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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Paige Tennis Tournament - Level 7 in ML

 


On Saturday, Paige volunteered to help the young players in a tennis tournament and then in the afternoon she participated against other 14 year olds. The competition wasn't super strong and Paige won all of her matches handily until she got to the final match against another consistent and experienced player.




The format is not our favorite as it was only one short set, no-ad scoring, to 4 games. Paige led in the final championship match 3-1 and was up 40-0 at one point. She lost the next 4 match points to lose the game, but still had a chance to win with the set score at 3-2. She was up 40-15 in that match, but then lost the next 3 match points to lose the game. In the final deciding game at 3-3, she ended up losing, and came in 2nd place overall for the tournament. It was a tough loss, and Paige was definitely disappointed to lose the match when it seemed like she had it well in hand. Crazy that she had 7 match/championship points and not one of them went her way. 

We were not disappointed in her, but definitely disappointed for her, as she was by far the best player there and could have won it.









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