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First USTA match since injury! Coming back in the mixed doubles NTRP 8.0 league match as a 4.5 pairing with a 3.5 woman for the first time, definitely an adjustment coming back from outdoor matches from Vegas in the past few episodes. Played against a pair of 4.0 siblings. Didn't think our side played well, even though we took the first set comfortably, they made a comeback and raised their level in the second set which definitely made us uncomfortable as we've never played together before.
 
kevin qmto said:
Probably my best match all year. Down to the wire, with the 2nd set going to time, I needed a match tiebreak to get the win.
I'm the guy that looks like the guy in my avatar, same hat and all. Racket: Adidas Barricade.

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some questions:

13:00 - did you opponent get that overhead back and IN?

14:42 - your opponent does a pushup for missing an easy forehand. Is he in the military?
 
onehandbh said:
some questions:

13:00 - did you opponent get that overhead back and IN?

14:42 - your opponent does a pushup for missing an easy forehand. Is he in the military?
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Yes. He did get that overhead back in.

Idk if he was in the military but yeah he did those push-ups. I was a little in awe he had the stamina to do them at this point.
 
Another entertaining (well, to me) singles match. I won by the score of 6/0, 7/5. The first set was closer than the score would suggest.
The serve at 1:48 was in the side net before it even reached the baseline. Sorry not sorry lol.

7:58 definitely my best point. (Guy in white hat is me)

 
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This was a tough match to play for a bunch of reasons. If you've been watching my matches as of late, you'll notice that I've been playing with the pure drive plus. This match was the first time I actually tried another frame but ended up switching out of it, as you'll see in future videos and in my signature below. Another reason that this match was tough was because I played against a childhood friend who recently gave birth. This was tough to maintain a mental toughness to keep focus on the match and to try and win. Unfortunately, my GoPro didn't work properly for the third set tiebreaker but was able to pull through this match.
 

I am the guy in black shirt that has more pronounced balding then my partner. My left hip was giving me some trouble so I did not feel like I played with much energy. But to be honest even when I feel like I am playing with energy my video doesn't match my feelings. My partner was also wearing a black shirt I played ad side serve return since he was a lefty. I normally play deuce side.
 

I honestly wish I had more to say about this match but we just straight up chocked. Nothing to it, too good from our opponents. Looking back though, it was nice to see my partner and I make a comeback from being down 1-4 in the first set and still continued to fight hard with intensity for the remainder of the match. Constructive criticism welcomed, however, as you'll see me struggle in form for the next few matches...
 
takayukih said:

I honestly wish I had more to say about this match but we just straight up chocked. Nothing to it, too good from our opponents. Looking back though, it was nice to see my partner and I make a comeback from being down 1-4 in the first set and still continued to fight hard with intensity for the remainder of the match. Constructive criticism welcomed, however, as you'll see me struggle in form for the next few matches...
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Nice ace at 4:52 :D Was his call overturned by his partner?
 
SlangB said:
Nice ace at 4:52 :D Was his call overturned by his partner?
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I honestly don’t remember haha. But it was very unlikely it was out and I may have just gave them the ball as I kept my service game with that ace. This was a match I honestly want to forget about to be honest
 

The last big tournament for me this year ended at the USTA Mid West Mixed Doubles sectional tournament. I only played in this 3rd round against Wisconsin, representing Illinois. Unfortunately lost a close match that could've gone either way. Tough having a match point and serving for the match twice only to get broken but that is part of the sport. Great learning experience overall though, and excited for future matches in 2024. I mentioned in my previous post that I was using a different frame. This match, I switched back to my trusty pure aero plus and played so much better. I'm back to my regular level of tennis so I'm excited for future matches and tournaments, especially since I'll be finishing my MBA this upcoming April.
 
takayukih said:

The last big tournament for me this year ended at the USTA Mid West Mixed Doubles sectional tournament. I only played in this 3rd round against Wisconsin, representing Illinois. Unfortunately lost a close match that could've gone either way. Tough having a match point and serving for the match twice only to get broken but that is part of the sport. Great learning experience overall though, and excited for future matches in 2024. I mentioned in my previous post that I was using a different frame. This match, I switched back to my trusty pure aero plus and played so much better. I'm back to my regular level of tennis so I'm excited for future matches and tournaments, especially since I'll be finishing my MBA this upcoming April.
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I'm not a pickleball hater like a lot of people on the forum, but those lines are super annoying on that court. I would expect it would be really hard to call lines in singles on the left sideline.
 
JordanWinning said:
First time watching myself play tennis in 10+ years. Some good habits, some bad habits. I'm the guy in the backwards hat, rocking the "Drink Local Beer" tshirt.
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It looks like you could probably play in 4.0 soon if not already.

