My partner, Erik Knak, and I had a very good day on the courts at PebbleCreek's recent pickleball tournament. We met some great friendly competition. The first team we played in the tournament played us very well and won third place. They beat us the first game and really made us work hard in games two and three. The score of games two and three were, 11-9, 11-9. The match really could have gone either way. We were all already exhausted and we had just played three games. We had 11 more games to go!
We were fortunate to make it to the gold metal match and this is where it really became interesting. We had beat this team 11-2, 11-3 in match play. We started off the metal match at 9-0. It looked like it was going to be a formality. It was not. They called a timeout and decided to play very soft. It was a very good strategy. We barely beat them in the first game of the match by just a couple points, though. They beat us the next two games rather easily. We had won earlier in the day, so we were tied at that point. We would have to play one more game to 15 and we were all tired! My partner and I decided to keep our same strategy and were fortunate to win 15-10.
I would say that the best part of the day, though, was that Erik and I have met four new friends. Pickleball is like that. Everyone competes very hard, but we all become friends at the end of the day. We all had a beer together and most of us exchanged phone numbers. We can't wait to get back out on the court together again!
BTW-I need to get a pair of those cool pickleball shorts!
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