Your Greatest Comeback

[SouthernCourts]

A happy alternative to the "worst implosion" thread for some new year positivity.

Mine isn't much to brag about—I always struggle on clay because it takes away a bit of my power and eventually gets in my head, and a match I had about a month ago was no exception. Everything was working great in the first set, won 6-2 bullying the guy all over the court, but then the clay meltdown happened as usual. Started to lose confidence in my strokes, let "self 1" take over (thanks, Inner Game of Tennis), and tried to overcompensate by hitting the **** out of the ball, which didn't work. Went down 1-5 before I decided to go full coward and adjust my game to war of attrition clay-court monotony. I think some points lasted 30 shots, which is totally against my character, but I told myself to suppress my natural instincts and see if it was possible to frustrate him and somehow avoid the 10-point third-set breaker. He probably had five set points in the games that came, but I saved them all, mostly by pure luck, got to 5-5, forced a breaker, and won 7-5 in the breaker after leading 6-1 (so almost a total collapse after the comeback). Numerically, it's by far the biggest comeback I've ever pulled off in a set. But I'm not super proud of it because I didn't play with any courage.

 

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

A happy alternative to the "worst implosion" thread for some new year positivity.

Mine isn't much to brag about—I always struggle on clay because it takes away a bit of my power and eventually gets in my head, and a match I had about a month ago was no exception. Everything was working great in the first set, won 6-2 bullying the guy all over the court, but then the clay meltdown happened as usual. Started to lose confidence in my strokes, let "self 1" take over (thanks, Inner Game of Tennis), and tried to overcompensate by hitting the **** out of the ball, which didn't work. Went down 1-5 before I decided to go full coward and adjust my game to war of attrition clay-court monotony. I think some points lasted 30 shots, which is totally against my character, but I told myself to suppress my natural instincts and see if it was possible to frustrate him and somehow avoid the 10-point third-set breaker. He probably had five set points in the games that came, but I saved them all, mostly by pure luck, got to 5-5, forced a breaker, and won 7-5 in the breaker after leading 6-1 (so almost a total collapse after the comeback). Numerically, it's by far the biggest comeback I've ever pulled off in a set. But I'm not super proud of it because I didn't play with any courage.

What you should be proud of is your mental toughness and the flexibility to alter your plans.

 

[OrangePower]

A happy alternative to the "worst implosion" thread for some new year positivity.

Mine isn't much to brag about—I always struggle on clay because it takes away a bit of my power and eventually gets in my head, and a match I had about a month ago was no exception. Everything was working great in the first set, won 6-2 bullying the guy all over the court, but then the clay meltdown happened as usual. Started to lose confidence in my strokes, let "self 1" take over (thanks, Inner Game of Tennis), and tried to overcompensate by hitting the **** out of the ball, which didn't work. Went down 1-5 before I decided to go full coward and adjust my game to war of attrition clay-court monotony. I think some points lasted 30 shots, which is totally against my character, but I told myself to suppress my natural instincts and see if it was possible to frustrate him and somehow avoid the 10-point third-set breaker. He probably had five set points in the games that came, but I saved them all, mostly by pure luck, got to 5-5, forced a breaker, and won 7-5 in the breaker after leading 6-1 (so almost a total collapse after the comeback). Numerically, it's by far the biggest comeback I've ever pulled off in a set. But I'm not super proud of it because I didn't play with any courage.

I had a similar match - this is a few years ago but I still remember it clearly because of the situation:
I win the first set playing aggressive tennis, but then things go wrong in the second. A combination of me making more errors, and my opponent playing smart. Anyway, opponent takes the second, and goes up 5-2 in the 3rd set, with me serving next.
During that game I go down 15-40 giving him two match points. I save them with good serves, and then win the game. Ok, 5-3, but now on his serve.
He goes up 40-15. We play a long point which I end up winning with a big forehand winner barely landing in the corner. Respect to my opponent for not calling it out - it was in by an inch, but given the situation I know players who would have called it out.
Then he double faults at 40-30 to get to deuce, and then I end up breaking him. Four MP's saved so far, and now 4-5 on my serve.
I hold easy, then he holds, then I hold, to get to 6-6 and a TB.
He quickly goes up 6-1 in the TB, his two service points to come. This is probably it... But I save both with good returns, taking control of the points, good aggressive play. My opponent is probably being too timid waiting for me to make an error.
I save the next two MP's on my serve with good serves and follow up. So now he's up 6-5 and one more MP on his serve.
This time he is playing more aggressively rather than waiting for me to error. We play a great point, with me on the defensive for most of it. He goes for a winner to end it but misses wide by 6 inches or so. 6-6.
After that it's an anticlimax... he makes an early unforced error on his next service point to give me my first MP at 7-6 and then I close it out on my serve on the next point.
All told, I saved 9 MP's, 4 on my serve, 5 on his. I played tough, but to be honest got lucky on two points - a winner I barely made, and a winner he should have made but missed.
My opponent was a good sport about it all, and ended up having the last laugh since we ended up playing each other again a year or so later and he beat me pretty easily in straight sets.

