Season 2026 · U12 · Belgrade
Maxim's Journal
Tennis, piano, Lego and the odd ninja star — written every week by a twelve-year-old in Belgrade, edited by nobody.
Posts
Tournaments
Finals
First final of the season, and a tie-break I keep replaying
Two hours, 41 degrees on the court, and one second serve I will think about all week.
Quote
You don't lose to the other kid. You lose to the ball you didn't watch.
— Coach Dragan
2,300 pieces on a rest day
The box said six hours. It took eleven, and two of those were spent hunting one grey 1×2.
Match result
U12 Regional · Quarter-final
| Maxim P. | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| L. Anđelković | 3 | 6 | 5 |
2h 04m · clay · Belgrade
Chopin waltz, third attempt, one take
My teacher says the left hand is still in a hurry. She is right.
Interview
“Which shot would you never give up?”
Five questions from the club magazine, answered honestly. Including the one about losing.
Four countries, nine nights, one broken string
A photo diary from the winter swing — mostly hotel corridors and courts at 7am.
Photo · 22 Feb 2026 · Trophy shelf, one row fuller
Losing 6–0 6–1 and what I wrote down afterwards
Three pages of notes. Most of it about my feet.
Quote
Practice is boring right up until the day it isn't.
— Maxim, February
Support
Nine tournaments this year. Six need a plane ticket.
Every contribution goes to entry fees, strings and travel — nothing in between.
Back the season
The collection, catalogued at last
Eleven of them, laid out and labelled. Yes, they are blunt. Yes, my mother checked.