The short guy with the hat looked pretty good, too.
 
bobbybob14 said:
I'm not a pickleball hater like a lot of people on the forum
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I don't think most folks on this forum would care so much about pickleball players, if they didn't play on tennis courts. We just want our courts to be available to play tennis. I hate reading stories of tennis courts owners, whether private or public, replacing tennis courts with pickleball courts. I want tennis to grow, just so I know I will have other tennis players to play.
 
onehandbh said:
It looks like you could probably play in 4.0 soon if not already.

The short guy with the hat looked pretty good, too.
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His good is real good, but his average is REAL 3.5 lol. No shade there, I very much put myself in the same category. I’ve been playing up some in some mixed and half point leagues. The two big things I’ve found with my game
1) my serve is big enough to give 3.5s trouble, but it has to be better placed to be effective against 4.0s (I also need a flat serve against 4.0s)
2) there’s too many easy vollies I don’t put away. Some balls need to be winners and I struggle going for the right amount on them. Tend to redline one direction or the other too much
 
JordanWinning said:
His good is real good, but his average is REAL 3.5 lol. No shade there, I very much put myself in the same category. I’ve been playing up some in some mixed and half point leagues. The two big things I’ve found with my game
1) my serve is big enough to give 3.5s trouble, but it has to be better placed to be effective against 4.0s (I also need a flat serve against 4.0s)
2) there’s too many easy vollies I don’t put away. Some balls need to be winners and I struggle going for the right amount on them. Tend to redline one direction or the other too much
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Yeah. Your net game could be a bit better. I can see how a 4.0 or 4.5 might be able to exploit that.
 
Played some excellent tennis the other day with an old Yamaha 90 frame. First time using it and it felt like an old friend. Put the hurting on this guy from about 3 games on. I went stretches during set 2 where I didn't lose a point for several games, whole match lasted 45 mins. But hey, it's a league match, this is what he signed up for. Scores: 6/2, 6/1 me.

I'm in the red shirt, white shorts.

 
kevin qmto said:
Played some excellent tennis the other day with an old Yamaha 90 frame. First time using it and it felt like an old friend. Put the hurting on this guy from about 3 games on. I went stretches during set 2 where I didn't lose a point for several games, whole match lasted 45 mins. But hey, it's a league match, this is what he signed up for. Scores: 6/2, 6/1 me.

I'm in the red shirt, white shorts.

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Was this a USTA match? What level? Seems like a big difference in level between the two of you.
 
kevin qmto said:
Probably my best match all year. Down to the wire, with the 2nd set going to time, I needed a match tiebreak to get the win.
I'm the guy that looks like the guy in my avatar, same hat and all. Racket: Adidas Barricade.

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Your opponent is one of the few rec players who uses his forehand to just keep himself in the point but his bh is his attack side. Excellent level of tennis from both of you.
 

Played in a USTA league match. NTRP 9.0 (4.5W/4.5M vs 4.5W/4.0M) combo at the #3 position. A lot of up and down. Played against someone I practiced with before but it's been quite some time since I last saw him so I was curious on how he was going to play. Started back at the baseline in the first set trying to see how things would go and observing. Second set on, I figured out that coming up to the net gave us the highest chance of winning points. You might be thinking "well it's doubles, you should be coming to the net". You're right. In the past few years, I didn't really have to come to the net in doubles matches and was able to win matches. Because I was pushed this time around, it worked out since I haven't done this in a while.
 
Blasting the ball and playing some of my best tennis. Comments welcome. Check out the set point at 2:58 lol. I’m in the black shirt, white hat.

 

Played in a NTRP 7.5 combo league tennis match for the first time in a couple years. It was great to have fun with a fun doubles partner and refreshing of the mind to relax as I haven't been winning as many matches and not playing well as I usually do so the stress has been building up. Here's to many better matches for the remainder of this year and for 2024.
 

Played a match for the first time in a few weeks (maybe in a month). Haven't touched a racket during this time as I was focusing more of my attention in the gym and fitness. This time, at a NTRP 9.0 mixed doubles match. Don't think we played too poorly at the beginning. From what I saw, our opponents played too good and we gave them too many easy balls to put away. Shoutout to my partner for being an anchor for us as she was encouraging us to be patient. Fortunately, we were able to pull it off and run away with this match.
 
takayukih said:

Played a match for the first time in a few weeks (maybe in a month). Haven't touched a racket during this time as I was focusing more of my attention in the gym and fitness. This time, at a NTRP 9.0 mixed doubles match. Don't think we played too poorly at the beginning. From what I saw, our opponents played too good and we gave them too many easy balls to put away. Shoutout to my partner for being an anchor for us as she was encouraging us to be patient. Fortunately, we were able to pull it off and run away with this match.
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The guy in blue seems to be foot faulting pretty noticeably.
 
