Thursday, November 15, 2018
I lost to Carlos in the semis 5-15, 15-11, 9-11 in a close match, especially in the tie-breaker. His serves were on and fast and he scored a few points on aces alone. I had trouble controlling my returns. We had some great rallies and I have to hand it to him...he played well. He faced Steve Basham in the finals and almost beat him. That match went to a tie-breaker as well. There was a key moment in game two in which Carlos was serving 13-14 and missed a shot that would have given him match point. He never had that opporunity again. Steve was fearless in the second game after losing the first game 12-15. Steve has no repeated as champion, a nice accomplishment now that he's 50!
I came home, had dinner, and went right to sleep. Even though I'd only played one match, I was exhausted.
I lost to Carlos in the semis 5-15, 15-11, 9-11 in a close match, especially in the tie-breaker. His serves were on and fast and he scored a few points on aces alone. I had trouble controlling my returns. We had some great rallies and I have to hand it to him...he played well. He faced Steve Basham in the finals and almost beat him. That match went to a tie-breaker as well. There was a key moment in game two in which Carlos was serving 13-14 and missed a shot that would have given him match point. He never had that opporunity again. Steve was fearless in the second game after losing the first game 12-15. Steve has no repeated as champion, a nice accomplishment now that he's 50!
I came home, had dinner, and went right to sleep. Even though I'd only played one match, I was exhausted.
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