| Tennis Match Results - Win |
[Jul. 21st, 2008|11:04 pm] |
Tonight L and I played our 4th Summer League game against Dana S. and Holly M. We hadn't played Dana before, but played Holly and lost 6-4, 6-2. I don't remember much from that match.
Tonight, we started out poorly - got down 0-3. However, we were taking their service game to deuces, so there was some positives to look at. My net play was atrocious though. I served strongly, and got us on the board at 1-3. I don't remember if we got our service break right away, but we eventually did, got back on track, and then pulled out the first set 6-4. I was really worried - Dana especially had some nice, hard shots. Both were very solid. But we stayed calm, and started looking for weaknesses. Which we did find.
Second set started out well - we got a break right off the bat, and held serve to take it to 2-0. However, they held a serve, and then broke us - to tie it all up at 2-2. But I was up to serve next, and I think I was down 0-40, but managed to come back. That seem to really hurt them, hind-site, as we got up 5-2. I think L. got a case of nerves, and our serve got broken - leaving us at 5-3. But we then got the break right back to win the set, and match.
So overall, we played a really nice game. Looking up their win-losses afterwards, it appears both our opponents win about 75-80% of their matches, so definitely upper tier of 3.5. We haven't really beat an upper tier opponent before, and to do it in two sets really shows some great progress. Instead of panicing, I was able to stay focused on the match, not tense up too much, and did a good job of really observing what was happening with my game and our opponents. I was able to find a few keys to their weaknesses, and that ended up being enough to help us get the win. L. also played a great game, and had to make some really tough shots. We needed our A game to beat these people, and for the most part, we had it.
Personally, my net game was horrible. I really need to focus on that when we practice this week. That is usually a strength of mine, so I don't appreciate it when it turns out to be a weakness. On the upside, I don't think my serve was broken, which is awesome. It was bad that I got down 0-40 at one point, but fabulous that I held steady and came back to win the point. Yay me.
I'm also learning that I can make some good observations during the course of the match, and they are working. I have to try hard to manage my temper/anger when I start losing, so now knowing my focusing on observations about opponents will work, I think I've found a key to keeping my anger/disappointment/etc. under wraps.
So, great win tonight. It puts us at 4-0 on the Summer Season. This is great coming off a 3-6 Spring Season (4-6 if you count a default win, which I don't). We were really in a rut, but I think we've righted our ship, and our confidence is growing. We play a tournament this weekend, and we could be in for an early loss, which will put the reins on our momentum, but hopefully the good feelings from tonight, and the Summer Season in general, will help keep things happy, even in defeat. Though I'll still hope and play hard for lots of wins this weekend :)
 A Fine Frenzy - Rangers |
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