The CURTC US Tour 2005 saw four Cambridge students (Burak
Salgin, Simon Fox, Matthew Richardson and Stuart Murray) as
well as our junior professional, Scott Blaber, spend an extremely
busy two weeks touring the Real Tennis Clubs in the USA. The
photos to the right give a flavour, but for the rest of this
story, click here.
Cambridge 1 played back to back matches on November 30th
and December 1st. The first, away to Petworth, began with
Neil Roxburgh facing Tom Durack, the assistant pro, giving
away 4 handicap points on a court that he had never played
on before; a tough prospect given that the Petworth court
is very different from the Cambridge Blue Court, being much
more severe, with a flagged floor and a wider dedans to defend.
A few days previously Cambridge 2 (a bit of a misnomer as
in the absence of the injured Woodman they were represented
by Rod McNaughtan and his assistant Gareth Rees) had come
away with one point, a consequence of Petworth conceding the
doubles.
Neil acquitted himself well in the first set coming back
from 1-4 down to 4-5 but was unable to prevent Tom from taking
it 6-4. The second set was, unfortunately, one sided and went
to Petworth 6-0.
Rob Fahey, fresh from winning the British Open singles and
doubles ( with Ruaraidh Gunn) without the loss of a set was
in devastating form. Having disposed of two of the main contenders
for the World Championship, Steve Virgona for the loss of
only 6 games in 3 sets, and Ruaraidh for the loss of 9 he
now took on Nick Wood, yet another contender, who, to be fair,
was not a hundred percent fit. Rob had no problem adjusting
from the very different Queen’s court, which, in his
own words, produces ridiculous rallies for the enjoyment of
some of the spectators. Here he got full value for his shots
and although Nick fought hard, saving 4 advantage points in
the fifth game before Rob produced an unreturnable serve,
the first set was soon over, Rob rubbing it in with a neat
half volley to the grille to take it 6-1. The second followed
a similar pattern and resulted in the same score.
The Cambridge 1 doubles pair are now combining well, and
although Neil felt that he did not contribute much he was
too hard on himself as he produced some sharp volleys at important
moments, enabling Cambridge to run out easy winners 8-2.
The following evening at Cambridge against Cambridge 2 Neil
faced Rod McNaughtan, this time giving away 11 handicap points.
The match was slow to get going, with neither player dominating
and quite a few errors on both sides, before Rod finally took
it 6-4. The second set was level-pegging to 3-3, 4-4, and
5-5, and then Neil produced a neat grille in the decider to
level the match. Unfortunately, the effort appeared to have
taken too much out of him as he succumbed 6-0 in the third.
David Woodman, more or
less restored to fitness, was looking forward to playing the
World Champion but quickly found himself 0-3 down. In the
next game he saved three advantage points before winning it
with a fine force to the dedans and continued in fine vein
to reach 3-3. However, that was enough for Rob, who quickly
reasserted himself and took the set 6-3. He totally dominated
the second set winning it 6-1. It was nearly 6-0 when the
marker awarded the penultimate game to Rob who himself graciously
corrected the error. A cynic might say he could well afford
to!
The ensuing doubles saw some exciting rests but Cambridge
1 were always on top. Leading 5-1, Rob hit two Woodman serves
direct into the dedans, with a third forced service return
producing an error. It must be soul-destroying serving to
Rob in this form as his reply is either his classic volleyed
return to the forehand corner or, given a little space to
work with off the back wall, a force to the dedans either
direct or via the main wall. Cambridge 1 ran out easy winners
8-1 which is just as well since RTC, reinforced by the return
of Spike Willcocks, have just been down to Seacourt and achieved
a clean sweep, winning the doubles by the same score of 8-1.
The Club has just hosted these tournaments, in which around
40 ladies took part, and our ladies, in particular, performed
very successfully, with Gill Houston winning the Division
1 Singles trophy, beating a very talented 16-year old with
a handicap in the low 30's, and Helen-Frances Pilkington,
our student Ladies' Captain, winning the Div. 2 group, in
which she beat the 16-year old's mother. And in a tight match
in the Div 2 Doubles, Charlotte Pawlyn and her partner beat
Helen-Frances and her partner.
The tournament ran over four days, and thanks go to the
pros, who, with the help of Simon Stokes, coped with the intensive
marking, and to the club members who produced food throughout
the tournament, and particularly to those who were able to
provide accommodation for some of the players.
