i was playing in a house league and the rule was basically simple. The player who gets 8 games wins. if it's a seven-seven tie then we get into a tiebreaker.
Anyway, i was using my blx 90 with some new wilson's champions choice strings which i am currently trying and they were strung as 55 main and 52 crosses but i was use to the 60lbs tension.
so the game was 0-6 and my opponent was extremely confident and was in full control i was shooting error left right and center and was hitting balls to the net. spraying them all over and can't return a freaking serve. during the change over i changed my racket to my k90 60lbs hybrid strings( i am not sure what they are because i bought the racket used and those strings are awesome!). I started hitting aces, opening up the court. i am hitting with more certainty, hitting winners left right and center and my opponent is cracking and after an hour the score was 7-6 and i am serving for the match 40-0.
guess what? after all that mental toughness i choked!!! we went for the tie breaker and my opponent won the tiebreak at 7-5.
it was pretty awesome though inching my way back from the point of defeat to almost certain victory. it would have been a better story if i actually won it but i guess my nerves got the better of me when winning. damn!!!
another thing i learned is that i have too much power and lowering my tension was bad bad idea for me. i'll keep my tension at 58-60 lbs and nothing less than that.
cheers!
Anyway, i was using my blx 90 with some new wilson's champions choice strings which i am currently trying and they were strung as 55 main and 52 crosses but i was use to the 60lbs tension.
so the game was 0-6 and my opponent was extremely confident and was in full control i was shooting error left right and center and was hitting balls to the net. spraying them all over and can't return a freaking serve. during the change over i changed my racket to my k90 60lbs hybrid strings( i am not sure what they are because i bought the racket used and those strings are awesome!). I started hitting aces, opening up the court. i am hitting with more certainty, hitting winners left right and center and my opponent is cracking and after an hour the score was 7-6 and i am serving for the match 40-0.
guess what? after all that mental toughness i choked!!! we went for the tie breaker and my opponent won the tiebreak at 7-5.
it was pretty awesome though inching my way back from the point of defeat to almost certain victory. it would have been a better story if i actually won it but i guess my nerves got the better of me when winning. damn!!!
another thing i learned is that i have too much power and lowering my tension was bad bad idea for me. i'll keep my tension at 58-60 lbs and nothing less than that.
cheers!
