Mexico Future Series in Guadalajara in august didn’t go exactly as planned. I played quite terrible all week, struggling with exhaustion, stress, and some personal things. However in the doubles Victor and I were able to make our way into the semi finals. We didn’t’t play our best matches, but we managed to pull together some wins to get the bronze.
I started coaching Victor years ago in a little school gym in St Pierre. He could barely play, and a lot of the time I was in a boot cast healing from fractured ankle and then other leg issues. He is now graduated from high school and in University, and competing regularly at a national level. He was part of Team Manitoba that went to the recent Canada Games.
A few weeks ago after I played the Denmark Masters I met Victor in Peru for his first ever international tournament where we played doubles and reached the quarter finals and lost in a very close match. I got food poisoning in Peru which despite my best efforts still affected my performance.
From Peru we travelled to Guatemala. I made it to the quarter finals where I lost to the eventual finalist. In doubles we had some good wins to reach the semi finals where we lost a very close 3 game match to claim a bronze medal.