Humiliated today again!

Today was by far the best preconditions for good tennis. Sun, good balls (Dunlop Fort), fine cout (Persudde) and nice teammates. Almost the entire H35 team was gathered. LG, Per, Anders, Torgny and me. I, Per and LG played on court number one. I did not have a chance to win a ball! It was a long time since I saw Per playing as well and LG played even better. Hope that they can play this way on Saturday.

See you on court!

Back to reality!

When you think that you are good a tennis, you should practice with the men’s team! Today I should have been practicing at lunch, but my friend was unable to attend, so instead it was practicing with TTK’s men’s team. At first it was rock hard courts with no trace of clay, and so the wonderful Dunlop Pro Sport balls, the balls also had some colour of brown which did not help my vision either. I was simply late in my ball striking at all time within an hour of practise. Most of the time I collected balls to the others instead of playing!

Luckily I had a very good practice on Saturday. I played with Marcus Vidgren and after a long warm-up we played a match tiebreak. I played very well and were leading 8-3, when it hit me …. I am a Federer! …. and so it was 8-9 and finished 12-14, but I played very well, hope I can do it on Saturday when we have our next league game against SpÃ¥nga.

Vamos!

See you on court!

Royal Tennishall

It can be heard that there is something special by the name the Royal Tennis Hall. What a place! Stunning surroundings, pool, gym and squash and then tennis courts

Yesterday, I played with Morten and had lunch with, in my opinion, Swedens best/nicest tennisveteran HÃ¥kan Svensson.

Last year I helped organize a charity event at Villa Pauli. One of the parts on the evening was tennis. This year I am also involved in organizing but will not play. Here you can see last year’s final. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LigU7vMdDBY
Would you like to learn more about Barnhemmet click here. www.barnhemmet.se

Matchday

Today it’s time for the match against Uppsala. In advance, it is mission impossible. I have found out their team and I know our team, but miracle has happened!

Uppsala

Magnus Zeile

Magnus Fjällström

HB Nordström

TTK

Pehr Dunger

Johan Kasteskog

Jonas Jacobsson

Despite tremendous good preparation such as, made ​​coffee, fixed sandwiches, bought bananas, retrieved balls, retrieved racket, we were badly beating! There was a storm during the game, which I thought would benefit me but it did not.

I played against Magnus Zeile and I played a very good first game where I had eight break balls, but did not win. The game after I was Federer and made two double faults directly, and so it was 0-3. I’ve decided that I should go for my first serves this year but you can not when there is a storm.

I made a good game but had no chance.

Me and Johan then played doubles. We played very well and managed to win four games. I held my serve three times and we broke them one game.
Uppsala won the match 4-0.

Uppsala showed some very nice behavior, and we wish them well in the series!

Just to continue on!

Time for league game

On Saturday it is time for the first league match against Uppsala. Thinking of wearing this outfit http://vimeo.com/20859799

In recent days I have been practising at the Royal Tennis Hall and at Haga Park. (Within the park is Haga Palace, King Gustav III’s Pavilion, the Chinese Pavilion, the Echo Temple, an older castle ruin (which is not really a ruin as it is the remains of a castle never finished) and several other interesting buildings on the grounds (as the peculiar Copper Tents and also the Butterfly House). Included in the Haga Park is also the Royal Burial Ground of the Swedish Royal family (since 1922), where several members and ancestors of the present Swedish royal Bernadotte family rest.)

At Haga Pelle Larsson was on the court and showed how the game should be played.

I believe I can fly!

Tennis all week!

I usually play tennis Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. One or two hours per session. Besides that I work with my sons, one or two hours per week. So there will be a lot of tennis every week! Wondering what I would do if I did not play tennis?

Today I played one hour with my friend Robin then I played 30 minutes with my sons. Got an email tonight with a picture from when we were in Mallorca. Looking professional anyway

See you on the court!

Vamos Rafa!

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