Men's B vs. Wantage 5

Sat 01 Oct, 2022 - Away

Won - 3-5

The squad consisted of Victor and Makoto as 2^nd pair with Jie and Peter being 1^st  pair. 

We arrived just after 12:30 pm to bright sunlight and warm temperatures and after a 30 minute warm up the match started. 

Victor and Makoto did brilliantly against a very solid and consistent 1^st pair to keep in front throughout the two sets to win 4-6 and 3-6. 

Peter and Jie on the other court were not doing as well against the 2^nd pair losing the first set to a tie break but regrouped and won the second set quite easily 3-6. 

So going into the reverse rubber it was Wantage 1 set NGLTC 3 sets. 

Makoto and Victor were leading their 1^st set but the opposition steadied to force a tie break which they eventually won. Undaunted Victor and Makoto didn’t lose focus and won the second set 2-6. 

Peter and Jie were also taken to a tie break in their first set and once again Wantage prevailed. In the second set Peter and Jie were leading but the  very consistent Wantage 1^st pair kept keeping the ball in play and forced another tie break. This time Peter and Jie won the 4 of the first 5 points and took the tie break 7 point to 4 and thus  won the final set.

 So after nearly five hours of tennis Makoto and Victor won 3 sets with  Peter and Jie winning 2 sets and placing us second in the league.

Well done squad.