Sri Lanka U18 ITF Grade 5 (week 2), Day 2

Monday 12th October 2015

After 10 straight days of training and competing we decided that we would have a rest day today so that Toby was fresh for the doubles tomorrow.

I got up early and hit the gym while Toby had a good lie-in and then we had breakfast around 9am. The the rest of the morning was spent sorting out some laundry and generally chilling out in the apartment.

Then at about 1.30pm we headed over to SSC to check the sign-in for doubles and was surprised to see that matches still hadn’t started over there due to rain this morning. At sign-in we were assured by Muffi, the referee this week, that Toby and Ondrej’s priority of 2A would be enough to get into the doubles draw but when I asked him if he was 100% sure he looked a bit sheepish!!

From there we headed over to SLTA to get some lunch and then jumped in a Tuk Tuk to go to Majestic City to watch ‘Everest’ at the Cinema. When we arrived we saw these guys putting up a new Samsung advertising board with very little safety equipment!!

When we got to the cinema my ticket was £2.80, Toby’s was £1.60 and Toby’s popcorn was a massive 45 pence – not bad compared to Bluewater prices!!

The film was superb; it really gripped you from start to finish and being based on a true story it made it even more intense – definitely one I would recommend for anyone.

From Majestic City we headed to TGI Fridays for dinner and then back to the hotel to sit and wait to see if Toby and Ondrej had got into the doubles. At 8.30pm we had had enough of waiting so phoned Muffi who confirmed they were in the draw. It was good news after a tough day yesterday so now, after a good rest day, we’re both very up for getting stuck into the doubles tomorrow!

Schedule for tomorrow:

Toby Huffer (GBR) & Ondrej Styler (CZE) vs Christian Cummings (IND) & Rishi Reddy (IND) – 7th match after 9am (not before 4.30pm)