Yesterday I had my first match against Canadian junior Hollie Naughton. She hits the ball nicely, so I knew I had to get in front from the start and dictate the play. After a shakey first few points I settled into the match and dominated most of the rallies whilst still playing some shots to get a feel for the court. I won comfortably in 3 but there were a few hard fought rallies, so it was a perfect opening test to start off my tournament.
Today I play Miranda Ranieri, another Canadian. Ranked at 44 in the world she will be a tougher opponent but hopefully I can play well and try to qualify for the main draw in my first WSA Silver event.
On a side note. The suburbs of Montreal are mostly on the side of a hill, with our billet's house being about half way up, and yesterday we took a different walking route back and ended up walking up the steepest hill in Montreal. Even just walking up it, our calves were burning by the time we got to the top!
It is also unusually warm for the time of year, with temperatures reportedly heading up towards 20°!
Song of the day: Ed Sheeran - Drunk (mainly because Tesni keeps signing it and it's now stuck in my head!)
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