11-Oct, Round One
Night of home wins in season’s opener
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It was a night of home wins as the 2011/2012 PSL season got under way with five matches in Round One, nine more to play before the semi-finals.
In Group A both Duffield and Nottingham had sealed their wins, leading 3/1, before the top strings took to court. Nick Matthew made it 4-1 to Duffield against Oxford’s 175mph man Cameron Pilley, while Chris Simpson made sure Nottingham kept pace as he beat Chris Ryder to consign Birmingham to a 4-1 defeat on their return to the league.
Defending champions Surrey H&R were first to put points on the board in Group B as they wrapped up their match against Bristol 3-0 in quick time, eventually winning 4-1 as Mohamed El Shorbagy beat Peter Barker to earn some valuable points for the visitors.
Last season’s runners-up St George’s, despite number one Daryl Selby still being in San Francisco, also wrapped up their win over Chichester with a match to spare, Tom Richards winning the final tie to make it 4-1.
The greatest drama was at Exeter, where the home side went 2-0 up at strings four and five, only for visitors Winchester to level the match with a 3/2 win for Dylan Bennett and another El Shorbagy success as world junior champion Marwan beat Campbell Grayson in straight games. That left it to number ones Stewart Boswell and Joey Barrington to play the decider, and it was Exeter’s Aussie who brought home the points.
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Benz-Bavarian Duffield 4-1 Oxford H&R
Nick Matthew 3-0 Cameron Pilley 12/10, 16/14, 11/4
Steve Coppinger 3-0 Scott Handley 11/4, 11/6, 11/3 (32m)
Andy Whipp 3-0 Ben Coleman 11/7, 11/5, 11/5
Laurence Delasaux 3-1 Andrew Birks 11/3, 11/6, 13/15, 14/12
Jenny Duncalf 1-3 Madeline Perry 11/6, 5/11, 6/11, 12/14 (48m)
MB Nottingham 4-1 University of Birmingham
Chris Simpson 3-1 Chris Ryder 6/11, 15/13, 11/2, 11/6
Eddie Charlton 3-0 Jaymie Haycocks 12/10, 11/8, 11/9
Mark Fuller 3-1 Christopher Thomas Hall 13/11, 12/14, 11/3, 11/7
Oliver Holland 2-3 Nathan Lake 13/11, 11/5, 12/14, 8/11, 0/2 rtd
Emma Beddoes 3-0 Jessica Mudge 11/1, 11/2, 11/1
Exeter Diamonds 3-2 IGT Winchester
Stewart Boswell 3-0 Joey Barrington 11/6, 11/0, 11/7
Campbell Grayson 0-3 Marwan El Shorbagy 6/11, 6/11, 3/11
Tim Vail 2-3 Dylan Bennett 11/13, 11/9, 4/11, 11/5, 5/11
James Snell 3-2 Jethro Binns 11/9, 11/8, 10/12, 8/11, 11/8 (69m)
Victoria Temple-Murray 3-1 Catherine Finlayson 12/10, 11/4, 5/11, 11/7 (30m)
TWP St George’s Hill 4-1 Team Chichester
Tom Richards 3-1 Nafiizwan Adnan n 11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 12/10
Nicolas Mueller 3-1 Robbie Temple 6/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/9
Joe Lee 3-2 Max Lee 11/8, 11/6, 8/11, 9/11, 11/8
Charles Sharpes 2-3 Olivier Pett 11/9, 3/11, 11/7, 6/11, 5/11
Dominique Lloyd-Walter 3-0 Annabelle Collins-Ballands 11/5, 11/3, 11/5
Integrity Surrey H&R 4-1 UWE Bristol
Peter Barker 1-3 Mohamed El Shorbagy 8/11, 8/11, 11/9, 6/11 (65m)
Adrian Grant 3-1 Lucas Serme 10/12, 11/3, 11/4, 14/12 (53m)
Adrian Waller 3-0 Arthur Gaskin 11/8, 11/7, 11/6 (40m)
Ben Ford 3-0 Chris Clare 11/9, 11/7, 11/5 (23m)
Victoria Lust 3-0 Anna Kimberly 11/4, 11/3, 11/4 (20m)
