Weekend update Jul 4th week: CX 200 Tour 16x19 and Textreme 100 310

 Only played tennis on Sunday, 3 sets 6-2, 3-6, 5-6. The first 2 sets were against same opponent and played with CX 200 T 16x19. Before playing, I was hitting with it and tried a technique based on video from tennisnerd, link below. The technique for the backhand really helped with to gain confidence and also helped my forehand. The technique to get around the ball by the tip of the racquet. It works well with CX 200 T but not so much with T 100-310 because of power difference between the two. I have now added a gram of lead to the T 100 310 tips.

Played also basketball for company internal tournament this week with 2 wins and futsal with 1 win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJiv3WLbkHk 

Weekend update, July 2nd week: Textreme 100 310 and CX 200 T 18x20

 Played on Friday and Sunday for total of 4 sets, two sets on each day.

On Friday, played first set with CX200T 18x20, won 7-3, the racquet played easier to control despite low power compare to other racquet that I brought, T100-310-1. The second set was annoyed by the drip of water and loss 4-7 after leading 4-3.

On Sunday, played both sets with T100-2 with a win 6-2 and then lost 4-6. We could have won it but lost focus on a fun play.

That CX200T-18x20 def needs a restring.

Also listened to podcast by TW about the new Prince ATS racquets. The 95 similar with CX 200 Tour, 98 similar with Pro Staff or TFight 305, T100-310 similar with Speed MP. Comparing the score, the 95 lower than CX 200 Tour with T100-310 being the highest score between them.

Singapore, Friday T100 vs CX18T

 Went to Singapore last week just for one night. Rode the subway around 10pm and still a lot of people, from Somerset to Farrer Place. The prices in Spore are essentially the same as in Jakarta.

Played 2 sets of tennis on Friday. First set win 7-6 playing with T100-2. Closing the set at holding serve.

Second set win 7-5 changing to CX200T-18 at 4-4. The control with CX200 were much better, I can swing freely. The racquet still has the 17g babolat s-gut string.  

The T100-2 and CX200T-18 swapped leather grip and for the better. Tourna leather grip is thinner than Artengo's.

KBI Tenis Tournament Jun 2022

 So, in June 25, I participated in tennis tournament. It was a one-day tournament. The tournament is Davis cup ala playoff group. There were 4 groups and I captained one of them. Mostly were beginners or early intermediates. My team (B) consists of (1)me, (2)Abi, (3)Ferdian, (4)Laras, (5)Reno, and (6)Rafa. The team member was picked based on strongest to weakest. Played both games with T100-2.

My target was to get some win for the teams, so here was my strategy:

- original pairing was 1-2, 3-4, 5-6. However, player 2 and 3 knew each other so I pair them up and then me with player 4. 

- strongest pair to play first to get win early.

The first group game with me and Laras played against team D player Eric (2) and Bey (3). The pairings were pretty closed and started 2-2. I served first to get some games early on. I knew the opponents would strike my partner and I had to close the nets. The set ended with 6-4. The second pair won and we are through to final.

The final was against group C. We played the same pairs. Me and Laras played against Ari (5) and Evan (6), they were pretty well matched up. The opponent had a long game in the first match. Halfway down the sets they started to pick on my partner in which I had to close down the nets. We had two deciding points served up by opponents after two deuces. We started 5-1 before opponent tactics to pick on my partner. We won the sets 6-3. The second pair also won and we won the tournament.

In the end, the opponent teams set up the captain to play last but we had different strategi and worked.