This is the first occasion in the history of the national
league that one club has fielded two teams in the top division,
a testament to the depth in quality of the players at Cambridge
and to the success of those who so generously support the
club. For CURTC 2 this is their first outing on the home court
and Rod McNaughtan, the Senior Pro at Burroughs, will be looking
to overcome any unfamiliarity with the court and deal with
the power game of Cambridge University captain, Neil Roxburgh.
Second up will be the number one strings, World champion Rob
Fahey, versus World no. 10, David Woodman. Woodman, a born
and bred Cambridge player, has been injured for a month and
will be looking to mark his return to the game with a good
showing against the extremely skilful Fahey, recent winner
of one of the most important tournaments of the year, the
British Open.
The two singles matches will be followed by a quick-fire doubles
match, the winner being the first to reach 8 games - it will
be exciting indeed to see if the the second team can snatch
a win from the number one side.
This is an occasion not to be missed.
Seats in dedans £20
Standing in the galleries £5
Please contact Kees by
or phone to book your place .
Due to condensation on the Blue Court the whole match took
place on the Green where the large crowd was more than compensated
for the lack of comfort by an outstanding exhibition of tennis.
Neil Roxburgh faced Ben Ronaldson, a tough proposition, since
he was giving away nine points 9 on handicap, but he began
confidently and, after some rapid exchanges to 2-2, took the
next game on his first advantage point and the following one
to 15 finishing with a well selected soft shot to the forehand
corner of the hazard end. Ben immediately fought back to 4-4
and although he was led 40-0 in the next, he recovered well
and won the game with a main wall dedans, one of his signature
shots. Neil, unshaken, levelled with the help of another well
directed shot to the forehand corner of the hazard end, and
in the decider, at advantage Cambridge, and chase 5 and 6,
found the hazard galleries to take the first set.
In the second set RTC countered quickly to take a 3-0 lead
and although Neil continued to play some fine shots, memorably
a backhand volley to the grille in an attempted main wall
dedans from Ben returned with interest under the grille, he
was behind 3-4 and in the next Ben served direct into the
winning gallery to lead 5-3. Neil, 0-40 down in the next got
back to 30-40 but could not prevent Ben from taking the set
6-3.
The deciding set began with a long first game, Neil saving
two advantage points before finally taking it to a good shot
to the tambour. From there the score advanced quickly to 4-4.
Then in a longish deuce game Neil saved another advantage
point before winning it with another soft shot to he fore
hand corner to the hazard end, with Ben out of position. RTC
quickly levelled at 5-5 and led 40-15 in the decider before
Neil got back to deuce and help two match points before Ben,
on his first advantage point finished with one of his trade
mark mail wall dedans to win the match 5-6, 6-3, 6-6.
So near and yet so far for Neil bit it was undoubtedly his
best match up till now and holds out great hope for the future.
Rob Fahey then renewed acquaintance with Camden Riviere,
the American prodigy whom he had defeated without the loss
of a game in the semi-final of the French Open the previous
week. Rob ran quickly to 4-0 before Camden at advantage RTC,
found the grille and made an ironic gesture indicating that
it was possible for him to a take game off the World Champion.
He won two more to reach 2-5 and led 40-love in the next before
Rob dug in and, on his third advantage point took the set
6-3.
In the second set Rob led 3-1 and when he took a love game
to go ahead 4-3 he looked secure but Camden retaliated by
winning the next two to love and 15 respectively to edge ahead
5-4. Rob hit two powerful forces to the dedans to level at
5-5 ( he had hit 7 in the first set, though unusually for
him, only one grille). In the decider Camden held his nerve
admirably and needed only one advantage point to take the
set 6-5. Suddenly we had a match on our hands.
The court was now beginning to sweat a little and although
Rob would be the last to admit it with the prospect of defending
his British Open title next week he was perhaps a touch hesitant
and at times slightly out of position. He made one or two
errors and, if his famous return of serve was less than perfect,
Camden would return it with interest. Any ball a mere two
inches off the floor was played beautifully to all corners
of the court and his movement was completely uninhibited –
perhaps at his age an injury just prior to the British Open
would have been less of a disaster. At any event he suddenly
found himself 4-1 ahead with the prospect of a sensational
upset. However, any doubters amongst the Cambridge spectators
should have known that Rob is not World Champion for nothing.
