Fall from the Rankings...

Well, I am officially NOT the number one ranked player in Brett's World anymore. That honor goes to the Republican. We played on fine courts right near my workplace. I had never played this guy before. I could tell during the warmups that he was A LOT more skilled than I was. I was like, "OH SHIT!" His serves are awesome. While I did not serve ONE Ace... he served probably about four for the first set. He is a VERY aggressive net player. He could hustle too!

The funny thing was that as we played, the line score was not reflecting the vast differences in our skills. I bolted out to a 5-2 lead! UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE! Just one more game... that is all I had to win to win the first set. But the Republican stopped giving me "gifts". He played VERY TIGHT. He tied the score at 5-5 by winning three straight games. Damn him! Then the Republican took the lead! It was now 6-5! I was SUPER PISSED. NO WAY WAS I GOING DOWN LIKE THIS! So, I managed to win and tie the match up at 6-6. We were going for the tiebreaker. I was nervous, yet very excited. I jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Then I had a 4-2 lead. That was history. He ended up pulling away and winning 7-5 in the tiebreaker game.

I was stunned about the reversal of fortunes, but you know what? I had a FUN TIME. It was such a treat to play this guy. My adrenaline flowed the entire set. He was the best player that I have ever faced, and I met his challenge. Instead of finishing the match, we decided to leave after those 13 games. NEXT TIME I WANT REVENGE!!! I will play an entire match next time MOFO. BE READY! That time may come as soon as this weekend. I'll let you Brett fans know if I can climb back into the #1 spot.

New WTA Brett World Rankings:

1. The Republican
2. Brett
3. Evil Shrew
4. Bart
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99. Tom