Season #24 Episode#:37 Your Tennis Stories told on the Atlanta Tennis Podcast

Welcome to an insightful episode of Atlanta Tennis Podcast, powered by GoTennis. We share the stories and experiences of any tennis enthusiast, believing in their power to provide valuable guidelines for others. Today’s episode features Melissa’s heartbreaking City Final experience with some very strong lesions to be learnt.

Our Guest

Melissa is a tennis player who has played in a City Final match. She is also one of our regular listeners who has kindly shared one of her bittersweet memories of a Tennis final.

What Awaits You

The Match

Melissa recalls pairing up with Mike for a City Finale Doubles tennis match. She continued that even after  losing the challenging first set,  they made a comeback and tied 5-5. But unfortunately failed to register the score in the scorecard.  And after premature and faulty celebration by their opponent, ended their final journey.

The Aftermath

She reveals that she was sure that the match was not over, but her opponent, alone with her partner, had left the court. Unfortunately, They had never entered another City Finale and Mike had also passed away. Now Melissa wants to win at least one city finale to honor her partner.

The Takeaways

This heartbreaking story has more than a few lessons to be offered. These are-

• Avoid Miscommunication: Maintain concise and clear communication with your partner and opponents to avoid crucial mistakes. 
• Settling Disputes: If there is a dispute regarding score keeping in a match, it must be resolved before leaving the court- either with official intervention or with mutual understanding. 
• Stay Focus and Keep Presence of Mind : While celebrating small moments can be important, one must always stay focused on the field, particularly when the match is going on. Involve an official if needed. Definitely keep your head cool.

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This month, our featured story comes from Melissa.

It's a heartbreaker with a lesson to be learned.

Have a listen and let us know what you think.

After many years, my nowadays is tennis partner Mike and I made it to the City Finals.

It was a cold winter day in the mid-30s.

As Mike and I approached the tennis court, we could see our opponents, and we were pleasantly

surprised because we had actually beaten them before.

So we were very excited to play them again.

We barely lost the first set, and we were down in the second set.

But we got our game on.

I remember seeing Mike's fluffy white hair blowing in the wind, and I thought, "This

is a one-singular lifetime chance, so let's go for it."

We were down 5-4, and came back and tied the game 5-5.

I remember high-fiving Mike as I walk across the court, but we both fell to switch our

score.

He was our opponent, and he won his serve.

And the next day I knew our opponents were running across the court saying, "We won, we won!"

And my friend, my dear friend, Mike shook their hands, said, "Good job!"

And I'm like, "What?

What the heck?"

I said, "We tied them at 5-5, but they walked off the court.

I could hear my husband in the background through the blistering wind yelling, "No!"

He had watched the entire match in the cold, and he's an A player, and those A players are

very competitive, and he could see everything happening from afar.

Unfortunately, once you walk off the court, that's it.

Our opponents didn't just walk off.

They sprinted off.

My dear friend, Mike, and I never made it again to a city final.

But one day, I would love to make it again in honor of him.

He will be watching me from heaven, and I will change this court.

Thank you for watching.

Bye.

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