Its a balmy afternoon in Sweden and a crowd of 12, plus umpire and ball children have turned out for the Ashes Tennis match between Joshua (Stallion) Goodall Raphael (pony tail) Durek.
The players are gathering their thoughts after a warm up in which neither outshone the other!
15-0 service return long, missed a point! 30-0? Josh wins a point when Durek nets with GHoodall commanding the net, 40-0? Durek moves Josh around a hits a winner into Josh's backhand corner, 40-15, Josh goes long with a defensive forehand after Durek ups the pace mid rally, 40-30, Game Goodall, unreturnable serve!
Josh evidently has a lot of respect for the Durek returns, he's not serve-volleying...Durek appears to have quite a big forehand from these first couple of games....2 aces so far for Josh, serve working well
15-0, Josh nets 5th shot of a rally, 15-15, super backhand volley at the net by Josh after a deep approach! 30-15, ace out wide, 40-15, easy fh putaway after return looped into midcourt, game, unreturnable?
Josh @ 1-1,
15-0, Durek commands rally but nets a forehand dlt winner attempt, 30-0, return goes long, 40-0, ace out wide, Game, ace down the middle!
0-15, Josh wins a who's got the bigger forehand duel, 15-15, bh return loops long, 15-30, Durek at the net, sends a volley long, Josh pulls of a behind the legs lob which doesn't work or matter! 30-30, Josh controls rally but nets backhand slice down the line 40-30, big serve out wide, return hits top of net and dies on Josh's side, Durek wants that ball back, missed point 2-2
Josh @2-2,
15-0, rally but Josh with deep forehand winner, 15-15 but I tihnk Durek was long with the return, 30-15, net cord confuses Durek who goes long, Ace for 40-15, game, Durek sucks at the net as another bh volley goes long!
15-0, cracking passing shot lands in corner. good effort from Josh after long rally, 30-0, classic 1-2 punch, didn't see who won that point, 40-15, cracking forehand cross court winner again, Ace that looked out to me and Josh.
Josh serving at 3-3,
15-0, kicked second serve, return long, 30-0, S & V. durek goes wide, 40-0, Durek nets with Josh over it! (the net I mean!) Game, durek forehand wide and long!
15-0, serve out wide, return into net on the bounce, 30-0. ace down middle, looked out so I guess 40-0, must have been 30-15, coz its now 40-15, 40-30, Durek nets fh dtl trying to hit it too hard, game.
Josh at 4-4,
0-15, Josh stopped for some reason, 15-15, Durek nets from off camera, 30-15, unreturnable down the middle, 40-15, ace? 40-30, Duece, Ad Josh, wins longest rally of match with winner into the corner, Game Josh 5-4
15-0, high return, left by Durek and just long 15-15, double fault, 30-15, ace down middle, 30-30, fist pump from Josh as Durek nets his forehand winner attempt, 40-30, looked out but Josh's failure to return loses him the point, Game
TIEBREAK,
Josh's scores first,
0-1 double fault 0-2, ace down middle, 1-2, mini break back with unreturnable forehand dtl, 2-2, durek nets from off camera, 3-2, return just wide, 4-2, mini break up as Durek forehand hits top of the net, loops up, and bounces on his own side 4-3, ace out wide, with slice, on the line under the camera! 4-4, Josh wide with attempt at a 1-2 punch, 5-4, Durek returns a second serve long, 6-4, what a point, Josh moves up the court and puts a forehand into the corner, 6-5, return into net, set point on serve for Josh, 6-6 backhand wide dtl, 7-6, backhand return from Durek into the net, 7-7, Josh nets b/h pass dtl, 7-8, ace out wide, 8-8, didn't see what happened there but Josh won! may have lost that point 8-9? set to Durek 10-8 in breaker. Josh mi**** a backhand wide in a long rally
Durek wins 1st set tiebreak 10-8...Josh missed 3 set points..he led 6-4....dodgy line call at 8-8 cost him imo, that backhand was smack on the line, webcam is right above it
15-0, contested ace. 30-0, return wide, 40-0 ace at the body. Why didn't he return that? game, Josh lost a point at net because he drop shotted it instead of putting it away.