This week I'm currently playing in Pelham, Alabama for a 25k tournament. I came into the tournament feeling confident in my game seeing I was playing well the weeks leading up to this tournament. I figured if I played the was I was practicing it would be hard for someone to beat me. Well someone did, she just played better and I made a few too many mistakes. But that's how tennis is. You can play amazing but not always win, but there is always the next tournament soon after. So my first match I played a beginner, literally. I think I could have won left handed and blind folded. The girl was around 13 years old, she did have some good shots, but needs to practice more I would say. Anyway for me right now any win is a good win. It moves me one match closer to actually qualifying for the main draw. But the next day I played a former Florida Gator Alexis King and lost in a close 2 set 6-4 7-6(4). (I was 0-4 against Florida at Tennessee so I guess for the time being nothing changes.) It was the battle of the backhand slices and on clay it was whoever could keep the slice low. But that match I felt like I was in a position to win but made some mistakes on key points and didn't have a great 1st serve percentage (which by the way is a must). Overall I played well, set up the points well, competed, just the mistakes killed me. For now I'm still in Pelham playing doubles with Yasmin Schnack a former player at UCLA. We won yesterday against Nicole Robinson and Krista Hardebeck 6-3 6-1. We played well. We play again tomorrow. So I hope things go well.
The other day I also got to participate in a Pro-Am event with some of the club members. We played four 20-minute rotations of doubles and which ever team racked up the most games at the end won. I was partnered with a guy named Freddy who was from Panama. He was fun to play with because he was serious about winning but laughed at missed shots and lost games. So he made it enjoyable. Now when it comes to those things I never know if I should hit the ball hard or take it easy because it's tough to find a middle ground. But we ended up get out to a 3-0 lead on all the teams we faced and ended up tying when the time ran out. So oh well. He was just happy to play and it was fun for me to go out and have a good time. I'll be sure to sign up for the next one.
Anyway about Pelham, the entire time since getting here I have yet to see the sun. It's been cold and damp for the last 5 days. And today it has been raining all day. Thank goodness we weren't scheduled to play doubles today because it is the worst just sitting around all day waiting to play. All that happens is the tournament directors keep pushing the start times back, so you get prepared to play then it rains again so you just sit around read, watch tv, listen to music, then you think you're going to play again so you get ready and again then it rains...it's just not fun. But there isn't anything you can do about the weather. I've watched a bunch of movies this week, The Adjustment Bureau, Planet 51, Unstoppable, Megamind, REDS. So that keeps you busy wasting time. I'm just hoping they don't cancel the matches today or else it's going to be a long day at the office. But we'll see. I hope all goes well tomorrow.
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