Match Report 7th November 2019
LM2 vs Melton OG I (A)
It’s a fantastic 7 - 2 win for LM2 vs Melton OG 1. Well done LM2 team!
We went in with a young & energetic Alex & Dan playing as the first pair. Sam & Kiranam as the second pair and the experienced Darren & Dave as the third pair.
We had only two courts, Melton's first pair who were good with their smashes and left hand drives weren't enough against the smashing Alex and tricky Dan. One shot that was really good from Alex was a left hand flick on a winning point against their first pair. They didn't looked back and won the rest of the two pairs pretty easily. Well done Alex & Dan for leading the score board with most number of winning rubbers (3) today.
Sam & Kiranam as second pair had a smashing start winning their second pair for 7 & 8 who couldn't digest those brilliant flick serves from Sam. Their third pair played better with mixed shots, but it wasn't enough against Sam's tricky shots and returns. We sat down for almost 20 min due to only 2 courts which might have cooled us down, perhaps giving an advantage to Melton's first pair who won comfortably on us in the first game! There was a good fight in the second game, went equally till 18 points, but we made a few too many errors. Well done Sam for the fantastic performance!
Darren & Dave started a little late with them being third pair but they had a smashing win in two games to 9 &10 comfortably. It went to 3 games with their first pair, first one is a close game 22-20 win for us. Darren is returning everything the opponents throwing in the court. We could see both the teams got tired with a close first game which went in their way for 15 & 16 in the second & third game. We can see Dave is running around the court like a Cheetah(an Indian hunting leopard) to get the shuttle back in the court. Good run Dave!!😀 Their final games with the opponents second pair has reasonable winnings to 11 & 17. Well done Darren & Dave for the brilliant efforts.
Finally Pair of the match is: Alex & Dan for their confidence on the court with powerful smashes and tricky net points. Well played Alex & Dan👏
LM2 Captain Kiranam