 

[happyloman]

Numerically, my comeback wasn't that big (down 3-4, came back to win 6-4), but it was against somewhat who had claimed that he was a 4.0 (I consider myself a 3.5)

It was satisfying because he challenged some of my calls, and ignored my "out" call on his serves several times, and continued the point.

 

[SouthernCourts]

All told, I saved 9 MP's.

That's insane. I bet a lot of regular tennis players could play a lifetime and never save 5 in a match.

 

[SouthernCourts]

Double.

 

[MathGeek]

I don't usually save MPs and come back to win, but I do come back from significant deficits in the first set.

Dunno which one is the greatest. My fitness advantage leads to a strategy of stretching our points and games in the first set, knowing if I am still alive after the first 45 minutes, I have a good chance at a comeback.

But it's still about probabilities with me. I can count on winning 30% of the games in the first 45 minutes, splitting the games in the next 15 minutes, and winning 70% of the games starting at the 1 hour mark. Lots of comebacks, but I am limited in how far I can get into the hole and how fast. And it does not work against younger, mobile players.

Against younger, mobile players, comebacks are more of a mind game. The goal is to get them mad and get them out of synch and trying to hit winners. They hit UEs in bunches and I come back. A younger, mobile player with an even keel, pusher mentality, and a discerning eye for when to hit winners, and I AM TOAST.

 

[Jim A]

This year 2 stand out that are close, both in tournaments with different partners
1. won a match that I didn't hold serve 4-6, 6-1 (yep was broken) and 1-0 (9) In the tiebreaker we were down 0-5 and 6-9 before reeling off 5 straight points to win the match.

2. Won a match 4-6, 7-6 (11), 1-0 (8). They served for the match at 5-4 in the 2nd and we broke for 5-5, they broke back and served again at 6-5 and we broke, got into the breaker and then saved about 3MPs before closing it out and then were down in the MTB before righting the ship one last time.

Overall was probably long ago while living in Tampa in my 20's, had a singles league match and was down 0-6, 0-4 before (finally) running off the court and losing my breakfast near the restroom (sorry guys, I tried to make it there!). Came back and won 12 of the next 13 games. It was over when i got back to 4-4. Each game i felt a little better.

 

[vardyshavingaparty]

club match this year was down 5-0 15-40 his serve. Saved the 2 match points then got it back to 5-5. this league is tiebreaker at 5 all. I won the tiebreaker 7-0. The guy had given up.

 

[psYcon]

one of my friends was playing a doubles match and him and his partner were up 9-3 in the 10 point tie-breaker in the 3rd. They managed to lose like 8 points in a row to lose the match. So I guess that was the other team's greatest comeback ?

 

[bcart1991]

I have a couple.

First one - ALTA City Finals, level A-5 (I think) mixed. Line 5, and it's all down to us. Split the first two sets, but we go down a break in the third. Down 5-3 and 30-0 with their guy serving. Somehow we manage to save 3-4 match points and win the third set 7-5. We were the last court playing that day, and teams from other levels were migrating over to watch us.

Second - Also mixed, ALTA A-3 or A-4, normal weekly match. Again, split the first two sets, but 20 minutes later we're looking at an 0-5 deficit. I'm thinking "how the #%@$ did we get here?" I manage to hold serve to get us on the board, and things start to turn around. When we held to get to 3-5, I thought "just keep your momentum" and I could tell the other team was stating to lose theirs. When we got to 5-5, I knew we had it in the bag. When we walked off winning 7-5, all 4 of the other matches had been finished for a good 20-30 minutes, and we were the first ones to start that morning.

 

[RogueFLIP]

Had an epic comeback just before the holidays in USTA 7.0 mixed. Partner and I were bleeding points from UFE's and me double faulting whole games in a row doesn't help things and we got blitzed 1-6 in the first set.

