For me county matches are a new thing. In Finland we don't really have those kind of things but I think it's a great thing! You get to pay more matches, get more experience and you get to travel around your country with you club which includes amazing people. Even if you wouldn't play your best you still have the whole team supporting you at the back of the court. So basically county matches are kind of like club matches so we play against other counties and we get points from every match that we play. I have usually played for the second team but first team asked me to play for them this time and I'm glad I did.
The trip started on Saturday morning when my friend Til and her mom came and picked me up from home. It takes about an hour to get to Nottingham so it wasn't that bad. To be honest I was really nervous because that was my first time playing with the first team and I didn't want to disappoint them. I also knew that there would be good players playing against us and me so that didn't help me haha. We drove straight to the hall and we were one of the first one's to come in. The hall looked pretty normal, 8 courts 4 on the other side of the curtain and 4 on the other side. Usuaaly here in England they don't have any mats like we do in most halls in Finland and the same was with this hall.
We played against 2 different counties on Saturday and against one on Sunday. Even though we could've gone home for the night we had a hotel booked in Nottingham and I really didn't mind because I love to travel and stay at hotels haha. So for me the matches didn't go that well. I mean there were times when I played really well and I was winning and everything seemed going well but the it just cracked and no idea what happened but the game wasn't the same anymore. That's pretty much my biggest reason why I lose matches. So I really need to work on that. I lost 2 singles both in three sets.. It was so close so it kind of annoyed me but luckily we won most of ur matches so everything was good.
On Saturday evening after our matches we went to hotel, showered, dressed up and went to have a nice team dinner. After the dinner most of us were so tired so we went back to hotel and almost straight to bed.
On Sunday we had our match and again the same. I had my moments and then it just changed completely. I lost my single in 3 sets again.. Well at least I did play 3 matches to 3 sets so I wasn't as bad as I could've been. After our matches we showered and watched the rest of the matches and said goodbye. I got a lift from Til and her mom again so I was home in an hour. I really liked the trip even though my matches didnt go that well. At least I hav something to improve.
-Hanna xx
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