[Q] Patrick Rooney (ENG) 3-0 Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (35m)
I think I held the ball well today.
I stopped his movement a lot, I made him work really hard. And that was the main thing really. And I didn’t shy away from being confident going to the front.
I knew I had to put him under a lot of pressure, even if not all the shots were working for me, I needed to keep having faith that it was working. And I felt it was going into his legs a little bit.
Also, the three days of match practice on this courts before he even turned up… I know these courts like the back on my hand now, I know the dust on the floor, how high the ceiling is, where the nicks are, where the tin is, mind you, I ALWAYS know where the tin is, and I know where the front wall is this time…
I’m playing Soliman, he usually beats me. I managed to beat him once when he was a bit off the pace. But when he is on it, he usually beats me. I have confidence from the 4 matches I won three nil, it will just be whether yes or no I can keep up physically with him. I got better physically, but tomorrow will be a good test to see where I am with the top boys.
