# Match Record: Life Time Novi (2025-03-06)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 12:09:28
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-7272333982
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-03-06
- **Estimated Play Time:** 11:30 PM
- **Event:** Life Time Novi
- **Location:** Detroit, MI, USA (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-3642-public-pickleball-courts)
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 8-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Advanced Tier (3.5+) (Average DUPR: 4.19)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **megan murphy** (DUPR ID: NYEY96) - Rating: 3.869, Location: MI, US
- **Adam Wheeldon** (DUPR ID: 4LWJV6) - Rating: 4.426, Location: Township of Northville, MI, US

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Albert Abbou** (DUPR ID: QP6M25) - Rating: 4.127, Location: West Bloomfield Township, MI, US
- **Sureshbabbu Balakrishnan** (DUPR ID: 0QY7MQ) - Rating: 4.322, Location: Farmington Hills, MI, US

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