6th May, 2009
RTC 1 lost to CURTC 1, 1/2
| Ben Matthews | beat | Mark Hobbs | 6/4, 6/2 |
| Nick Wood | lost to | Rob Fahey | 3/6, 0/6 |
| Wood and Matthews | lost to | Fahey and Hobbs | 4/8 |
Simon Edmond writes:
“A display of ruthless brilliance from Rob Fahey put paid to the title hopes of RTC’s Nick Wood and Ben Matthews in the National League Premier Division finals evening, with the world champion inspiring Cambridge to a convincing win in front of 100 spectators at Hampton Court.
All had gone to plan at first for table-topping RTC, with Ben overcoming an erratic start to pull away from Mark Hobbs for a 6/4, 6/2 victory. This set the stage for Nick, who had beaten Fahey in the home league fixture back in the autumn, but the Australian had other ideas this time, quickly taking control of the match with punishing service returns and wondrous backhand play from both ends. This was Fahey at his best, and with Nick struggling to find any rhythm Fahey soon levelled the tie for Cambridge with a 6/3, 6/0 success.
So it all came down to the doubles. Despite Nick and Ben’s best efforts to target the weaker Hobbs, Cambridge took command early on, and from 4-0 the writing was on the wall. A sharp volley from Hobbs duly wrapped up an 8/4 win to give the visitors a fine away victory.”
Details of other matches can be found here.
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