First post-Covid match... and I got bagled in the first set!

[Pitti]

It was a friendly match, outside competition. But what a bad match I played. my opponent was guy I had won six moths ago. But today I lost 6-0/7-5. During the first set I couldnt get a first serve in, althoughI almost didn’t commit double faults. I was really slow in my reflexes and with extremely rusty footwork. I also had no confidence at all. During the second one, I improved a little bit. I started to move slightly better and I lifted 4 match balls when I was losing 5-4 and my rival was serving. I forced the 5-5, but I took some bad and rushed decisions which made me lost the second set.

But overall, I had a good time: I played tennis again after 3 full months!! And I promise next time I play against the same guy I will try to take a sweet revenge.

 

[2nd Serve Ace]

Important thing is that nothing was hurting afterwards (except maybe pride! [emoji14])

 

[Pitti]

Pride was definitely hurting! But I already anesthetized it... only to wake it up just before the next time I play against this guy. Nothing else hurts. But I woke up today with stiff legs

 

[Steady Eddy]

Yeah, the skills get rusty quickly. But on the good side, they'll come back quickly too. Much sooner than the time it took to acquire them.

 

[Pitti]

Yeah, the skills get rusty quickly. But on the good side, they'll come back quickly too. Much sooner than the time it took to acquire them.

Sure! By the end of the second set I was starting to gain some confidence again. But it will still take at least a couple of matches to fully recover them.