Cambridge University Sports Centre
Saturday/Sunday, 3-4 February 2024
STOP PRESS A small but very high quality entry for the Singles, including the defending champion Lewis Keates, the Universities champion Marcus Cloke Browne and the Schools champion Shiloh Wu found more than their match in former Universities champion Isaac Weaver from Durham University, who won the event without dropping a game. In the final Isaac renewed rivalry with former organiser Joe Sumner.
In the Doubles, involving four pairs playing a round robin, Archie McCreath and Cameron Low had the satisfaction of improving on their runners-up spot last season by beating each of the three other pairs by clear margins.
The RFA’s thanks to Addie Chai for organising this year’s event and to Marcus for master-minding the live streaming from the superb Cambridge University courts.
Singles
1st round: Shiloh Wu bt Addie Chai 11-5, 11-3; Archie McCreath bt Louis O’Connor 11-0, 11-2; Emrys Thursfield bt Theodore Seely 11-5, 11-0
Quarter-finals: Wu bt Lewis Keates 15-11, 15-7; Isaac Weaver bt Marcus Cloke Browne 15-10, 15-7; Cameron Low bt McCreath 13-15, 15-10, 15-11; Joseph Sumner bt Thursfield 4-15, 15-4, 15-10
Semi-finals: Weaver bt Wu 15-1, 15-1; Sumner bt Low 15-1, 15-1
Final: Weaver bt Sumner 15-8, 15-6
Plate semi-finals: Keates bt Chai 15-13, 15-4; Thursfield bt McCreath 10-15, 16-14, 15-3
Plate final: Keates bt Thursfield 15-8, 15-8
Doubles
1st: Low & McCreath bt Chai & Thursfield 15-1, 15-9; bt Cloke Browne & Wu 15-2, 15-8; bt Keates & Singh 15-6, 15-10
2nd: Cloke Browne & Wu bt Keates & Singh 15-13, 15-8; bt Chai & Thursfield 15-2, 15-11
3rd: Keates & Singh bt Chai & Thursfield 15-11, 15-6
Selected matches live-streamed
Late in the first day
The Singles champion
Singles finalists Isaac and Joe
Lewis takes the Singles Plate
Organiser Addie with the Doubles champions
Doubles finalists
Emrys on the attack
Shiloh in early action
Joe in semi-final action
Isaac in quarter-final action