***Not first match of 2015 – multi-surface contest vs Mike only a set old and to finish*** Dave Baker def Al Warwick 6-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Last year myself and old foe Dave battled away over many locales and on many surfaces for many months to try and co-ordinate a five set marathon, in […]

Mike Drain def Al Warwick 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 On a balmy Sunday morn in October an age old rivalry finally regained some sparkle and swagger that has made it so enduring. In perfect conditions, things started in much the same manner of our recent ‘contests’. Mike started off solid and flirting with spectacular, alas he […]

Mike Drain def Al Warwick 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 Anyone watching this match – or moreso anyone listening to my opponents’ version of events – would struggle to believe that the head to head results between me and Mike last year were almost 5-5 but for a few points on the green stuff. It hasn’t materialised […]

Match 6: Al Warwick def Sophie Dobinson 7-5, 6-2 The clueless will scoff and the arrogant will dismiss this fixture. We all know that momentum plays a huge part in tennis at all levels. Sometimes you find yourself ‘in the zone’ from the warm-up, other times you never really hit your stride. My fiancée Sophie […]

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Match 5: Mike Drain def Al Warwick 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 Yes, welcome to cliché city! Forgive the all-too-frequently used phrase in the title, but in this instance it is necessary.    In a match that began at the tail end of the Wimbledon first week and finished only yesterday it is not surprising that there […]