Relying largely on a forcing game he reached 3-4 and, at last
finding the grille in each of the next two games, and with
the accuracy of his service returns to Camden’s back
hand improving, he went ahead 5-4. Camden, to his great credit,
reached advantage point in the next and it required four advantage
points to Rob before he clinched it with his second grille
in a game of 21 rests to win 6-3, 5-6, 6-4. Their next encounter
should be interesting.
With the score 1-1 Rob would say “here we go again”;
but strangely all the tension seemed to have been used up
in the singles. The Cambridge pair are combining increasing
well and went straight to 4-love, Neil showing off in the
third game with a neat half volley to the winning gallery.
Camden, understandably, was showing some reaction after his
efforts in the singles and produced a few errors but Ben played
well to steady the ship and enable RTC to reach 4-5. Nevertheless,
Cambridge always looked in command, and fairly quickly ran
through the next 4 games, Neil finding a second winning galley
to win the last game to love for 8-4 and the match 2-1
As someone said after the match it would cost a hundred pounds
to see a match of such quality at other sports but let’s
not put any ideas into Kees’ head
Cambridge achieve clean sweep in first home match v Seacourt
Neil Roxburgh began the proceedings against Adam Player the
Junior Professional at Seacourt. The match began fairly quietly
with Neil edging to a 2-1 lead but, failing to convert two
advantage points in the next, he found himself caught at 2-2.
Undeterred, he ran through the following 3 games fairly quickly
to lead 5-2, but Adam came back strongly, winning 2 longish
deuce games and the next to love in four rests for 5-5. It
may be that Adam was becoming accustomed to the unfamiliar
court (Rob Fahey, watching from the gallery had a different
explanation) but, in any case Neil coped admirably with the
mini-crisis and, with the help of a winning gallery at 30-0,
won the next game to love to take the first set.
Growing in confidence Neil went quickly to 3-0 in the second
set and withstood a strong counterattack to win the fourth
game on his third advantage point and the fifth on his second,
to reach 5-0. Adam gained some respectability by winning the
next two before Neil, looking very determined fought off two
advantage points in the following game and converted the first
of his own to win the match 6-5, 6-2.
The court was now beginning to suffer from condensation so
the ensuing match between Rob Fahey and Dan Jones, the Head
Seacourt Professional was switched to the Green Court –
shades of last season when Rob demolished Chris Bray in his
first ever match on it. Dan Jones is a fine player, ranked
8 in the world, but he was unable to withstand the initial
onslaught launched by Rob. Only 2 of the first 5 gamer reached
deuce and both went to Cambridge on the first advantage point,
so that they quickly took the first set 6-1. The extent of
Rob Fahey’s dominance was illustrated by the five clean
grilles that he hit during it.
Although not reflected by the score the second set was much
more evenly contested. five of the fist seven games went to
deuce with the spectators seeing some exciting rests, including
a demonstration of the backhand force to the dedans by Rob
who won 4 out of 5 before Dan hit two grilles of his own to
get to 2-5. That, however, was as far as he could go. Rob
started the next with a force to the dedans and then, having
just missed with a main wall boast hit his next shot straight
to the dedans for 40-15 and very quickly it was game set and
match to Cambridge 6-1, 6-2. It almost seemed as though in
1863 when the court was built someone with great prescience
foresaw the arrival of Rob Fahey and produced a court which
would enable him to show to the full his immense talent, to
the delight of all who were privileged to watch.
In the doubles Cambridge were slow out of the blocks, and
with Rob Fahey at times a little off target quickly found
them selves 0-3 down. With Neil serving to Adam Cambridge
at last got on the scoreboard in a long deuce game, Rob finding
the grille to finish it, but they were led 2-5 and then 4-6
before levelling at 6-6 thanks to a clinching winning gallery
by Rob. Seacourt, however, would not lie down and look the
following game with a fine force to the dedans by Dan after
Cambridge had held 2 advantage points. In the next game Neil,
who had been hitting some excellent volleys from the service
end to the feet of his opponents produced a fine backhand
volley to get to 7-7. He found another in the deciding game,
and with Rob hitting the winning gallery to reach 40-30 Cambridge
prevailed after a long and spectacular final rest –
a bit of a Lester Piggott performance but a valuable 2 points
non the less.
