Wednesday, January 9, 2008

To the finals !!!

Eusoff Hall men's team...finalist in IHG 07/08...
serving up the speed...body weight into the serve...
Picking out the opponents' weaknesses...

Beyond our expectations, EH's men's team has made in to the finals of IHG 07/08. For four consecutive years, the men's team has made it into the finals. However, we played bridesmaid in all but 1 finals. We won in IHG 05/06... lost 2-3 in 04/05 and 06/07. Sadly, there's only medals for the champions and none for the runners-up.

We defeated Sheares Hall in a tight 3-2 with us taking both the doubles and 1 singles. Credit goes to Nobu, our Japanese exchange student who gritted out a tantalizing 6-0,7-5 victory over a varsity player! My pairing with Handy won 6-2,7-5 against an above average player and his average partner. Dinidu and Marcus crashed their opponents 6-0,6-1 in little over half an hour.

Next up is KR which boasts 4 varsity players. That sums it up. We are gone! They have Marc Lim ( youth champion ) and Joshua ( youth 4th ) and a German exchange dude who plays in his country's professional tennis league. OMG!!! Bridesmaid again !!!

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