A victorious rematch...

Had an exhausting series of badminton matches at Choa Chu Kang stadium today,
with a colleague, Mr Peter Ng, and an ex-colleague, Lawrence.

The first match was me vs Lawrence, a close-fought 21-19 in favour of the latter.In a way, this was a grudge match, because I had beaten him easily the first time round.

Peter stepped up to the plate,defeating Lawrence in a surprisingly close 21-16.

I rose to the challenge and lost by a similar scoreline 17-21.

However, I was soon give a rematch with Lawrence as neither of us was able to displace Peter.

I won 22-20, after being behind one to five points throughout most of the match.

Finally, I was encouraged to go for the rubber set, the score being one match a piece till that point.

By this point, I was totally drenched and bathing in perspiration.
That set turned out to be as much of a ding-dong competition as anticipated, with scorelines tied all the way from 1-1 to 16 all. Then I varied my service, with some deception from a low serve winning about 4 points that proved somewhat crucial.

In the end, the score was 21-18, and I was delighted that my mental mettle had prevailed.