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  • like dominos falling into place

    like dominos falling into place

    Recapping the last indoor tournament before the start of the clay season. I will miss you hard court, see you in October. Thursday – 1.5h – tournament match (D5, quarter final) Every tournament this year so far, I have been happy that having 10pts in my ranking category let’s me skip the qualifying rounds and…

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  • 15/26 – the thing about doubt

    15/26 – the thing about doubt

    The week that had a little bit of everything both in terms of actual tennis and various mental states.   Monday – 1 hour – coached practice (1v1) Jesus, would you like to take the wheel perhaps? One of those days were things click and then click right out (and then click again). Warmup was…

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  • 14/26 – carrie bradshaw

    14/26 – carrie bradshaw

    “What does tennis have to do with the protagonist of Sex & the City?” Absolutely nothing (I think) but my best friend did bring up that as the first person to lay her eyes on my blog, she started reading it like Sarah Jessica Parker was narrating one of the most iconic TV series to…

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  • the biggest asset & the worst enemy

    the biggest asset & the worst enemy

    “Why would you ever deal with any emotion in a logical way when you could have the option of absolutely losing your mind?” – Conan Gray   After another tennis lesson where I was battling every inner demon known to mankind, I keep finding myself coming back to the whole mental aspect of tennis (or…

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