Game 22: 20th February

Americano - Finished 2nd of 8

Rating: Good fun despite crap balls 

Venue: The Hidden Show courts


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Always a treat to come to (imo) the best courts in the city, high roof, great surface, just a treat.

Intermediate Americano but intermediate doing some heavy lifting I think ha ha.

Usual Americano format of 8 people over 2 courts for 90 mins. Each match was for 24 points with people serving for 4 points.

Started off with 2 x 12-12 draws as it took me a while to warm up, the balls were dead Dunlops and just not bouncing in the cold. I'm a bit of a show pony and need fresh balls so that they bounce higher and I have more time to get to shots.

Once I settled in I think I lost one match and won the rest, just concentrated on being consistent and leaned into the lob as people couldn't deal with it. The guy that won was tactically good and had a smash that was unreturnable in the conditions. When I played with him we won 20-4. 

2nd was a fair result think. I was 5 points behind the winner.

My newly discovered Bajada was also a lovely weapon for me, hit it down the middle against two people that met 30 seconds ago caused Chaos. 

Oh and all the people were really nice, it's always a bit daunting to just rock up and play with strangers but it was good. I played a mixture of right and left depending on my partner but felt more at home on the right. 

Onwards to Sunday where it's back to the Playtomic barn and get my rating back on track.

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