Cindysphinx
G.O.A.T.
Geez. I'm playing on a local singles ladder, and I challenged a former teammate to some singles. She's 2.5, soon to rise to 3.0. I'm 3.0, but my singles is pretty dodgy. She's going to districts, so it would be good for her to play a higher-rated opponent for practice. It would be fun to see each other again, so we set it up.
We met, chatted, warmed up. In the warm up, she commented on how much better I am than last fall. I replied that I've been taking some lessons. I could see that her previous moonball serve had improved, but she still had the wrong grip, her volleys were weak, her forehand was flat, her backhand was non-existent. It would be a pushfest, and I'd have to work hard to play well rather than just push back.
She serves first. I notice that when I hit the ball deep with topspin, she just stands there watching it, expecting it to go out. They don't go out. I break. 1-0.
I serve (very poorly). I come in on her short balls, and she tries to lob. Most sail long. She says something about how she's not playing well. I hold. 2-0.
She serves and holds when I make four consecutive UEs. Doh!! 2-1.
I serve (still no pace on the serve) and resolve to keep the ball on the court. I get a few groundstrokes to her lefty backhand, which causes her to miss. I hold. 3-1.
She serves and misses two shots wide and fails to reach a drop shot to go down love-40. She says her neck feels sore and that's why she's playing badly. She comes to net, she stretches her neck. We chat a bit.
And then she retires.
What's up with that, do you think?
We met, chatted, warmed up. In the warm up, she commented on how much better I am than last fall. I replied that I've been taking some lessons. I could see that her previous moonball serve had improved, but she still had the wrong grip, her volleys were weak, her forehand was flat, her backhand was non-existent. It would be a pushfest, and I'd have to work hard to play well rather than just push back.
She serves first. I notice that when I hit the ball deep with topspin, she just stands there watching it, expecting it to go out. They don't go out. I break. 1-0.
I serve (very poorly). I come in on her short balls, and she tries to lob. Most sail long. She says something about how she's not playing well. I hold. 2-0.
She serves and holds when I make four consecutive UEs. Doh!! 2-1.
I serve (still no pace on the serve) and resolve to keep the ball on the court. I get a few groundstrokes to her lefty backhand, which causes her to miss. I hold. 3-1.
She serves and misses two shots wide and fails to reach a drop shot to go down love-40. She says her neck feels sore and that's why she's playing badly. She comes to net, she stretches her neck. We chat a bit.
And then she retires.
What's up with that, do you think?
