Thank you to all that commented on my last blogs. Been fun getting to meet all of you at the various sites around where you live.
Our last game yesterday was a fun one. We played on an outer court so it was windier than in center court where we have not played yet. I think that definetely played to our advantage. Game started off pretty even. Both teams siding out and occasionally getting a point due to a tough serve on the good side. Think we switched 11-10 up. Then we increased the lead to two points as it got close to the end. Phil had a chance for a point on an overpass on a jump serve by me, but he got scooped by Ricardo on a left handed spike. Phil scooped him back but hit a waffle ball out on the spike. That would have made it 19-17 with me still serving on the good side and given us a chance at sideout for game. Instead it went 18 all and we traded sideouts from there to go to the bad side. We traded one sideout and then Phil shanked a ball for them to go up the sideout to win. We managed to sideout and then Phil stuffed Emmanuel and then stuffed Ricardo on a trap set. Pulled it out 26-24.
In the second game we played pretty darn good. Went up early and never gave it up. They got back to within 17-15 with us on the good side siding out. But Phil sided out and we took a 19-16 lead to the bad side. Scored two straight points and it was over. Good win to follow up our win in Swissland over them.
Next up is the tough serving team of Laciga/Schnieder from Swissland. Laciga unloads on his serve every time. He has no conscious when it comes to missing. They are both big guys and sideout pretty well. I expect a tough battle, especially in the wind. Although it will be on center court where the wind is not as much as a factor.
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Moving on to the finals!!! Looks like you guys handles Laciga's jump serve just fine!!! I could only go by the live scoring so seems like the second game you came out strong leading by 8 for most of the match. Congratulations! A lot of times we heard commentators mention how hard it is to beat the same team twice in the same tourney. Sinjin in the last telecast said when he and Stokey had that happen, they would serve the other player they didn't serve in the first match to give them a different look. Does that even enter into your mind or do you and Phil just play your game?
Garret
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