WTFC Week 16 Review

Congratulation to Sebastian aka the Emperor by claiming the 3rd consecutive WTFC titles by defeating Jing Chen, 6-2 6-1. The emperor was simply awesome and unbeaten the whole season before winning the crown with 1 more game to go.

The Prince, Emoki on the other end of the island climb to the top of the East Zone and also move up to WTFC No 2 spot with a classic straight sets win over veteran Peter Robson of 6-1, 6-1. The win caused French Genius, Tony Permal to suffer a drop to the 3rd spot even with a win over Natalie, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

The dog fight continued this week with the remaining players fighting for the last 4 spots for the Master league with only 2 matches remaining. Shinji Kira secured his place in the final 8 with a brilliant win over the more experience Jon Pearson 7-6, 6-4. The win also determined that Kira is the Champion for the South Zone.

Team TFC Against Team Balmoral

Team TFC 3, Team Balmoral 2

Balmoral Park-- Team TFC played against one of the titan in the hill woods just outskirt of the popular Orchard road with a half strength team. However, TFC still managed to pull off a convincing 3-2 win over the Balmoral titans.

Their Top singles player, Vincent rulz over Kira with a surprise 6-2, 4-2 lead in the first 2 sets, but Kira managed to turn the match around eventually and win 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Rayner represented Team TFC in the 2nd Singles match also capture a win with a 6-1, 7-6(2) victory over Titans, Mark Anderson. The 19-year-old has been a great dependent player for TFC so far securing all win in all the matches he participated.

Jon Peterson, takes on Balmoral's Captain, Thomas Collins with equally good perfomance but eventually lost to a 2 set tie breaks match 6-7, 6-7.

TFC Top doubles pair, Ronny Tan & Grismond Tien continued to own their opponents in doubles matches with another straight sets win of 6-4, 6-4.

Michelle & Natalie paired up for the 1st time to take on Balmoral's women pair, Urike & Yap. The opponents have great combination and partnership which eventually made TFC suffer a 5-7, 5-7 defeat.

The next event will be against SAFRA.

WTFC Week 15 Review

The contest for the last 4 places for the Master League trigger a dog fight in the league this week.

Shinji kira is simply unstoppable since the start of the 2nd round, proving that he is really the great dictator in WTFC. He stopped the winning streak of Sako Maki with a 7-6, 7-5 win to remain as the league leader for South Zone.

Jon Pearson suffered another defeat this week, losing 4-6, 6-2, 5-7 to Nicholas Keane. The defeat might mean Jon could be missing out at this year Master League with 2 matches remaining.

Kenji, Rayner, Grismond have an easy game this week with all winning in straight sets.

Congratulation for Andy and Asada who have qualify for the promotion play-off into the Zone League next Season. They will play against the 2 lowest rank players in the Zone league to determine their qualification. We wish them all the best!

Team TFC Against Team Maplewood

Team TFC 5, Team Maplewood 0

Maplewood -- Although Team TFC rested their Top 3 players for today matches, The team still managed to stretch their unbeaten run to 3 matches. The Emperor & Prince was watching the rest of the team with the Peter Robson, the team coordinator at the resting area, giving their valuable advise as and when we are dropping off points. Thanks to them as we are able to ride over Team Maple with yet another all wins.

Replacing Sebastian today as the 1st singles is Kira, with another dictatorship display to defeat the Maple's Suresh 6-2, 6-0 in the 1st Singles Match. Kira doesn't look back after leading the first set 4-2.

Kenji, takes on Maple's Captain, Stanley with perfomance equal to he closest rival, Kira to win 6-3, 6-2 in another pretty 1 sided match which ended with within an hour.

I, Natalie was given a chance to represent the team for my very first singles match today ya. (Delighted) My opponent, Ling was a tought opponent ya, firing plenty of powerful flat serves at me and giving me a hard time returning her heavy ground strokes. I was thinking at some point she was Serena William. I lost my 1st set 2-6. *Cried* During the set break, Peter gave me some pointers. Sebast & Emoki run me through with Ling's weaknesses and there was this japanese gal, Miya, who tagged alsong with Emoki today to watch our play gave me mavellous counter tips ya. Eventually, I turned unstoppable, winning the 3rd singles match 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

TFC Top doubles pair, Ronny Tan & Grismond Tien was still undefeated since they paired up. The duo secured also their win by defeating Dong & Harvey 7-5, 6-3.

Jon & Rayner paired up for the 1st time to finish write another 5-0 all win for this exhibition match by defeating Maple's pair 6-4, 6-4.

