My embarrassing mixed doubles loss....

...last night doesn't seem so bad now, tempered by the knowledge that one of the girls we were playing against is the UK No 4 in the under 12s. And the woman in the other pair (about 20 years old) has played for the Bulgarian National team.
Suddenly I'm quite proud of my winner down the line past her on the first point of the match.

And the guys normally play about 3 divisions above me anyway.

On a good day, I might have held my own against the 12 year old.

No shame there.

You can always take comfort from the double-bagel drubbing suffered by a certain R. Federer at the hands of a 13 year old.
(and presumably your own score wasn't as bad as that ..........)

lags72 wrote:(and presumably your own score wasn't as bad as that ..........)

err....not in the first rubber

I feel your pain...
I've played against a number of whizz kids in my time at singles and had to hide my blushes afterwards, and I played county level too. When they've got it, they've got it...

You didnt say Bulgarian national team for what sport...lol

I sense some inexperience in the OP conduct.

First of all: what his the point of playing mixed double with underaged girls if you know that it's not possible to shower together afterwards?

Furthermore: if you really have to, there was an easy to apply, irrefutable strategy for gaining the upper hand: you just needed to dress up exactly like Nadal and copy all of his postures and gestures, bottles aligned included. By doing so, you would have her in such awe over you she couldn't play.

Weird, weird post.

I think you may need another type of forum entirely ......

Some of the best players I might club were about 15. One of them I knew I was going to lose from the first 3 shots in the warm up, and they weren't even agressive.

I played and beat the junior champion of Sudan once, a five set thriller.

He wasn't a junior any more, but a player is a player.

I played him again a week later and flush with confidence I pushed harder........ and got crushed.