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Last Wednesday JP and I went to play badminton at the local community centre as usual. The turnout for that particular day was quite low, because there was fireworks going on that very night, so I suppose a lot of people went to see the fireworks instead of playing badminton. The low attendance meant that the people who were there had to play one game after another without much rest. Some people even signed up in advance for the next game while they are still on the court playing another game.
Anyways, JP and I started the night against a pretty seasoned mixed doubles pair. The male opponent wasn’t the fittest guy around, but he had the skills. The game started and JP and I basically tripped and fell on our faces. Soon we found ourselves down 1-8 a few minutes into the game, mostly because of error on our own part. Our opponents were no pushovers, but JP and I know that we should be able to beat them, so from then on we started to mount our comeback. We pulled to within 11-12. The opponents got the serve back but were only able to get one point, so they led 11-13. When we got back the serve we took control of the game, and after four straight points we complete our comeback victory 15-13. The next game we were up against the same opponents. Unfortunately for them, the first game have warmed us up and we blasted off into a 10-0 lead. After jumping to the big lead, JP and I decide to let up and bit so our opponents can save a bit of face. However, that way of thinking almost cost us as our opponent mounted their own comeback and closed to within 13-10, but they fell a bit short and fell to us 15-10.
After the first two games JP and I were clicking on all cylinders, and our next couple of opponents didn’t stand much of chance. We plowed through our next four games, winning one of the game with a 15-0 score. The final challenge came in our seventh and last game, where JP and I were faced with a young guy with decent skills and a wily veteran with great defense. The game started off pretty evenly matched, but soon JP found a weakness in the young guy’s back court strokes. We took advantage and drove our opponents deep into their own court, and then finished them off with an array of smashes, drop shots, and hard drives. Final score: 15-5.
So at the end of the session, JP and I were undefeated with a 7-0 record. Granted, we didn’t face some of the stronger pairs during the session, but winning seven games in a row is still nice, and it was also the first time I played seven 15-point games during one session.