The win has extend Team TFC to 3 events victories. The next event will be against Team Balmoral.

WTFC Week 14 Review

Congratulations to the Top 4 Seeds, Tony Permal, Sebastian Koh, Ronny Tan and Emoki Nakajima to secure their places in the Master League this Season with victories over their opponents this week. Tony Permal suffered a surprise 1st set lost to tough guy Peter Robson before picking up the remaining sets with a come back win by 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

In form Emperor, Sebastian takes down his closest west zone rival, Kenji in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. The win stretches Emperor unbeaten run to 15 matches in all competitions this season. The Prince on the other end, wiped off his opponent, Aaron Guo with yet another 6-0, 6-0 results.

The Dictator, dictated a win over good friend, Grismond Tien to bring him to the Top of South Zone table. The duo showcase a classic 3 sets triller as the match of the week over at Court 2, Carribbean which saw Kira edge with a 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over the Baby Face Killer.

Michelle Kim saw herself closer in qualifying the Master League for the very first time since her participation by moving up to No. 5 in the WTFC ranking after defeating Gao Zhijie, 6-4, 6-3 in the North Zone.

Team TFC Against Team Hollandse

Team TFC 5, Team Hollandse 0

Hollandse Club, Camden -- The Emperor, Sebastian put up yet another superb performance to defeat the Hollandse's Captian Ignaas 6-0, 6-0 in the 1st Singles Match over at Court 3.

Prince Emoki, also managed to sequel Sebast performance to demolish Rikhart 6-0, 6-0 in another pretty 1 sided match which ended with just 45mins.

Taking the position for Kenji for the 3rd Singles game is Rayner. Rayner take this opportunity to showcase his capabilies and signal that he is also another "big thing" to look out for in Team TFC after defeating Janzen 6-3, 6-1.

Riding on their victory form last week, TFC duo Ronny Tan & Grismond Tien secured their 2nd win as double's pair by defeating Laager & Klaas 6-4, 6-4.

Shinji Kira & Aki Masa finished off their opponents 6-4, 6-2 to give Team TFC a perfect 5-0 win for this week exhibition match. The two good friends showed an almost flawless partnership today with Kira dictating the game and Aki finishes with winners.

The win has extend Team TFC to 2 events victories. The next event will be against Team Maplewood. Time & Venue TBC.

Kenji Tahoma

Kenji Tahoma (JPN)
NTRP rating: 4.5
Birthdate: 12-Dec-84
Birthplace: Kobe, Japan
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Play: Right Handed
Style: All Courts
Tactical: Offensive
Strength: Powerful Top Spin, Force Errors
Racquet: Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex


If Kira is the Dictator in the league, then Kenji would be the Magistrate. Both players have the ability to dictate the games to their favours. To me, Kenji looks more like a casino goer who will put up the poker face during the game. But the Vice-Captain of Team Tennis de Faber Crest is very friendly in nature and he do has his sense of humour ya.

He is emotionless whenever he is in the game. Kenji is also very calm during matches and often proves himself as a worthy opponent. To win against him will takes more than just skill and effort. He is patient and adaptive to all the various style of play. Competent and experience with his High School Team back in Japan, Kenji has been rank within the top 5 players for 3 consecutive years.

His main assault will be his top spin which will bounce off the ground and reach an off shoulder height that is difficult to return, especially if he hit the ball deep. He plays with heavy ground stroke and has superb single backhand. Great first and second serves left his opponents no chance to ever think of getting a nice return.


Wilson-TFC League 2008
Current Ranking - Singles: 6
WTFC 2007 Ranking - Singles: 5
Current WTFC West-Zone Race - Singles: 2

Sebastian Koh

Sebastian Koh (AUS)
NTRP rating: 4.0
Birthdate: 12-Jan-85
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australian
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Play: Left Handed
Style: All Court
Tactical: Counter Puncher, Technical Tennis
Strength: Accuracy, Positioning, Consistency
Racquet: Wilson K Factor KSix-One Tour 90 Racquets



This Aussie Chinese is the reigning 2 times consecutive Overall Champions of WTFC league is certainly somebody who deserved to be nickname as the Emperor in the league. Was unbeaten in league matches for the past 2 years. His only official defeat within the 2 years dominance came from Emoki, whom beaten him at last year Master's Finals.

Sebastian, together with Emoki, are well-known for their completeness in tennis. The lefty possess precision accuracy shots which definitely makes you run like monkey. Don't even try your luck playing his backhand and praying that it could be his weakness or else you might end up thinking that you are actually playing with Federer on the other end.

