Playing The Semi Pro Tennis Tour in Australia

There are few words to describe my first tournament here in Australia. I keep getting stuck on the same one: crap, crap, crap.


I entered a white tournament, the easy of the eases. Me and Tara Goedjen decided to take our chances against the local Syndey juniors.

Here were the rumors before we played the tourney:

All the juniors are snobs-
The level of play is really hit and miss (either its awesome or its crap)
People may cheat??

Well, I am here to put a stop to those rumors.

All the juniors were not snobs. I met at least two girls under the age of 17 who didn't throw their racquets, roll their eyes, or yell out the score while you were serving. Those ones relied on their parents to be snobs for them.

The level of play was never awesome. The tournament director did a great job of pairing all the best players with the crappies...and no one likes to see 14 year olds beating up on the college aged + (which was how it was over on my court...)

Last, I can't refute the cheating part. The most talented juniors did everything in their power to cheat their way to victory. . .

...which is actually pretty amazing since us newbies to the tour were working plenty hard to lose the game on our own.

All in all, the white tournaments in Australia are an easy way to pick up points to get on the pro tour. However, it is in your best interest to play at least two matches in the year prior to entering (note to self).