The next home match is on 10th November, Rob squeezing it
in between the French Open and the defence of his title in
the British. Nobody should miss this vital match against the
league leaders RTC.
Cambridge 2 began their season at Hampton Court following
in the footsteps of Cambridge 1, though on this occasion RTC
fielded Ben Ronaldson who replaced the unavailable Spike Willcocks.
Ben started well against Rod McNaughtan, finding the range
with his main wall dedans and led 4-2, with 3 of the 6 games
going to deuce, and then 5-2. Rod won a long deuce game to
get to 3-5, but could not prevent Ben from taking the next
to 15 for the first set. The second set was evenly contested
to 3-3 and then a long and exciting 7th game ended with Rod
dropping his racket to go 3-4 down. Undeterred, he fought
back well for 4-4, took the next courtesy of a grille and
two excellent shots to the grille corner and the following
game to 15 to level the match.
A long first game in the final set went eventually to Ben
at which point Rod appeared to run out of steam ad quickly
found himself 0-5 down. Although he salvaged one game he could
pt prevent Ben taking the set 6-1 to put RTC 1-0 ahead.
David Woodman then took on Camden Rivieve who had looked
so impressive against Neil Roxburgh. Camden has improved from
8 handicap to plus 3 in a matter of 8 months which equals
David’s exploits of last season, so there were prospects
for a fine match.
The first set was level at 3-3, with a high standard of play,
before Camden edged ahead to 4-3. David immediately levelled
at 4-4, clinching the game with a backhand volley to the grille
(he has learned something from playing with Rob Fahey). Camden
led 5-4 but David took the next with the help of a boasted
grille and a winning gallery and then in the deciding game
became inspired, hitting 3 main wall dedans and finally defending
a chase of 3 yards successfully to take the set.
When David dispatched an uncharacteristically weak service
to the dedans to lead 4-2 in the second set things looked
bright for Cambridge but then inexplicably, he proceeded to
lose 9 of the next 10 games, only 2 of which went as far a
deuce. Admittedly, David is inclined to play in streaks, good
and bad, and his game does not allow for much margin for error
but it was none the less disappointing. However, David did
not lie down and fought back strongly to reach 4-5 but Camden,
cool under pressure, continued his fine all round game and
closed out the set 6-4 and the match 2 sets to1.
Cambridge had high hopes for the doubles since David and
Rod had played together all last season to take the division
1 title, and David had recently had recently excelled at Fontainebleau
with Neil Roxburgh, but it was not to be. Both Cambridge players
seemed a little wilted and although they were level at 3-3
their attempts to finish the rests quickly resulted in much
over hitting and a composed RTC pair ran out winners by 8-4.
The season got under way at Hampton
Court Palace with the home side entertaining the holders,
Cambridge, who are fortunate enough to retain the services
of the World Champion, Rob
Fahey.
The first match featured the new Cambridge 2nd string, Neil
Roxburgh, the current University captain, in an awesome baptism
of fire against Camden Riviere, an eighteen year old from
America, recently arrived at the RTC with a plus three handicap.
Camden is extremely fast about the court, times the ball
beautifully and is prepared to rally for as long as it takes
until he sees his opportunity. He also possesses a very powerful
force for someone of such slight build, so that Neil; was
really up against it. He was able to win quite a number of
points, but to string four together to win a game was a Herculean
task. He managed to reach deuce in the final game of the first
set but was denied by Camden on his first advantage point.
The second set followed a very similar pattern with the final
game going to deuce but, unfortunately for Cambridge, with
the same result as before – first blood to RTC. 6-0,
6-0 may sound a crushing defeat but the Cambridge coach was
remarkably upbeat, saying that he had spotted plenty to work
on and remaining optimistic for the matches ahead.
The second singles match was between Spike Willcocks and
Rob Fahey, a repeat of last season’s final, when Spike
was representing Oxford and which ended 6-5, 6-5 in favour
of Fahey. Spike now has less time for tennis than in his halcyon
days at University but he remains a stylish and accomplished
player, whereas Rob had recently had to retire in the final
of the Pro Singles at the Oratory with a back injury, when
within six points of victory, so that a question mark remained
over his fitness.
