Well, I joined it again, the year's first tennis tournament. I was feeling pretty confident to at least get one win in the Round-Robin Group Stage. The day started off pretty well. My son and I both were entered so we got ready and headed off for the tennis facility. I didn't have a first round match, so after warming up, I had to wait about 35-40 minutes. That pretty much iced me and I was feeling cold because the location of the facility is at a higher elevation than my home, so I got a chill. Needless to say, it affected my play in my first match. I was stiff and wasn't moving well. My opponent was already warm from playing in a first round match so he was pretty hot, not to mention a lot younger than me. I barely eked out a game and was destroyed 1-6. I was feeling a little better for my second match, and was feeling pretty good, going to 3-3 holding serve. But once I was broken, that was it. My mental game crashed and I couldn't get it back. I ended up losing 3-6. I was put into the consolation tournament, and again, I was iced with no first round match. And it was even colder in the afternoon that it was in the morning, so I was actually feeling that full body shiver and chill. I had to wait for over an hour in the cold. Same scenario, but this time, I wasn't even able to get a game and was bagled. Going into the tournament, I was feeling all kinds of confidence, but this tournament just knocked it all out of me. I began to question whether or not it was worth continuing tennis if I played like that crap. It also gave me new motivation for getting Pickleball started up and going here in my area. But for the sake of my fitness and exercise, I will continue Tennis until I get Pickleball up and running.
Here are a few pictures from the disaster of a day. This is a bit exciting because this will be the first video that I am uploading to this BLOG! Hope it works.
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