Last night I played my first PSL match of the season for my new team, University of Birmingham. It was the first home match of the season and they literally had to turn about 30/40 people away because it was packed to the rafters! Seeing as Birmingham Uni is possibly the biggest of the PSL venues, that is a great achievement, but when the world number 1 is on show there is always going to be plenty of interested parties!
So onto my match! I played Kiwi Jaclyn Hawkes, currently ranked 15 in the world. I played reasonably well but made a few errors at the wrong times and eventually lost 3-0. All the games were close and it's encouraging to know I can compete and at times dominate play against a player ranked so highly in the world. I have taken positives from the match and was back on court this morning working on aspects of my game which I believe will help me improve and be able to begin to trouble the top players further.
It was a great effort by everybody in the team but unfortunately Duffield were too strong and we lost 5-0. The next home match is 6th December against Oxford.
Next for me is the World Open, which begins on Saturday in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The draw is being done tomorrow so then I will know who I will have to play to qualify. I will try and keep the blog updated whilst I am out there.
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