I played my first round match at noon, against a 3/6 player (one ranking below me) and beat him in straight sets. The guy had a good forehand, but looked nervous to play me or something. I won 6-2, 6-2 and really worked on my game. Figured out my backhand return finally, just starting thinking about how Agassi hits his with a big shoulder turn (and yea, didnt exactly look like agassi but atleast it went in). Next round I played the same guy who beat Varti and I in the Coutainville to win!! His name is Cyril Contil.
I played so much better this time, and had a great match. Just yesterday he beat me 6-2, 6-3 so i was determined to play better. He came out strong, and I was still not steppin into my balls enough. He got an early break at 2-2 and won the first set 6-3. I decided to start moving into the court more and abandon my open stance forehands, and really took the second set by storm. I broke at 1-0, and started hitting winners and big serves. I took the second by breaking to win 6-2, and ended with a string of 2 backhand cross-court winners that were HUGGEE.
In the third, we were neck-and-neck for the first half hour. We each were holding serve, and exchanging big groundstrokes. I finally broke through at 4-3 to break after a great returning game, and finished some solid points at net. At 5-3, i had my chance to serve it out! I got down early 0-30, and ended up down 15-40. I hit two big serves to get it back to duece, and after four dueces, he finally broke me and i lost in the third 7-5. Dissapointing, but Im playing better and better.
Our Normandy tour is over and were starting a 24 hour trip down to the South of France right now. We both have found our games, and are ready to do some work on the Mediteranean.
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