Conventional wisdom says we switch sides and so we did and won some games but still found ourselves down 2-5. Managed to get some first serves in and an easy hold. Seemed to have an easier time breaking the opposition's male serve than the female and once we did that you could feel the shift in momentum. Suddenly shots that the other team was making all night they starting missing (couple of easy overheads & volleys) and we made it into the tiebreak. Could feel their tightness and won the tiebreak 7-3.

Things were grooving for us and we jumped out to a comfortable lead in the super tie break, and even after a pair of DF's from me again, we didn't allow the momentum to shift again and we won the super 10-8.

Good thing we lost the first set so quickly bc it was a timed match and the 2nd set and super tie break took us to the end of our allotted time.

 

[Matthew Lee]

Singles: losing 0-5 and come back to 7-6 (10-8).

Doubles: losing 2-5 and come back to 7-5.

 

[Stretchy Man]

Losing 2-5 before realizing my opponent's forehand is just too good, then hit every shot to his backhand and won the set 7-5. That was sweet.

 

[mmk]

Last year, down 7-1 (we play to 10), won 10-8. Comeback about half me playing better, half him playing worse. I started getting my first serves in consistently, which raises the rest of my game as well, likely true of most of us. I switched racquets at 5-0 down, and while I don't think they play any differently (same model, same tensions, etc.), I guess my subconscious used it as a justification for playing poorly up to that point.

 

[Angle Queen]

I guess being down 5*-2 is kind of a popular thing.

Partner and I were playing in a rare cross-town tournament...against our USTA team captain and her long-time partner. I was in borrowed shoes (had forgotten mine at home) and playing on clay (which we had little experience with).

They cruised through the first set, 6-1 and were serving for the match at 5-2. Partner and I just joked that we "had'em right where we wanted 'em."

Not really sure what we did different, but we never even faced a true match point. Won the set 7-6 and the TB (don't remember the actual score). They were so upset that they even stopped playing together in USTA for awhile.

Only other good comeback was in a ladies league singles, down 7-1*(played to 8)-- against a tough opponent who arguably was a personal nemesis. Again, not really sure what I did different -- she just kind of came apart and couldn't hit a serve or a return.

FWIW, when I saw the thread title...I thought you were asking about a 'snappy' verbal (trashtalk) comeback. LOL. Don't really have one of those either except one time we had to play a pair in that same ladies league where you can double up and play both singles and doubles and you often have to wait for such a player to finish their singles before the dubs can get started. But the opponents were snippy and agitated that they had to wait (as my partner had played a long singles line). "We need to get this show on the road, I've got some place I need to be," she said. So did I. I had to get my kids out of child care at Noon. We went on at 11:25am. We sent 'em home with a big buttkickin'...10-1 in under a half hour. I made the noon pickup with minutes to spare. I think she made her appointment too.

 

[Rui]

one of my friends was playing a doubles match and him and his partner were up 9-3 in the 10 point tie-breaker in the 3rd. They managed to lose like 8 points in a row to lose the match. So I guess that was the other team's greatest comeback ?

Last year I watched the Bryan Bros snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They were up 9-2 in the third set tiebreaker and lost 12-10. It happens.

Personally, I played a match where I lost the first 9 games and won the next 12. Weird.

 

[pc1]

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[Frost5541]

A happy alternative to the "worst implosion" thread for some new year positivity.

Mine isn't much to brag about—I always struggle on clay because it takes away a bit of my power and eventually gets in my head, and a match I had about a month ago was no exception. Everything was working great in the first set, won 6-2 bullying the guy all over the court, but then the clay meltdown happened as usual. Started to lose confidence in my strokes, let "self 1" take over (thanks, Inner Game of Tennis), and tried to overcompensate by hitting the **** out of the ball, which didn't work. Went down 1-5 before I decided to go full coward and adjust my game to war of attrition clay-court monotony. I think some points lasted 30 shots, which is totally against my character, but I told myself to suppress my natural instincts and see if it was possible to frustrate him and somehow avoid the 10-point third-set breaker. He probably had five set points in the games that came, but I saved them all, mostly by pure luck, got to 5-5, forced a breaker, and won 7-5 in the breaker after leading 6-1 (so almost a total collapse after the comeback). Numerically, it's by far the biggest comeback I've ever pulled off in a set. But I'm not super proud of it because I didn't play with any courage.

oh so you have read 'Inner Game of Tennis'? fantastic book btw

And mine was basically a triggered and angry player story.
i was losing 5-0 15-40... my opponent started to mock me (its terrrrrrible in junior tourneys and if i say something, the parent of the kid im playing will start putting me down and make me feel bad by hollaring and shouting COME ON! if i make an unforced error).
it drove me nuts and Self 2 took complete action, my mind took control. i became the 2 first serves guy and won the next 5 games without missing a single point. at 5-5 my opponents dad started to make me lose concentration by throwing stuff at the court on my side but the umpire didnt say anything. i lost that game. 5-6, and i became crazy. i started to blast aces and punish his weak returns. forced a tie break. i beat him 7-1 and won!

