championships, they had (in fairness) scheduled the Roehampton one to start and finish earlier (all over by Friday) and the Nottingham one to start later (qualies start on Monday) leaving the whoile weekend free.

The only people who would have missed any of the finals were the two players who reached the Roehampton final (does this explain Marcus' poor showing in semi final v Evo?).

I accept that given that there are many, many weeks when there are no futures tournaments at all, they could have avoided it altogether, but they have clearly made allowances.

Anyway, well done A1- you reign supreme! I would be interested to know Gary's view on whether this event does anything to bring players through? I recognise the names of virtually all of the players who played in the match with DL Raynes Park, are there any young stars being blooded by this tournament or is it just a place for established lower ranks journeyman to earn a few quid?

Not being critical just wondering whether it actually serves a purpose?

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

A lot of juniors / those just starting off in pros / recently retired play in the regional round-robin groups as well as the kind of players that are in the final. It's a great way for the younger / less experience players to test their mettle against the next rung up. Also, a team environment often brings the best out in players, particularly the younger / inexperienced ones and shows them what they are capable of.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

The Optimist wrote:
A lot of juniors / those just starting off in pros / recently retired play in the regional round-robin groups as well as the kind of players that are in the final. It's a great way for the younger / less experience players to test their mettle against the next rung up. Also, a team environment often brings the best out in players, particularly the younger / inexperienced ones and shows them what they are capable of.

Sounds reasonable.

Born2WinTennis · Club Coach

Aegon Team Tennis 2016 update below. Somehow Sutton brought in Pedja Krstin (WR 161) to play the reigning champions and Marcus Willis had 3 match points but couldn't seal the win. Roehampton now clear at the top of the league.

Roehampton 1 vs Globe LTC 1

Oliver Hudson Vs Marshall Tutu
6-1 7-5
Jamie Baker Vs Andrew Rozanov
6-0 6-0
Nikolai Snapes Vs Pavlo Zhukov
6-1 6-7 5-7
Ross Hutchins Vs Damian Nzekwu
6-2 6-1

DL Ipswich 1 Vs Connaught 1

Myles Orton Vs Sam Price
6-3 6-3
Matt Hough Vs Michael Suleau
7-6 6-4
Ben Smith Vs Julien Belair
4-6 3-6
Jeremy Cowley Vs Patrick Eichler
6-3 6-2

DL Raynes Park 1 Vs Bromley LT&SC 1

James Marsalek Vs Robbie Ridout
6-4 7-6
Lewis Burton Vs Harry Meehan
6-4 6-3
Josh Goodall Vs Tom Wright
6-7 6-4 6-3
Ben Draper Vs Rob Searle
6-4 6-2

Sutton T&SC 1 Vs A1 Pharmaceuticals LTC 1
Pedja Krstin Vs Marcus Willis
7-5 3-6 7-6
Adam Thornton-Brown Vs Neil Pauffley
6-7 2-6
Jack Carpenter Vs Matthew Short
4-6 6-7
Jon Gray Vs Lemar Bartley
7-5 7-6

Spectator · All-time great

Two former DC players on the Roehampton team, eh? No wonder they're top of the league.

Otto · Social player

Can anyone tell me who is likely to play no.1 for David Lloyd Ipswich in the NCL this Sunday?

Born2WinTennis · Club Coach

The final matches at the National level were played on Sunday.

South East
Roehampton beat Connaught to claim first place and qualify for the National finals (wins for Jamie Baker, Olly Hudon, Bojan Jelovac)
Raynes Park beat Globe to claim second place and qualify for the play offs (wins for Lewis Burton, Mark Whitehouse and Ben Draper).
Sutton beat DL Ipswich to claim third place and qualify for the play offs (wins for PedjaK, AdamTB) - Matt Hough played vs Pedja at no.1 for DL
A1 beat Bromley to claim fourth place and qualify for the play offs (wins from NeilP, MarcusW and TobyM).

Bromley and DL Ipswich are relegated to regional level.

South West
Halton beat Winchester to claim first place and qualify for National finals (star players Cameron Malik, Alexander Barnes and Roy Knight)
Virgin Dorset beat Maidenhead to claim second place and qualify for the play offs. (David Hill and James Whike starring)

Midlands
Mackintosh beat Sutton Coldfield to claim first place and qualify for National Finals (Chris Lewis and Richard Bloomfield)
Lady Bay (Marcus Walters, JoshWH) and Edgbaston Priory (Nathan Rooney, Simon Dickson) into play offs

North
Virgin Active Wearside beat Wrexham to qualify for national finals (Dom Beesley, Jon Binding)
Manchester Northern look to have also qualified (Jon Kinsella, Matt Chadwick)