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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

Video · 4:12

Slow-motion serve: what my coach sees that I don’t

Match result

U12 Regional · Quarter-final

2h 04m · clay · Belgrade

Losing 6–0 6–1 and what I wrote down afterwards

Three pages of notes. Most of it about my feet.

New strings, new racket, same forehand

Nine grams heavier and I can feel every one of them.

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.

The Lego shelf has run out of shelf

Dad measured the wall. There is room for one more, maybe two.

Chopin waltz, third attempt, one take

My teacher says the left hand is still in a hurry. She is right.

Playing scales with tennis hands

After three hours of forehands my fingers do not want to be gentle.

The collection, catalogued at last

Eleven of them, laid out and labelled. Yes, they are blunt. Yes, my mother checked.

How to throw straight (not that I can yet)

Wrist stays locked. That is the whole secret, apparently.

Four countries, nine nights, one broken string

A photo diary from the winter swing — mostly hotel corridors and courts at 7am.

Nine hours in Vienna airport, one practice court

We found a wall to hit against. It counts.

Interview

“Which shot would you never give up?”

Five questions from the club magazine, answered honestly. Including the one about losing.

Photo · 22 Feb 2026 · Trophy shelf, one row fuller

Quote

Practice is boring right up until the day it isn't.

— Maxim, February

Six things I pack for every tournament

Two of them are bananas. One is a grip I have used since I was nine.

What I want from this season

Written in January so I cannot pretend later that I did not say it.