Tennis Tournament Day-7

Saurav vs Aakash :
The lone game on day 7, was marred by an anticlimax as it turned out to be. Mukhi da was no match for the class of our Bihari Babu and took no time to tumble. But Saurav himself was not playing to his full potential. He was a bit hesitant with his shots although his placement was bulls - eye. He ran hard and returned back almost everything thrown at him by dada. There were quite a few hard fought points. So what made this match a one sided affair, well dada again played in his own world of horrors. He was consistently hitting the net or outside. Moreover he failed to take advantage in returning Saurav to his backhand. We think this would have been good ploy against a class player like Saurav. It was a straight sets victory for Saurav.

Final scoresheet: Saurav beat Aakash: 6-0,6-0.

Today's Upcoming Action:
Today we will be treated with not 1, not 2, but 3 games. One doubles encounter and two singles games. In our first attraction for the day. it is youth against experience as Suraaj-Shashwath face off Algy-Dhiraj. Dhiraj and Algy are the Old Foxes of this game and are almost in their 3rd Tennis season. They have taken serious efforts and have been practising hard. This is their first game for the tourney. As for Suraaj - Shashwath both are young and callow, moreover Suraaj has one singles defeat in his memories but Shashwath has one victory to his credit. Again as always it is more of a mental conflict as much as a physical one, so teams get your mindset right and put up a good show.
In the 2nd game of the day, our lone Bengal Tiger Shubha faces Sher-e-Punjab Sanjay Sharma in their round 1 singles match. Sanjay is high on confidence due to his doubles victory but so is Shubha. The news around the court is that both of them have formulated a strategy against each other .... umm hmm .... daal mein kuchh kaala hai...
And in the third game today which I would call the clash of the Titans, it is a showdown between The Great Maratha Deepan Choudhary and our very own Viru paaji. Viru paaji is a tough competitor, his combination with Subhash (Jay Paaji) has been working good. On the other hand Deepan is again a technical by the book guy. Another news hovering around the center court says someone has been watching 'How to Play Tennis' DVD twice, thrice and over .........

All the Best to all of you guys.

Weather man cautions a cloudy sky today with the sunset at 8.40 pm. There are low winds, humidity around 53% and temperatures about 78deg. He advises a timely start to the games.

Article by Vikram Tungare