Sebastian was a once a student with Melbourne International Tennis School and was also the High School champions during the summer and winter games. A talented player who gave up going professional to take over the family business. However, he is committed to be part of the league and Team TFC, which is definitely a hooray! Can't wait to see this Idol of mine to take on more elites in the near future which could only make him playing even better.

Wilson-TFC League 2008
Current Ranking - Singles: 1
WTFC 2007 Ranking - Singles: 1
Current WTFC North-Zone Race - Singles: 1

Rayner Lim

Rayner Lim (SIN)
NTRP rating: 4.0
Birthdate: 22-Aug-90
Birthplace: Singapore
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 55 kg
Play: Right-Handed
Style: Base-Liner
Tactical: Offensive
Strength: Natural Footwork, Vast Competitive Experience
Racquet: Wilson nTour nCode



Rayner, only in his debut season for WTFC League, Rayner has already been tagged as one of the emerging stars of the league. Offensive play, great footwork and plenty of inter-schools tournaments previously have prepared Rayner to become a competitive player for the league.

Being one of the youngest players in the league, Rayner has plenty of chances to develop into a even better player in the coming years. Rayner powerful ground strokes on has often caused great fear to his opponents. He hit shots which are able to find great depth and angle to compliment his pacey ground strokes. Sometimes, that is enough to make him quite invincible.

A very tough opponent and experienced tennis player wh om is also selected to be in Team Tennis de Faber Crest, I would expect Rayner to do very well in both league, zone and exhibition events for the rest of 2008.

Wilson-TFC League 2008
Current Ranking - Singles: 9
WTFC 2007 Ranking - Singles: N/A
Current WTFC North-Zone Race - Singles: 2

WTFC Week 13 Review

Tony, Sebastian & Emoki cruised on with unbeatable form over Cao Ming, Edward Sim & Sun Yijie respectively. Ronny went down to Michelle Kim for the 2nd time this season leaving their all time Head-to-Head 1-3. Taking advantage of Ronny's lost, Emoki moved up 1 place in rank, currently standing at No.3.

Aki Masa created yet another suprise win over Kenji Tahoma by defeating the West Zone No. 2 7-6, 3-6, 6-3. The win sees Aki being unbeaten for the past 3 matches and Aki next match will be against the bottom table Kelvin Chong.

Baby Face Killer, Grismond Tien made South Zone title challenge wide open after defeating the No.5 Seed in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.

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Team TFC Against Team SRC

Team TFC 4, Team SRC 1

Caribbean, Keppel -- TFC No. 2 Seed Sebastian Koh put Team TFC to a flying start after defeating the Vice Captian of Team SRC's, Andy Lim 6-2, 6-0 in the 1st Singles Match at Court 2. The 23-year-old Aussie fired 10 aces and converted 5 of 13 break points to seal the victory being unbeatable with a 4-2 lead after 32mins.

Sealing the 2nd win for TFC in the 2nd Single was the 3 lungs man, Kenji Tahoma. Having also defeated Michael Gaye 6-2, 6-1.

Emoki Nakajima, who is currently No. 4 in the WTFC League 2008 , managed to carry on his superb unbeatable form which he used to defeat Tony Permal last week. The 23 year old demolished Jonathan Fong 6-0, 6-0 in just 42mins.

Playing as partner for the first time, TFC duo Ronny Tan & Grismond Tien also managed to secure the win for TFC in the 1st doubles match. They defeated the SRC duo 7-6, 6-4.

Team TFC only defeat came from the mixed doubles match. The UK mixed, Jon Pearson & Natalie Young were given a surprise defeat after dropping 4 match points and beaten by SRC mixed duo, Billy Wright & Stella Ong,6-4, 7-6(2), 6-3.

The victory sealed the 1st Team win for Team TFC. The team was only formed early last week and this exhibition match was their 1st ever Team competitive matches. Their next match will be against Tanglin Tennis Team next week. Venue TBC.

Exhibition Match- Shinji Kira (TFC) Against Gerald Nathan(TTC)

Match favorites, Shinji Kira aka The Tennis Dictator, continued his amazing streak by defeating
Gerald Nathan to capture another winning performance for TFC. In front of away crowd, the Semi-Finalist of the Master League last year came through 7-6(6), 6-2 in a thrilling exhibition match of the highest quality.

“Nathan was one of the very, very tough player of the Tanglin Team. I am glad that I am able to read his game in the first set which gave me more confidence to win the 2nd set” said Kira

“Kira style of playing is amazing. He read my mind which let me totally owned! Given the chance, I would like to play with him again!” said Nathan.

