Milton Keynes Topspin 8-2 Open University Primes
Wednesday 3 November 2021
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wackrill beat Ning He (3-1) | 13-11, 7-11, 15-13, 11-5 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Russell Penn beat James Zeng (3-1) | 3-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Mervyn Kelly beat Andy Tan (3-0) | 11-6, 11-6, 11-2 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Mervyn Kelly and Russell Penn beat Andy Tan and James Zeng (3-0) | 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 | 4-0 |
| 5 | Russell Penn beat Ning He (3-2) | 11-7, 13-11, 8-11, 2-11, 11-6 | 5-0 |
| 6 | David Wackrill lost to Andy Tan (1-3) | 11-13, 7-11, 14-12, 7-11 | 5-1 |
| 7 | Mervyn Kelly beat James Zeng (3-0) | 11-3, 11-5, 15-13 | 6-1 |
| 8 | Russell Penn lost to Andy Tan (0-3) | 9-11, 5-11, 7-11 | 6-2 |
| 9 | Mervyn Kelly beat Ning He (3-0) | 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 | 7-2 |
| 10 | David Wackrill beat James Zeng (3-0) | 11-3, 11-9, 11-0 | 8-2 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 25 | 71.43 | 357 | 55.43 |
| Open University Primes | 10 | 28.57 | 287 | 44.57 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 63.64 | 217 | 118 | 54.38 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 50.00 | 212 | 102 | 48.11 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 100.00 | 156 | 103 | 66.03 |
| Open University Primes | Ning He | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25.00 | 228 | 104 | 45.61 |
| Open University Primes | James Zeng | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10.00 | 170 | 64 | 37.65 |
| Open University Primes | Andy Tan | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 60.00 | 187 | 94 | 50.27 |
| Match date | Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2021-2022 |
| Legs played | 35 |
| Points played | 644 |
Published 29/04/2024 18:01 by David Wackrill; edited 1 times, last on 29/04/2024 18:01 by David Wackrill.
MAGNIFICENT MERVYN MESMORISES PRIMES
Halfway through this match I thought that, in my admittedly always biased view, Topspin were heading for a whitewash result here. But to my cost, Prime’s Andy Tan was about to put an end to that dream scenario. He had been slaughtered by Mervyn Kelly but was very comfortable playing against me and, as his confidence grew, easily beat Russell Penn in straight games 20 minutes later.
Well played to Andy but the night belonged to Mervyn, who was dominant with his two winged attacking style so finely tuned, that he only conceded 52 points over the 9 games he played, That’s averaging less than 6 points a game!! Brilliant stuff in my book.
More stats. Mervyn just loves playing against this team. This was his 8th hat-trick in the 72 matches he has played for Topspin so far and the only other occasion where he has notched a treble when I haven’t done so was also against Primes (October 2017).
Ning He and James Zeng completed the visitor’s line-up with just the one set going to a decider when Russell played Ning.
Man of the match : Mervyn Kelly