This was certainly not in evidence as he raced to a 3-0 lead
before Spike got a game back with a force to the dedans at
40-15. Rob immediately retaliated with a game to love which
he finished off by beating a chase of worse than a yard on
the floor. He quickly went to 5-1 before Spike dug in, reached
deuce in the next and held advantage before Rob countered
and, on his second advantage point laid a chase of a yard
which proved too good and gave the first set to Cambridge
6-1.
In the second set Spike established a 2-0 lead before Rob
took the next 4 games. Spike got back to 3-4 and very nearly
levelled, holding an advantage point in the following game,
which went eventually to Rob for 5-3 to him. Spike then won
a game to 15 but Rob, in true champions style, took the next
to love, finishing it off with a force to the dedans to level
the match.
All now depended on the doubles, a situation very familiar
to Rob Fahey and the Cambridge supporters but not, of course,
to Neil Roxburgh. RTC led 2-0 and 3-1 before Cambridge got
to 2-3 with Rob serving to Spike. Cambridge badly needed to
win a game with Neil serving to Camden and this, to his great
credit, he achieved, gaining in confidence and beginning to
hit some effective volleys, to level at 3-3. The next games
were long ones, with advantage points to both sides. Cambridge
edged both of them to lead 5-3, only for RTC to take the next
2 to 15 for 5-5. Cambridge led 6-5 and held an advantage point
in the next but RTC remained rock steady in what was a critical
game, to make it 6-6. The next game was almost an anticlimax
after the preceding excitement. Spike served, and with the
help of a service which found the nick and two uncharacteristic
service return errors from Rob, quickly won the game to love
and, thus encouraged, the next to 15 for 8-6 and victory by
2 matches to 1.
The world doubles championships was held in Fontainebleau
in France this year. Rather sadly, many of the top players
such as Nick Wood, Mike Gooding, Ruraidh Gunn and Tim Chisholm
were missing from the event. Despite this, the draw indicated
that the semi-final stage of the event would include many
players of a high calibre and handicap. In the top half the
defending champions Rob Fahey and Steve Virgona were due to
meet rising star and plus 2 handicap Camden Riviere and his
partner Ricardo Smith, while in the bottom half the number
two seeds, the highly experienced Adam Phillips and Andrew
Lyons, were due to meet the Cambridge amateur duo of Neil
Roxburgh and David Woodman. In both cases, it was an exciting
prospect of youth versus experience.
The initial rounds went according to handicap and seeding
and the semi-finals took place on Thursday the 22nd September.
First on court was the lethal combination of right-handed
world champion Rob Fahey, partnered by left-handed protagonist,
Steve Virgona. This partnership had won the title two years
ago and , despite some determined hitting by Camden and Ricardo,
the two Australians came through the match comfortably, three
sets to love.
The next semi-final on court was Adam Phillips and Andrew
Lyons, who had had a great deal of experience of doubles finals
in British Opens and the like, against Neil Roxburgh and David
Woodman, who were playing together for the first time and
were giving away quite a large amount in terms of handicap.
Indeed, the seeding for the event suggested that this was
a match too far for the Cambridge students. The first set
seemed to suggest that this was indeed true; despite some
patient exchanges and probing rallies, Neil and David lost
it 6-2, having felt that they had played not too badly at
all. This called for a bit of a change in tactics. The Fontainebleau
court really is quite different from any other court in the
world. It is both wider and longer, with a huge dedans and
is very bouncy and lively. This makes it very easy to get
into a rhythm of feeling comfortable at the hazard end, hitting
for the dedans. Neil and David realised that this had been
their problem and began the second set by taking every chase
and hitting plenty of galleries so that they could win the
serve back. They then dominated the serving end and were patient
during some very long rallies, the result of which was a set
in their favour, 6-2. At one set all, Neil and David asserted
themselves again and won the third 6-3. At 2-0 up in the fourth
Adam and Andrew were noticeably dishevelled and were genuinely
unsure of what tactics to adopt. However, their experience
shone through and they won four games in a row to go 4-2 up
in the fourth set, quite something after having been down
for so long. Just when it looked like the number two seeds
were about to level the match, the Cambridge students again
pushed hard, the thinking being that even if they were to
lose the fourth set, at least they would make their opponents
work hard for it and perhaps therefore to install some doubt
in their minds should a fifth set come around. When Neil and
David levelled at 4-4, it became apparent that they could
win it at this stage, even more so when they went 5-4 up.
