Alleyn’s School, Dulwich
Saturday/Sunday, 1-2 October 2022
STOP PRESS Honours were shared at the London Open as Dan Tristao won his third Singles title at this event, beating Will Ellison in the final, while Will then got his revenge in the Doubles, playing for the first time with Ollie Arnold against Dan and his new partner Ben Beltrami. In the two fiercely contested Plates Cameron Low got the better of City of Durham’s Oscar McIntyre in the Singles, only to be beaten, playing with Louise Mathias, by Oscar & Lewis Keates in an extraordinarily close Doubles final. Special mention should be made of Ben Beltrami, who hit the ball in his Doubles match as well as any player on the fast front courts at Alleyn’s, and of Louise, fully recovered from her wrist injury in the spring, who now forms an impressive mixed doubles partnership with Cameron.
Report to come
Results
Singles
1st round: J Sumner bt J Smith 11-5, 3-11, 12-10; P Chai bt J Garratt w/o; J Tilston bt O McIntyre 11-6, 11-3
2nd round: D Tristao bt Sumner 11-2, 11-6; T Parker bt L Keates 11-3, 11-1; O Arnold bt B Kirwan w/o; J Aquilina bt Penn 11-1, 11-3; B Beltrami bt Mathias 11-0, 11-1; S Russell bt C Low 12-10, 11-4; C Brooks bt P Hanton 11-3, 11-6; W Ellison bt Tilston 11-3, 11-1
Quarter-finals: Tristao bt Parker 11-3, 11-5; Arnold bt Aquilina 11-6, 11-7; Beltrami bt Russell 11-3, 11-4; Ellison bt Brooks 11-8, 11-4
Semi-finals: Tristao bt Arnold 11-7, 11-4; Ellison bt Beltrami 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
Final: Tristao bt Ellison 11-5, 11-8
Plate: Low bt McIntyre 15-6.
Doubles
1st round: T Hebblethwaite & J Smith bt P Chai & H Tunks 11-4. 11-0 ; J Toop & G Wiseman bt G Fox-Edwards & J Garratt 11-1, 11-1; C Low & L Mathias bt H Nugent & E Thursfield 11-3, 12-10; A Ahuja & J Sumner bt Y Negyal & S Richarz 11-0, 11-8
Quarter-finals: O Arnold & W Ellison bt Hebblethwaite & Smith 11-5, 11-3; J Toop & Wiseman bt L Keates & O McIntyre 11-7, 12-10; J Aquilina & C Brooks bt Low & Mathias 11-4, 11-6; B Beltrami & D Tristao bt Ahuja & Sumner 11-0, 11-4
Semi-finals: Arnold & Ellison bt Toop & Wiseman 11-2, 11-1; Beltrami & Tristao bt Aquilina & Brooks 11-8, 11-6
Final: Arnold & Ellison bt Beltrami & Tristao 7-11, 11-4, 11-4
Plate: Keates & McIntyre bt Low & Mathias 16-15
A first success for a new pairing: Ollie and Will
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The trophy winners Dan, and Will & Ollie, with Ben B
Cameron and Oscar contested the Singles Plate
Singles Plate finalists and the RFA President
Doubles Plate finalists before the action!
Winners of the Doubles Plate from Derby and Durham
The RFA President enjoys a family success
Always good to see the Hamish t-shirt!