Saturday, 23 February 2008

1st round loss...

Hi all,

As you may know by now I lost my first round match against englishman Aamir Ghaffar. I started off quite well and took an early lead, but I couldn't keep it up so I ended up losing the first set 21-13. The 2nd set was much alike the 1st. I flew off to a 5-0 start, but then he began to closer down the gap and he took a lead at 17-16. This time however, I managed to keep my cool and closed the set 22-20 on my 2nd setpoint. The third set was the complete opposite... Now Aamir was the one who got a good start and unfortunately I weren't able to catch up with him, so I ended up losing 21-17.
Even though I lost I'm happy about some parts of my game in this tournament. My attacking game still wasn't as good as it used to be, but I kept on trying to use it and play fast. It did cost me more than a few mistakes and also really made me feel tired. But this is exactly what I need to do to get back to where I want to be! I'm also happy about how my defence worked throughout the match. That's one thing that can definetly boost my confidence a bit. It's nice to feel I can rely some on my defence when my offence is obviously not working to it's full strenght yet!

I'll leave Vienna tonight, my flight takes off at 19.45, so now I've really got some time to kill! I won't stay home for long though as I'm going to German Open on tuesday. I was meant to play in the qualification rounds, but I got promoted into the main draw a few days ago. The sad thing about this is that I now have to play one of my very best friends, Joachim Persson (seeded 11 WR 29), in the first round. First of all that's a tough draw and secondly I'm not happy about the fact one of us has to leave this tournament at such an early stage. Nothing we can do about it and of course we both want to win. Anyway, I'm still looking forward to playing and continue working on getting my game back to a higher level!

Thanks for your interest,

HK

3 comments:

szerin said...

Ouch, soreness of a kind when i read the title.. But you are taking it well i see.. :) Congratulations on getting back in the game and winning some, from your previous posts.. :) It's always good to be -just- playing, let alone winning.. Have fun with your upcoming matches.. -Lotsa- good luckz! =)

szerin said...

And.. WOW..! @,@ To the write-up in Badzine, great one!

HK said...

Hi szerin. Many thanks. I will definetly have fun in my upcomming matches :) Hopefully the results will follow in time... Ye it is a great article on badzine isn't it!? I really appreciate the efforts Mark Phelan (the writer) put into it!