My Tournaments
- January 30, 2010
2010 National Championships, Heartbreaker
Yesterday I played my quarter and semi final of the 2010 National Championships in Winnipeg,Canada. My first match of the day was against a young local player Matt Younger. He played quite well and gave everything he had but I ended up winning in two straight sets 21-13 21-14.
The main event was in the semi finals where I matched up against another young player Martin Giuffre. I started off the match very well by going up at the 11 point break and then taking a 17-11 lead. After that my nightmare began. I lost 10 straight points and droped the first set 21-17. Don’t really know what happened, stoped being pro active on court and just let him control the game. The second set was a very tense game for me. I was up for most of the first half and took a small lead at the break. But that was all she wrote for me. I then lost my lead in the second half of the set and could not get it back. I ended up losing it 21-18.
This was a real shame for me since the national championships has always been a tournament that slips through my fingers. Since 2004 (the year I won) I have had a psychological block with this event. This week I performed way below my ability and unfortunatly it was not the first time. Every year I have to come back and try to conquer this major road block so as to prove to myself that I can overcome these big personal hurdles.
