Training Log Archive: Craig

Felt very sluggish early but starting to get moving a little better by the end. Still finding 15 minutes seems a long time.

Parent & child doubles final. Rematch of last year's final with Charley & Janine. I was hoping Liam's improvement was going to make up for my decline but he was struggling to serve and move due to injuries from falling off his bike yesterday so there was a bit more pressure on me to step up. We started well, winning the first set 4-0, with a couple of loose games from them. Second set was tighter, we were down early, then got back in front. I served for the match but lost and then came back from 2-4 down to force a sudden death match point at 4-4 which we lost on a questionable fault call and a missed easy volley. Started badly in the third, with Liam struggling to put the second set behind him, but fought back well winning a tight game at 2-2 and then made a couple of crucial intercepts at the net to break Charley's serve for the win.
Felt as though I made much more of a positive contribution to the win this year than I did last year.
Felt fine playing, apart from tweaking my back a bit once on a stretch volley, but sore walking around after cooling down a bit.