Today I played my first two rounds at the 2010 Canadian National Championships in Winnipeg,Manitoba. My first round was against a local player Nick Rush. This match was relatively quick but also proved to be a bit tricky since I had to often did a lot of awkward shots coming from my opponent. The match ended in two straight sets 21-8 21-14.
My second round was also a tricky one. I played a young player Ajit Sidhu from Nova Scotia but is training in Vancouver, British Colombia at Bobby Milroy’s academy. The first set I went up 9-2 in no time, but then he started to play a bit better and I was in a bit of a coma. He came back to 14-14 and then we went back and forth for a few points. I did not attack much up until this point so I started taking the net a bit more. This allowed me to get more attacking chances and I ended up winning 21-17. In the second set I was much more focused and was controling the net and moving from offence to defense at will. This resulted it a much more convincing second set for me, winning 21-10.
Tomorrow in my quarter finals I will be facing Matt Younger of Manitoba. He will be the crowd favourite but I hope to be the favourite to win. My match is at 9.40am local time and will be held at the Winnipeg Winter Club. To view the draw please click on the link below.
