Milton Keynes Sasaki 6-4 Milton Keynes Spinners
Wednesday 7 February 2018
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Horrocks lost to Tim Cheek (0-3) | 9-11, 7-11, 8-11 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Dakshinamoorthy Subramanian lost to Alan Cherry (0-3) | 5-11, 4-11, 7-11 | 0-2 |
| 3 | Dan Smalley beat Gareth Jones (3-0) | 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 | 1-2 |
| 4 | Matthew Horrocks and Dan Smalley beat Alan Cherry and Gareth Jones (3-1) | 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5 | 2-2 |
| 5 | Dakshinamoorthy Subramanian beat Tim Cheek (3-1) | 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6 | 3-2 |
| 6 | Matthew Horrocks beat Gareth Jones (3-0) | 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 | 4-2 |
| 7 | Dan Smalley beat Alan Cherry (3-1) | 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 | 5-2 |
| 8 | Dakshinamoorthy Subramanian lost to Gareth Jones (1-3) | 6-11, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11 | 5-3 |
| 9 | Dan Smalley beat Tim Cheek (3-0) | 11-6, 11-4, 11-1 | 6-3 |
| 10 | Matthew Horrocks lost to Alan Cherry (0-3) | 7-11, 6-11, 0-11 | 6-4 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Sasaki | 19 | 55.88 | 300 | 51.55 |
| Milton Keynes Spinners | 15 | 44.12 | 282 | 48.45 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Sasaki | Matthew Horrocks | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 156 | 70 | 44.87 |
| Milton Keynes Sasaki | Dakshinamoorthy Subramanian | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 36.36 | 193 | 86 | 44.56 |
| Milton Keynes Sasaki | Dan Smalley | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 90.00 | 167 | 107 | 64.07 |
| Milton Keynes Spinners | Tim Cheek | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 40.00 | 176 | 79 | 44.89 |
| Milton Keynes Spinners | Alan Cherry | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 70.00 | 166 | 96 | 57.83 |
| Milton Keynes Spinners | Gareth Jones | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | 174 | 78 | 44.83 |
| Match date | Wednesday, 7 February 2018 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Premier Division |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2017-2018 |
| Legs played | 34 |
| Points played | 582 |
Dan Smalley led his Sasaki team to a 6-4 win over title rivals Spinners. This has increased their lead from 2 points to 4 points with 4 matches to go.
It was an evening of fluctuating fortunes, which started really well for Spinners with Tim Cheek beating Matthew Horrocks and then Alan Cherry beating Dakshin, both 3-0.
Dan Smalley then beat Gary Jones 3-0 to get Sasaki on the board.
Games 4 to 7 were all seen as games that could go either way, but Sasaki won them all!
Fist Dan and Matt combined to win the doubles in 4 sets against Alan and Gary. Then Dakshin beat Tim in 4 sets. Matt then beat an out of sorts Gary 3-0, and finally in what was seen as the pivotal match, Dan beat Alan in 4 sets.
Sasaki were right on top at this point and a 7-3 win was on the cards. However Gary then dug deep and found his form to beat a not 100% Dakshin in 4 sets for a crucial win.
Dan then returned to beat Tim and finally Alan beat Matt to make the final score 6-4 to the leaders.
Strangely not and single game went to 5, all 6 players won at least 1 match.
Everything is still very much to play for!