how did I play today?

On Saturday I played Bill in a league match. Lost 3-2. It was the closest I've played him before and lost in a fifth set duece. I should have served long at that point, but forgot about it and tightened up a bit. I had been serving short most of the match. I lost focus in the fourth game and lost that game badly. I think Bill contributed though with the adjustments he made. I should have stayed with a more conservative slow loop pushing strategy, like I played in the first two games. I started to get a little too aggressive at times.

Today I played a few singles. It was a bit tough as I'm a bit sore and didn't sleep enough. Of note I tried to play an all out attack strategy against Margit and lost. I tried to flip or loop almost everything. If I would have played a little more conservative at times I probably could have won.

I played a pen holder hitter. He was probably significantly better than me. He got me a lot with sharp angle pushes. He hand a forehand loop, but was a one sided pen holder, so I should have tried to push more to his backhand. I lost pretty quickly in three.

Lastly I played Nathan and was doing pretty well and lost the match 3-0. If I could have dealt with his serves to my elbow better I would have had a decent chance to win.

I'm still struggling a bit with the new blade. I've been lifting many of my loops long. Especially against no spin. It helps if I let the no spin drop a bit, but it would be better if I could attack these at the top of the bounce. I'm also having a problem missing my backspin forehand pendulum. I keep wiffing on it. The backhand is doing better, but my form still falls apart at times.