At 5-4, a thrilling game ensued. Neil and David were stuck
at the hazard end and, after forcing two for the dedans, they
went 30-0 up. Adam and Andrew rallied yet again, to level
at 30-all and, with two chases of the first gallery, the two
pairs swapped ends. Neil served to Andrew and David was expecting
to have to cover several options at the back of the court
whilst defending against such a weak chase. But Adam had instructed
Andrew to force it at the less-experienced Neil at the net,
to try to create an error. Far from an error, Neil volleyed
the ball back straight with power and precision under the
winning gallery to win the point outright, 40-30, match ball.
Neil then stepped up to serve and David again expected to
have to guard the whole court as the chase was again the first
gallery. This time Neil served a perfect railroad which landed
in the nick and won the point outright. The Cambridge amateurs
had won and were thrilled to reach the world championship
final.
The final was played on a best of nine set format, the first
four sets being played on the Saturday and however many were
needed to finish the match played on the Sunday. With packed
galleries, the two Cambridge students were a little over-awed
by the prospect of trying to topple the formidable Aussie
duo and started rather slowly, losing the first set 6-1. The
second set was a closer fought 6-3 but it was really quite
astonishing to see the variety and quality of shots of the
Australians. No matter where the ball was hit or how hard,
they always had an answer. Rob Fahey was struggling with a
back injury but it didn't hinder him in the slightest. Standing
at the net he hit some quite extraordinary volleys, often
straight down the line and into the winning gallery - quite
unplayable. At one point the ball bounced at about second
gallery on the server's side and Rob boasted it back off the
main wall and straight into the winning gallery, a quite exceptional
shot and totally intentional. This pattern continued and the
students were thankful to get games, losing the next two sets
6-2, 6-3. It had been an intense day's tennis and it was difficult
for the amateurs to see how they could improve upon their
tactical approach.
After a restorative dinner, the two pairs returned on Sunday
to play out the remainder of the match. Neil and David were
much more relaxed and consequently were playing much better
tennis than they had done on the previous day and at one point
the set stood at 4-3, much closer than the match had been
so far. But the world champions asserted themselves again
and, after countless winners ran out the set 6-3.
Despite the disappointment of not having pinched a set,
Neil and David were comforted in the knowledge that last year's
finalists, the much more experienced Tim Chisholm and Josh
Bainton had not managed a better scoreline. Indeed, the Cambrudge
students were praised by the organiser, Olivier Michel, for
being amateurs and reaching the final. It had been a very
exciting week and one which bodes very well for the prospects
of both the Cambridge premier league teams this year.
We are about to start a very exciting season, not only will
we be defending our 2005 Premier League title but we will
be fielding 2 Premier League teams. We have retained the services
of the World Champion, Rob Fahey, and as David Woodman, our
home grown star, has progressed so well we are positioning
him as a number one player in our number 2 premier league
team.
Cambridge 1: Rob Fahey (World Champion) and Neil Roxburgh
(C.U.R.T.C Captain, Darwin)
Cambridge 2: David Woodman (+3, Trinity) and Rod McNaughtan
( +1, Professional at the Burroughs Club)
There will be eight matches over the season, the dates of
the first three are below. The upstairs Sponsors room will
be reserved for sponsors and their guests
Prices:
Season Ticket for all 8 home matches
Dedans Seated - £90
Dedans standing - £75
Side galleries - £50
This year we have the benefit of the sponsorship of Alex
Riley Wines. Alex will be providing a small selection of his
wine for you, at £1 per glass.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
27/10/2005 18:00 Cambridge Cambridge 1 v Seacourt 1
10/11/2005 18:00 Cambridge Cambridge 1 v RTC 1
01/12/2005 18:00 Cambridge Cambridge 2 v Cambridge 1
Do reply soon to book your place as we are anticipating
very good attendences again this season.
Real Tennis was shown on the 20th of September's
episode of the kids programme Byker Grove on BBC1. Sadly it
had to carry the brunt of a posh-school-v-byker-grove storyline,
but at least some kids might actually have seen real tennis
in action with kids on the court. Favourite quote from episode
:
'You call tell a game's posh if it has its own penthouse'
A video (2.5Mb,
average quality) is available of the final game of the
pre-season warmup between David Woodman and Roman Krznaric.
A shorter video (270Kb, average
quality or 3.1Mb, higher
quality) is available showing Roman playing David's return
of serve straight onto the Winning Grille.
