My doubles partner, my dear friend Christine, and I have made a commitment to seek out competitive tennis playing opportunities this year during the winter season. In addition to entering tournaments at our level of play, this weekend we entered a tournament a level up from our rated level.
We knew that by playing up, we were out for good experience playing against competitive players which will help us focus on what we need to work on in our game. We do not expect to win matches. But what we didn't expect was that our first opponents would be an 11 year old and her mom.
Yep. An 11 year old. An 11 year old girl that hit the ball harder than anyone I have ever played against. Her shots were unbelievable. And we didn't know quite how to play her. She schooled us, smacked us down, and smacked us again, beating us 6-3, 6-0.
Honestly, her doubles partner (her mom), didn't have to do much but stand there and let the girl beat us into submission. And she did so quickly.
There is something horrifying at losing a match to an 11 year old. It beats up on your ego a bit. We have our second match tomorrow, and I have to admit, I am just hoping our opponents have cleared puberty. I think I will take that as sign we may have a fighting chance.
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