Don’t understand why you didn’t serve SHORT (double bounce serve) to him - he was standing miles from the table ? Why no scoreboard ? They cost about £30 - can you all not chip in for one ? Your forehand topspin opener is good need to learn how to kill the ball - and also move him around more - a good match
He has antispin rubber one one side and returns short no-spin when served short. I can’t flick short balls, so I preferred serving long and looping the long returns. Most of the clubs we play at don’t have scoreboards, it’s only used at tournaments. I can understand the difficulty in making out scores in RU-vid videos, there weren’t many people recording games in these leagues, so we got by without scorecards.