 

[sureshs]

Your mama so fat she occupies both courts

 

[Nevarin]

ha!

playing first round of a tournament.I was the better player, but played way below my normal level, which drove me mad. I was 5-0 (30-0) behind in the first set, quickly!
Managed to finally play my normal level and won my first game. It's 5-1 now. Somehow ended up deep in the zone for the rest of the match and won 13 games in a row, completely overpowering him. Won 5-7, 0-6. Second set felt like it was over in less than 20 minutes. Rally's averaging around 3 shots. If I didn't win the point by serve or return, my next shot usually won the rally. I was simply crushing every shot.
I guess it was just one of those days where everything just clicks for 1hour and you play out of your mind. Can't remember the last time I was so deep in the zone.

 

[MathGeek]

Down 1-5 last weekend, scratched and clawed my way back to 5-5. But then my younger opponent got his head right and beat me 7-5. Fun set though. Great exercise, lots of long points and multiple deuce games. I made some great shots and played well above my average set of tennis. I have more of a chance against the 40+ crowd in endurance contests, and most great comebacks are endurance contests at some level.

In may ways, our net games were the difference. This guy could chase down every lob and place the ball too well and with too much pace for me to hit good passing shots. In contrast, I could not prevent him from making his passing shots or lobbing for winners. Usually, there was a fairly long rally before one of us would come to the net, so the net game was played out on tired legs when winded. I'm not the same at the net when winded with tired legs.

 

[JoelSandwich]

Just gonna list all the ones at the top of my head.
1. Came back from a set down and 2-4 in the second. 5-7 6-4 7-5 saved two match points in the third set
2. Lost the first set 6-1 won the second set 6-4 and was down 3-5 in the third and saved two match points and won 7-5 in the third.
3. Down 1-4 in the third set, came back to win 6-2 2-6 6-4
4. Played one of my best matches that year won the first set 6-3, then down 2-5 in the second set, saved four set points and won 6-3 7-5.
5. Lost first set 6-7 (5-7) then won the next two sets 6-4 7-5
6. One of my best memories and matches.
Lost first set 1-6 came back next two sets and won 1-6 7-5 7-6(7-5)
Probably my favorite one even though I didn't save any match points. Both of us played extremely well, I didn't even play that bad in the first set, he was just in the zone. I hit one of the best backhands I've ever hit in the third set at like 4-4 15 all. Match lasted 3 hours and I still remember the smile on both our faces at the net.

 

[Shaolin]

I was once down 2-4 second set. Persevered to win 6-4, 6-4

 

[pc1]

I was playing casual doubles with a friend of mine who is to be honest not that good. We were playing against another doubles team that had two decent but not great players. We were down one set and 5-0 30-40 when my partner pulled a hamstring. So they decided that since it was only one point left to win the match that I could play both of them. I saved the match point and won 13 straight games to win the match.

My partner was laughing up on the sidelines.

 

[kevrol]

Dang I just went through all my matches (159) and only once have only won less than 3 games (1-6) in the first set and come back to win the match. Guess if I get down early I don't fight.

 

[OrangePower]

Dang I just went through all my matches (159) and only once have only won less than 3 games (1-6) in the first set and come back to win the match. Guess if I get down early I don't fight.

Well, your post made me go through all my matches to find my biggest comeback!
I've won quite a few where I lost the first set 6-2.
And then I found one match from several years ago where I lost the first set 6-0 and came back to win

 

[ZirkusAffe]

It's not an Epic win but it was a decent comeback, 8.0 mixed (I know)...
1-6 in the first, down 2-5 in the second came back won 5 straight and won the super 11-5. Their play didn't really drop maybe tapered a bit, but ours elevated.. we started defending a big serve better and made them plays some extra shots. The dude across from me was 4.0 but he was really good especially compared to some 4.5's a played against, I looked him up after and was shocked he was only 4.0... although he lost to me so probably he's a 3.0 at best, I'm barely a TT 2.5.
What makes it weird is that the match next to us the other team did the same to our team they lost the first set 1-6, and they came back in the second to win 7-5, and whatever the super was.. although our team imploded basically a couple bad line calls some words were exchanged and our team melted down pissed it away.. the drama continued after the match as well.