Exhibition Match- Kenji Tahoma (TFC) Against Richard Teng (CSC)

Kenji Tahoma will be one of the favorites to be in the starting line up for Team TFC coming Thursday after defeating Richard Teng 6-3, 6-4 in the warm up match earlier.

The 26-year-old was playing his 3rd match of the week, having won all 3 matches. Kenji Tahoma is now one of the hot favorites to compete in the Master League in September.

"It's special to win the your first match as a team and also with the support of the teammates and I am extremely happy for that," Tahoma said. "The match was really tough. Although the result itself doesn't show that. I dropped my first game and get myself into several break points situation. I knew the longer the match lasted the more disadvantages I would have because I could see he was getting more and more into the game. When I won the first set, what I knew was to get one break as soon as possible for the 2nd set to order to win this match."

Kenji Tahoma, nick name 'The Samurai" is the Vice Captain of Team TFC. There is a possibility that we will see him playing in the doubles alongside with Aki Masa for the Exhibition Match on Thursday.

Exhibition Match- Emoki Nakajima (TFC) Against James Ransome (Hse)

The Prince, Emoki has a wonderful performance this evening, defeating Hollandse James Ransome 6-2, 6-2 earlier at the Exhibition match in Hollandse Club to notch the first match win for Team TFC since its formed earlier this week. The 23-year-old Emoki broke Ransome's serve four times to stretch his unbeaten run to 8th matches in less than an hour.

"It feels amazing to win like this after an anticipated tough battle," said Emoki. "I was playing really well and leading 5-0 40-0 and then maybe I stopped being so aggressive and he came back strong for the deuce & break point. James played an amazing game and there was not much I could do without luck on my side. I just tried to stay aggressive by going forward and managed to take my chances. James has been a great opponent today and I hope to play against him again soon."

Emoki, who was only beaten once this season by Tony Permal, should be representing Team TFC in the Team Exhibition match in one of the singles matches against SRC this Thursday.

Exhibition Match: Ron (TFC) Against Andy (SRC)

Captain Ronny was gunned down 6-3, 6-3 on Grass by SRC representative, Andy Lim. Andy showed powerful and accurate winners which sent Ronny guessing the wrong direction most of the time. Ronny wasn't having a bad game either, hitting 14 Aces past the Vice Captian of the SRC Team.

This is just an opening warm up match between the 2 teams' captains for the showdown exhibition match on Thursday evening. The match format will be 3 Singles Matches & 2 Double Matches. I believe that it would be exciting. haha.

Great thing is that Team TFC has been formed! And a warm welcome for the following players below! Omg! I still cannot believe with playing alongside with the league leaders of WTFC! Sebast, Ronny, Emoki, Kenji and all the others!! *fainted. haha.

Team Tennis de Faber Crest

1. Ronny Tan (Captain)
2. Emoki Nakajima
3. Shinji Kira
4. Aki Masa
5. Jon Pearson
6. Sebastian Koh
7. Kenji Tahoma (Vice Captain)
8. Grismond Tien
9. Rayner Lim
10. Natalie Young (F)
    
11. Michelle Kim (F)
    
12. Peter Robson (Coodinator/Manager)

Emoki & Kenji will be playing their warm up matches tomorrow against Hollandse & CSC respectively. Wish them luck!

Week 12 Matches Review!

First of all, congrats to Emoki, aka the Prince of WTFC for bringing the No 1 Seed to his first defeat of the season. Although it is a tough fought match between them, Emoki won the match in straight sets 7-6, 7-5 eventually.

Tony's defeat also sees him drop to the No.2 spot as last year Master League Runner's up, Sebastian rallied on with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over the 7 Seed, Saycon Jemon. This also stretches his unbeaten run to 9 matches this season.

Baby Face assassin, Grismon moved up 2 places in the South-Zone league after defeating Nicholas Keane in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5 while Shinji Kira and No. 3 Seed Ronny Tan, both cruised on with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over their opponents.

Current Ranking

Forming a team from WTFC league players?

This question has to be raised as I received the 7th invitations from another Club Team which wil be interested playing with the WTFC team, if any.

A WTFC team? If we can form one, what else can be more interesting than that ya?
The problem is who are the players which might be interested to commit yet another previous time slot for friendly matches ya?

The league will be running till Sept. Followed immediately will be the Master League. Then, it will be the monsoon. But, I believe that Players such as Ron is definitely keen to form up the team. I still think that we could try. As forming a team isn't a bad idea after all!

Matches For This Week: Round 2 - Match 2

Woohoo! Not 1 but 2 matches of the week!

You got to grab your seats fast!