Lyngby Squeaks Out Another Victory!

Last weekend might have been the MOST exciting team match I have ever played and coached. Saturday afternoon Lyngby Badminton Klub played at home against Farum Badminton Klub. Farum is the 4th best team in our pool but has lost to the top teams in VERY close matches. Ours was no exception. We started our first round of mixed doubles and ladies singles which went very well for Lyngby. We won 1 mixed doubles and 2 ladies singles which put us ahead 3-1 right of the bat. However our first ladies singles was a barn burner since she won 21-19 in the third set! It was great!
Second round is usualy a good one for us because it is men’s singles, and we are very strong. However instead of coming out with 3 or 4 more matches under our belts we split the men’s singles! That was a bit of a shock…which put the score 5-3 for us heading into the ladies double. For a moment I thought we were out of the woodworks when I saw our first ladies doubles dominating and our second ladies doubles taking the first set. But then our second ladies lost the match 21-19 in the third! So we went to the last round of matches which was men’s doubles being up 6-4. We needed to win one match to win the team match but we needed two matches to COMPLETELY win the team match (if you win 7-6 then both teams splits the 3 points that is giving to a team for winning….but if you win 8 matches or more you get all 3 points) So I play the first doubles and LOSE…my first loss of the season. Then our 3rd men’s doubles wins in 3 sets, so we have “won” the team match but still do not have all the points we want. So it came down to the 2nd men’s doubles which was also in 3 sets. They were down 20-13 in the third! and came back to win 23-21!! I swear it felt like a miracle because I have never seen such a comeback in doubles.
I can tell you that I was so emotionaly drained from all the high’s and low’s during the team match that I needed a few minutes on my own to re-group.
So I have to say a job well done by our team:) Now we are playing one more match before Christmas and that will be against Vaerlose Badminton Klub. They are number two in the pool and will be VERY tough to beat. So I hope we bring our A game next weekend because we are going to need it!
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LYNGBY RESULTS