 

[vardyshavingaparty]

Playing first round in the lowest money tourni in aus. (Third set is a super) was down 9-4 . Got it back to 9-9 and eventually won 15-13. Dont think ill beat that for a while.

 

[Monte Carlo]

In my high school tournament match my doubles parter and I were down 0-5. A humiliating performance and before we knew it, it was 30-40 championship point. We saved the first championship point, changed our mental strategy, attitude, and we had an epic comeback and got the score to 6-5. We blew the next game 6-6 but it didn't matter, we had all the momentum on our side. We went into a tiebreak and it was 3-3, then we just pulled away and won the match 7-6 (7-4 tiebreak). And we were the last game on in the round and everyone from both teams lines up on the next court to spectate and it was just amazing to witness the comeback hype on our side

 

[OnTheLine]

my greatest comeback was yesterday!
Singles tournament match. Won the first set easily 6-2. She figured some things out as we started the 2nd. Combined with some stupid errors on my part I was suddenly down 1-5. Came back to throw it into a set TB at 6-6. Took care of business 7-0 in the TB

Mentally VERY tough for me to be starting at that 5 for so long. I did not want a 3rd set, I wanted to win in 2. Very pleased with myself.

 

[beltsman]

I went down 6-1 4-0 today in my first match and decided to give up, ended up losing 6-1 6-3. So I won more once I decided to stop trying. Second match of the day, against a pusher, I decided to tank from the get-go and lost 6-0 6-1. Felt pretty good. I wanted to go home and play some Civilization 6. If I'm not going to have fun, neither will they.

Bring on the haters.

 

[Rattler]

In a league doubles match partnered with someone I didn't like as a person, or a partner...we lost the first set badly and were down 0-5 and love 40 in the second.

Came back from that stupidly deep abyss amd won the set and the match-tiebreak. Out opponents were fighting at the end of the second set.

I did get to hit my first around the net shot in that match.

 

[Hoot]

Had one of my best in a doubles match a couple weeks back.

Playing No. 1 doubles at 3.5 with a partner that I had not played with before. Opponents were a solid 3.5 and a 3.5 that should be a 4.0.

We lost the first set 6-2 and were never really in it. I couldn't hold serve and we were not meshing well as partners.

Down 4-1 in the second set I finally found my serve and my partner and I finally got on track with each other. Came back and won the 2nd set 7-6 (4) and then ran away with the match tiebreaker (4).

Really good feeling pulling that one out!!

 

[pc1]

I went down 6-1 4-0 today in my first match and decided to give up, ended up losing 6-1 6-3. So I won more once I decided to stop trying. Second match of the day, against a pusher, I decided to tank from the get-go and lost 6-0 6-1. Felt pretty good. I wanted to go home and play some Civilization 6. If I'm not going to have fun, neither will they.

Bring on the haters.

Well at least you have your priorities!

 

[Ronaldo]

Your mama so fat she occupies both courts

Yo Momma so fat she don't walk, she rolls

 

[M Pillai]

mens doubles... down 2-6 0-5(0-40).... and came back to win 2-6 7-5 6-2

 

[CosmosMpower]

Doubles down 0-5 love 30 scraped out the game for 1-5 then won the next 6 straight for a 7-5 set win

 

[Nolkobolko]

Playing a fairly good player, who won a pretty big tournament.

Set 1: 0-6. No words. Horrible play by me, missing every second shot.

Set 2: He was 4-1 up and I thought I would go insane. No improvement in my game whatsoever. When being 5-1 down, I finally calmed down and came back to win the set 7-5

Set 3: Since this set was played to a super tie break (10 points), I knew that I had to step up my game to the highest level. Easier said than done, though, he was 9-3 up. Then, I won 7 consecutive points, to get a match point, and I finished it off with an ace.

 

[Lavar Ball]

A happy alternative to the "worst implosion" thread for some new year positivity.

