Tennis!

Been a while since i had so much fun at tennis :)

Every Tuesday, my uncle invites me over to his condo for tennis where i get to play heaps. Opponents are mostly people that i could call "Uncle X" and "Auntie X". But they all play a mean game. What they lack in speed and power, they make up for in placing and court positioning. I'm ALWAYS scurrying for balls....front...back...left...right... Have to say they are a lot lot nicer when off the court :P

Last week, we had a Mooncake Festival potluck thing on the court. Ooops, i didn't bring anything though, was just told to "come hungry" hehe... most popular for me was a box of cut fruits, particularly the jackfruit. There was also bee hoon, chicken wings, mua chi, ice cream mooncake (became milkshake mooncake), homemade mooncake, wine (what the?! Resulting in more shots than usual going awry :P)... the list goes on. It was a feast. But i had to work my lard ass off for it. haha, near the end, two "jie jie"s, as the younger aunties want to be called, wanted to hit somemore and i was fine to knock some shots back to them. What was supposed to be a relaxed hit about ended up with me being pushed all over the court. Surrender man, next day i couldn't walk up and down stairs properly!

Back to today. Had a swim before tennis and man, did it make a difference. Shoulders were loose, muscles were well warmed up. Shiok man, serves were going in, even decent 2nd serve ones...

Until i double faulted 2 in a row...thankfully, on the 4th bad serve, the ball found its way through an open door, out of the court and down some stairs... Away from me.

Wonder if i can keep this level up... Think i'll swim just before tennis again next week. Oh, and maybe get some Elliman's in case i get shuttled around the court by meanie aunties :P hehe