2009 Worlds in Perth, Australia WrapUp

First of all, wow, and I do mean a big time wow, many thanks to all of you who were so kind to write to me during my time over in Perth recently for the ITF World team and individuals tournaments.

Von Cramm Cup (60s) Team Silver Medal

Von Cramm Cup (60s) Team Silver Medal

Mai and I got home here in northern California late last Wed night, and I have just found the time to at least approve of all of the great comments and replies.

Now I’ll look for some more time to respond to them individually.  (Uh, well, you know, that may take awhile, so don’t hold your breath…).

But, I’m just amazed at the feedback, how much you enjoyed those updates, and especially something that I hadn’t thought about before, that those of you who have never seen me play, well, it seems there is some interest to do some video clips of actual points in matches in addition to the regular instructional video tips.

So, we can do that.  For now, I can set up a camera over at the Berkeley Tennis Club and video some points and then give you some feedback as to what I’m thinking and how you might use some of that feedback for your own game.

And hopefully in the future, I can get organized enough to get some video of a tournament match (probably my next tournament is going to be at the Babolat World event in Palm Springs, CA in January 2010).

But please. don’t be shy, let me know specifically what situations you’d like to see where you may need some help with your own game.  Just reply by filling out the form below this post.

OK, I’m off to an early dinner with my kids and my step mom Corinne over at Spenger’s in Berkeley (that’s right, and you know who you are, we’ve been doing some damage over there for what, something like almost 60 years?).   Mai’s got here holiday pie baking business going full tilt today, so the kitchen is off limits to the rest of us, and she won’t be able to join us.  Dang…

My two oldest kids are home from college for the Thanksgiving break, Georgie is a senior at Georgie Southern U in Statesboro, GA and Molly is a sophomore at Ft. Lewis College in Durango, CO.  Our baby, Cassie, is kicking some butt as a freshman here at Campolindo High School in Moraga.  So, yours truly is feeling pretty darn good about stuff right now with all of them home for a week or so…

Again, thanks so much for your continued support of me and Webtennis.net.  Glad you enjoyed the updates from Perth.  Sta in touch and let me know what challenges you want solved with your tennis game…

Brent

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2009 ITF World Super Seniors Team – USA 60s

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L to R:  Brian Cheney, Armistead Neely, Hugh Thomson, Brent Abel, Carol Clay, Brenda Crater, Kathy Bennett, Martha Downing

Men = Team Silver Runners-Up Medal; Women = Team Bronze 3rd Place Medal

ITS Super-Seniors World Tournament – Update #3

Very short on time this morning, but want to get something out there to you…

Lost in the singles quarters to Aussie #1 Terry Smith who is in the finals this morning.

In our match Thursday, we were scheduled to play at 9:30 but got rained out until noon.  When they put us out there, the courts (synthetic grass) was still damp and the footing for me was just a nightmare.

After 3-4 spills on the court when I tried to split step within the first 2 games, I knew I was in trouble.

Terry did a much better job than I did handling the court conditions.  As much as we’ve been talking lately about trusting your game, etc., I needed a definite Plan B for those conditions.

I never felt comfortable and despite being up a break in the 2nd set, my confidence was way down there.

So, it’s back to the drawing board with developing a Plan B for certain situations, and it’s going to be a steady diet of clay court tennis to get more comfortable with footing that isn’t stable like a hard court.

We lost to the #1 seeds in the doubles yesterday in the semis 6-3 in the 3rd set.  Hugh and I got up a quick break in that 3rd set, but we couldn’t hold Hugh’s serve.

Tutt and Bland from Great Britain are an experienced team having won the Worlds something like 4 times, but we were right there and should have tried a couple of different strategies to help Hugh hold.

All in all, I’m really pleased with the past two weeks of tennis and have zero complaints and regrets about being here or any of the matches I got to play.

As I said above, I’m short on time this morning, but more thoughts to come in the next few days.

Thanks to all of you who have been so generous with your kind words to me in your emails and blog post replies.

Have a great weekend out there!

Brent

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