Mine isn't much to brag about—I always struggle on clay because it takes away a bit of my power and eventually gets in my head, and a match I had about a month ago was no exception. Everything was working great in the first set, won 6-2 bullying the guy all over the court, but then the clay meltdown happened as usual. Started to lose confidence in my strokes, let "self 1" take over (thanks, Inner Game of Tennis), and tried to overcompensate by hitting the **** out of the ball, which didn't work. Went down 1-5 before I decided to go full coward and adjust my game to war of attrition clay-court monotony. I think some points lasted 30 shots, which is totally against my character, but I told myself to suppress my natural instincts and see if it was possible to frustrate him and somehow avoid the 10-point third-set breaker. He probably had five set points in the games that came, but I saved them all, mostly by pure luck, got to 5-5, forced a breaker, and won 7-5 in the breaker after leading 6-1 (so almost a total collapse after the comeback). Numerically, it's by far the biggest comeback I've ever pulled off in a set. But I'm not super proud of it because I didn't play with any courage.

insane

 

[skandy]

Nolkobolko, my scoreline last Saturday was a bit similar to yours. I was playing with a guy I often hit with (both of us are about 4.5)

Set 1: 0 - 6. Horrible play by me, missing a lot, and too many shots landing short. Despite that, still had multiple game points in three different games which I did not convert.
Set 2: He was 4-1 up and I thought I would go insane. Was super irritated with my game and even screamed few times (no one else was playing ), which is very unusual. Decided to try to calm down, chase all balls, hit everything cross court, and try to win a game or two; ended up winning the set 7 - 5, saving few match points along the way.
Set 3: 6 - 0, it was over in an instant, the guy never had a game point.

 

[Nacho]

I have a bunch, but also have a bunch the other way.....

-Biggest one with something on the line was in college tennis against Virginia Tech, early 90's....Came back from a set and down 3-0 to win the match....in the regular scoring days alas....

USTA League play recently I came back from down 1-5, and pulled it to a tiebreak and won

But, last year I was up 5-2 on serve in a second set national tournament and lost! its happened both ways to me....The beauty of tennis

 

[TenS_Ace]

I've never had a GREAT comeback..sure as **** had some EPIC chokes

 

[kevrol]

Lost first set 6-0 last night. Won 2nd 3-6 and tiebreak 14-12. Finally had something to post about on this thread.

 

[li0scc0]

I lost the first set in a tiebreaker, won the second set either 6-0 or 6-1. Third set went to a tiebreaker. I was down 6-0, and ended up winning 8 straight points to win 8-6.

 

[that_was_just_out]

I can't recall ever having a great comeback, however I can recall blowing a ton of huge leads. When I win it's a close match the whole way or I am comfortably ahead the whole way.

I don't have the mental strength to stay positive when getting killed or playing like crap and losing, I'm just so disgusted I want to just get to the next set or get the heck off the court.

 

[Unforced Terrors]

4.5 USTA doubles match this season. I was playing vs an opponent that had beaten me twice before.
The match started off on serve 2-2 before being rained out.
We resumed play a week later and lost 6 games straight. 2-6, 0-2.
My partner and I switched to i-formation on his serve and we decided to start double back on the returns.
Won 6 games straight and won 10-6 in the third set tie break, clinching the overall match for the team as well.

 

[bobbything]

I haven't had many big comebacks in my day. If I get blown out, I typically deserve it. That said, a few weeks ago my partner and I were playing this combo dink-and-dunk team. I've played both of them before and never had a problem with them. But this day everything they were hitting was working. Dropshot angle winners off the serve. Lob winners off their back feet. Picking up volleys from their shoe strings for angle winners. It was infuriating. That crap rarely works at our level.

Down 2-6, 1-4. We then rattle off 5 straight games en route to a 2-6, 6-4, 10-0 win. After we held at 1-4, then broke at 2-4 to get it back on serve at 3-4, all their cute shots stopped falling. Easily the most frustrating match I've played in a really long time.

 

[kevrol]

Had another one last week. Split sets 6-3, 3-6. Got down 6-1 in tiebreak and then down 8-3 in tiebreak. Ran off 7 straight points to win 10-8.

 

[ShaunS]

Don't know that I have any really recent comeback victories with big turnarounds. A few years ago we were playing the district championships, and they moved me over to play singles. I'm a doubles player 90%+ of the time, so it's definitely not the norm.

I lost the first set 3-6, but it felt worse than that looked. I was insistently trying to force a style of play, but I couldn't keep the ball in the court doing it. Second set I played extremely conservatively, and the guy blew up. I won 6-0, and took the 3rd set tiebreaker easily. I don't recall specifically, but I think I only lost a point in it. That match was a helpful reminder about being too inflexible. The more memorable match of the day actually came right after that one. Back in doubles, we played a match that went just shy of 50 points in the third set tiebreaker. Got the win there too, and despite losing the districts as a team, I felt really good going home.