wet

I played a tournament yesterday. I am a spin-oriented player. I open up mostly by FH loop. Earlier on the day things went as expected. The stadium was packed, people sweat more and more later in the day. I was playing a guy who served either no spin or side spin from his BH. I lost quite a few...

Until now i always thought that in though matches my ability to do short and spiny serves deteriorates because i get agitated. However this happened a lot even in longer training sessions. I think its because my rubber gets wet ... i can even slide the ball across the surface of my rubber...