Oh sorry I haven't updated you guys on the tour. It's a pretty long story... Haha.
Here it goes.
First of all, I'd like to thank you all for your support.
Second, to those asking if I'm part of the national team. No. I am not part of our country's national team. Hehe. Just a university player.
Third, we have no sponsors for the accommodation nor for the registration fee except the ample money given by the university.
Fourth, this was the biggest gamble I took because I completely changed my setup just 5 days before the tour. Haha. I will not repeat that again! 😄
So here's my experience..
I am originally entried into under 21 category. I travelled a day before the competition. On the day of competition I did not know, even my coach, about the process. I thought the umpire would announce through speaker the players that will play in a certain table. Then one Filipino coach approached us and said my game will be in the afternoon. So what I did the whole morning was to practice, not knowing that I have entried for both under 21 and open singles AND I have matches in the morning! The schedule that the Filipino coach gave us was for my open singles entry!
So I was defaulted for 2 games in the under 21 category because I did not appear. That's because I thought my games would be in the afternoon.
After meeting with some of the ITTF officials, I was very nervous, I explained to them what happened. They understood it and just reminded me to watch the schedules carefully.
What I did was to just participate in the men's open singles because I already have 2 losses in the under 21 category.
In the open singles qualifying round, I first encountered Japan's Sambei and lost. I already expected this. Haha.
In the supposed second game, now against Indonesia, my opponent did not appear so I was declared winner and he was defaulted.
Since I have 1-1. I entered into the main draw or the top 32. I then faced Belgium.
Prior to the match, I hit the backhand rubber(which is Stiga boost tx) at the edge of the table and there appeared a "cut" when I was training.
Worried that my racket would not pass the racket control because the surface is now uneven, I borrowed my coach's racket which is totally different because they both have tensor rubbers whereas I use H3 and boost tx.
Here I failed miserably in the match. Due to the pressure and worrying on my racket, I was so tensed that most of the points my opponent gathered was from my service errors! It really is one of the worst performance of my table tennis career.
But! The experience is really unique. I understood and "felt" the type and strength of spins and play of foreign players.
Experience and connection are really my goals in the event. But next time would be winning.
Sorry for the long post.
Hehe. 😊
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