Thopay wins the lot. Glory don't.
Three singles, nine games won, none lost — and still no team victory. That was only one of the Premier Division’s contradictions.
Coverage: 26 October 2026 – 1 November 2026Published
The most impressive singles record in the Premier Division belonged to a player on the losing side. It's that sort of week. Greenleys Glory's Dakshinamoorthy Thopay went through his three opponents without dropping a game, but Warriors found six points elsewhere. Meanwhile, Titans won seven, Primes edged six and Vanguards and Spinners couldn't be separated.
Player of the Week
Dakshinamoorthy Thopay
Greenleys Glory
Three singles victories without conceding a game in Glory's 4–6 defeat. An immaculate individual performance that deserved recognition even without a team win.
Supporting MKTTL scorecardMilton Keynes SasakiOpen University Primes
Four points from Nicolas Wong were a very useful foundation for Open University Primes' 6–4 victory at Milton Keynes Sasaki: three singles wins and the doubles alongside Andy Tan. Sasaki's Mervyn Phillips took two, while Minesh Pitamber produced a recovery of his own against James Zeng, turning a 1–2 deficit into an 11–5, 11–6 finish. Primes had more points; Sasaki had no intention of making them straightforward.
Official MKTTL scorecardGreenleys MonarchsYardley Titans
Yardley Titans came away from Greenleys Monarchs with a 7–3 win, and Nick Howard with a singles treble. Ricky Taiwo added two and Craig Brown one. But the doubles refused to follow the comfortable script: Howard and Taiwo led Martin Hall and David Tiplady 2–0, were pulled back to two-all and needed an 11–8 decider to finish the job. Tiplady won two singles for Monarchs; Hall took their other point.
Official MKTTL scorecardGreenleys VanguardsMilton Keynes Spinners
At Vanguards, Alan Cherry did everything required of a visiting singles player: three wins for Spinners, including an 11–4 fifth against Nayan Pattni. It still finished 5–5. Pattni and Sanav Sethi picked up two each for Vanguards, Elroy Edwards added one, and a Spinners doubles victory completed the share. Three wins from one player can rescue a draw without quite winning the match.
Official MKTTL scorecardGreenleys GloryGreenleys Warriors
And then there was Thopay. His three straight-games wins gave Glory three of their four points against Warriors. Chris Shamuyarira found the fourth, surviving a fifth game against Shirishlal Basant Rai 12–10. But Ameya Phatak and Darren Ward won two singles apiece, Rai added one and Warriors took the doubles. The result was 6–4 to Warriors. Thopay couldn't have made his own singles column look much better.
Official MKTTL scorecardA seven for Titans, two sixes for the away sides and a draw: Premier supplied variety. Thopay supplied the question that lingers — how can three perfect singles still not be enough?
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