FuzzyYellowBalls said:
Watch me loaf around the court, I'm in blue.


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Really cool to have such an awesome coach give you some pointers. It is interesting that she thinks your serve and volley could be a big weapon. It makes sense. I do not play at that level but when I play someone with a solid lefty slice serve early on I really just trying to focus on making a decent contact with the ball and not having it hit the inside of my racquet when I hit a forehand return. If the lefty also served and volleyed before I could sort of line up the returns it could very easily become a bad day at the courts. I wonder if you just came out charging from your very first game if you could really throw your opponent off.

As far as her comment about loafing- alright sure we never look as energetic as we think we should. And she has a point, but it really doesn't help that she literally slows down the video while pointing it out! If I want to see my best tennis I watch my match video sped up.
 
jhick said:
The guy in blue seems to be foot faulting pretty noticeably.
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That's what I thought but slowing down to frame by frame his left foot seems to be just above the court on ball impact at least on the first two serves. Still with such a fine margin I'd expect he'd get questioned on it fairly often
 
Moon Shooter said:
Really cool to have such an awesome coach give you some pointers. It is interesting that she thinks your serve and volley could be a big weapon. It makes sense. I do not play at that level but when I play someone with a solid lefty slice serve early on I really just trying to focus on making a decent contact with the ball and not having it hit the inside of my racquet when I hit a forehand return. If the lefty also served and volleyed before I could sort of line up the returns it could very easily become a bad day at the courts. I wonder if you just came out charging from your very first game if you could really throw your opponent off.

As far as her comment about loafing- alright sure we never look as energetic as we think we should. And she has a point, but it really doesn't help that she literally slows down the video while pointing it out! If I want to see my best tennis I watch my match video sped up.
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Not a bad idea, but I think he would adjust, he's pretty good. I do loaf, my footwork is terrible!
 
This weekends match, pretty entertaining I hope. Certainly a clash of styles. sorry by chance we're both wearing a red shirt, but I'm the one in the white hat, and the one who like to actually put some mustard on the ball.


-edit sorry for the moment of dead air near the start. Sometimes I forget to clip it all out.
 
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mauricem said:
Still with such a fine margin I'd expect he'd get questioned on it fairly often
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Doubtful. If he is actually footfaulting it’s just the outside edge of the side of his left foot barely clipping the back of the line. Nobody is calling that from across the net. It’s a trivial detail tbh. I’ve seen much much worse in men’s 4.5 tournaments within the last month and nobody said anything. Even though everyone can see that the guy literally has his entire foot inside the court when he makes contact with the ball.
 
kevin qmto said:
This weekends match, pretty entertaining I hope. Certainly a clash of styles. sorry by chance we're both wearing a red shirt, but I'm the one in the white hat, and the one who like to actually put some mustard on the ball.


-edit sorry for the moment of dead air near the start. Sometimes I forget to clip it all out.
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Your opponent plays like Ben (aka MEP).
 
jhick said:
Your opponent plays like Ben (aka MEP).
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He was a recent bump from 3.5. Apparently he had won 25 matches in a row at that level.

When warming up I thought I was gonna double bagel him, and was getting quite frustrated that he kept getting games off me. Really I was going for too much or being lazy at times. I edited out a bunch of balls that I missed just going for ‘highlight reel’ material lol. I was willing to go for them because I figured there was no way in a million years this kid could actually beat me. But as a result it was far closer than it should have been.
 
kevin qmto said:
He was a recent bump from 3.5. Apparently he had won 25 matches in a row at that level.

When warming up I thought I was gonna double bagel him, and was getting quite frustrated that he kept getting games off me. Really I was going for too much or being lazy at times. I edited out a bunch of balls that I missed just going for ‘highlight reel’ material lol. I was willing to go for them because I figured there was no way in a million years this kid could actually beat me. But as a result it was far closer than it should have been.
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Those types of players can test your mental game. I generally prefer playing them knowing the game is on my racket (I also tend to match up well with my aggressive style). But that doesn't make them easy to beat, because they won't beat themselves.
 

Happy new years everyone! Last match of 2023 with USTA's NTRP 7.5 mixed doubles match play. 4.5 man and 3.0 woman versus 3.5 man and 4.0 woman. Starting 2024, I'm thinking about including how much tennis expenses cost for one match and other related preparation expenses along with year to date expenses. What do you guys think?
 
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