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The team I play for in the German club championships is Etuf Essen, in Essen, Germany (just north of Dusseldorf). The other three teams are TC Singen, TC 1899 Blau-Weiss, Berlin & TSV Altenfurt (the hosts, near Nuremberg).
We play four singles and two double matches in each tie. Today we won 5/1. I played #1 singles against Sabine Henn, Carole Debruin played on #2 singles against Petra Gratz (a very strong player), Luisa Gouveia on #3 against Sylvia Huber and Reinhilde Adams against Renate Kindlier. After singles, Luisa and I played Henn/Gratz and Carole/Karien Theeuwes Sylvia & Renate.
We were warmed up with the help of the balls on the photo below … It was pretty damp this morning and these balls had already been used a lot …
I won my Singles 63 60 … I was 3/1 and Sabine played very well and even hit some. From there I had to climb (ugly winning) and a few games from 0-40 and 15-40 eliminated to win the rest of the games in about 1:45 including warming.
In Dubbels we had a tough competition, 64 64 in two hours (including warming up). Many lobbs, a lot of scrambling through both of us.
Between Singles and Doubles, the guest club released a variety of German cakes (many were more like a shoemaker than a cake), who went well with the players.
We also had dinner tonight in the restaurant of the club, with Greek food. It was a nice dinner and the hosts were very nice and hospitable.
Tomorrow we play Singen, who beat Berlin 5/1 today. Berlin only had five players, one of whom was injured and one, Katrin Dippner, who retired at #1 singles to Sandra Hopfner … The Berlin team left the double matches. Hopfner is 61 and a very good player I think … WTN less than 19!
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