17-July-2008 Thursday Report

We played at King's park today.
Long Long, Tommy, Oscar, Matthew (our great Captain) and Ivan.

We played at the shaded court which is so great!

Firstly, we had normal warm up.
It was great that Tommy and Oscar went straightly in the semi-final in the 18 or under double. They both told me that they have great confidence to beat their opponent and would go into Final without deny.

Tommy and Oscar be the net and then played against others.
Tommy's net game was better and improved, but his shots are still to short and should hit it deeper.

Next, Tommy and Oscar be the groundstrokers and returning the smashes by others.
Long Long's overheads were all killer shots. Tommy and Oscar did learnt how to return others' killer smashes. Then, switched.
Ivan and Tommy seemed not how to overhead... too many mistakes.
Matthew was one of the great player today, his forehand shots were full of topspin. Once he returned the smash, the ball goes high with topspin and straightly go in the court.

Some services.

At last, Doubles.
Tommy and Oscar,
Matthew and Long Long,
Edmond and Ivan.

Tommy and Oscar did the best.
Matthew made some mistakes.
Ivan was one of the most improving players today. Unexpected, Ivan did a good job. He could return the serve without a wide angle forehand. He seemed to be more consistent even in doubles game. Often, Ivan's performance on drills were not that satisfactory and sometimes his form of strokes were weird. However, he tried his best in the game and improved a lot.

This is the end of the report today.
Hope that Tommy and Oscar would straightly go into final.