And yet again I lost to Jay C. This time quite bad 6-2, 6-0. But I didn't play very bad. Somehow he won 9 games in a row though. I wish I had it on tape... My first serve percentage was probably 65% which is extremely high for me. The much lighter racquet I think made a difference. Although I also wonder about how I've changed my serve. Leaning backwards like Becker, Sampras or say Thiem for example do. And then spinning into the court so that I can control the horizontal direction based mostly on how much I spin.

Also I did my new western forehand grip against him. But unlike the owner, he would hit it at my forehand on the serve, which it's a big ole looping swing. Could return serve well with it. After that I thought it was decent. But on the serve I think I want to return two handed.

My serve was really good but Jay C has an incredible ROS. Kept slicing it right at my feet. Never got any free points. And his serve was quite good. Very high first serve percentage. Hitting it to my forehand or out very wide to the backhand. Just far enough out that I couldn't quite catch it good.

He just played great. And actually the forehand needs work. Was pulling my head away early. And then a bit tentative with trying to make sure not to pull my head away. And again ROS issues. But we were both running all over the place. Lots of long points. Both serving great. Probably entertaining to watch. Game score just looked like a blow out.

This was with racquet (Prince Precision Equipe, 90's racquet 28 inch) strung at only 42 with NRG. Going to try tomorrow at 37 against a very easy opponent. Will be able to practice my ROS like Fabrice. And then switching to like Sock/Nadal beyond ROS. Got to keep my head down on that forehand.

Arm feels great.