Mistakes are apprehensive. Control is the buzz word.
by Ansu Kumar Bhuyan
(Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India)
Recently I was in a AITA tournament and I lost the match from having a match point. This happened for the first time in my life.
First set was taken by me with a score of 6-3 and in the 2nd set I was up with a score of 5-4 and deuce in final game.
Deuce here was considered as one point. I hit a winner which was confessed by my opponent as winner but umpire over ruled the point and the game went to him.
There after the situation prevailed on me and my opponent went on winning the game and next two sets 7-5 & 6-4.
I had witnessed similar situation when Andy Roddick was playing with a French teenager and on match point the opponent made an ace service which was ruled by referee as wrong but Roddick accepted it as right and ultimately lost the match.
Two times before I had pulled wins from my opponent's match point.
But this time it did not happen. This type of situation may come and go but the sooner the hangover diminishes in our mind better it is to carry on in future.
However it should be in the back of our mind for references.
Controlling the situation and improving the body language is a must to tackle similar situations.
We should not dwell on our past.
