Played in the 1400 and 1550 and went 3-3. I felt that I had the ability to advance in both groups, but didn't execute well enough. My biggest problem was just my concentration level. I need to practice wanting to win every single point again. I've been a bit too lax at the club and can't find the correct level of arousal in the tournaments I've played recently. Besides this the people I lost to gave me a lot of problems in service return.
The one guy was making me return the ball to the middle of the table and then slamming the ball. He also had a really good down the line serve. I think if I worked to place my service return more I would have increased my chances of winning by a lot.
One of the other people I lost to had a very spinny forehand tomahawk serve. I should have just assumed the serve was back side spin, but didn't commit to it enough. Lost the last game in duece and had a couple game points that I squandered with bad serves.
The last guy I lost to was unrated. I felt like I had his number for the most part, but gave away a few too many points with pushing and looping errors.
All in all I played fairly well. The people I beat, I beat easily, spinning them off the table with my serves. Even the people I lost to I felt like I controlled my serve reasonably well. Unfortunately I had a big fail in service return. I seem to have trouble with serves that come nearly strait down the line at my elbow. My forehand pushing weakness probably contributes to this problem. If I can shore up this problem, I feel I'll go up a level.
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