ARUBA - day 2

Had my first match today at 1pm against Denmark's Katrine Jensen. Was a very funny and strange game at the same time. On the one hand, I didn't know it was alternate break, on the other hand, Katrine and the referee also didn't realize it until I broke at the score of 2:0 and Katrine asked the ref if everything is going the right way. Finally they took me one game off and it was her break - pretty good deal for me! Later on Katrine made it to 4:7 but suddenly the score was 5:7 instead. So I asked about the real score and after a short discussion I gave 'em the choice of having me breaking again (altough I just broke) at the score of 7:5 or it's her break at 7:4. They have chosen gate 1 and after a safty and out I finally won the game.

The beach was on the to-do-list now! We enjoyed the clear water and white beach again today having some fun there - watch out for these guys:










(thanks Thorsten for the pics)

The afternoon was followed by dinner at Gianni's Ristorante around the corner and I have to say that this was probably the best pasta ai quattro formaggi I have ever had! Amazing!

With a good food in my stomach I was ready for my 11pm match against Denmark's Peter F. Nielsen, a former Euro Tour Pro. He also joined the taiwanese tour for three years in the middle of this decade. But the most important thing of the evening and also the strongest opponent for both of us was the table. Somehow they play worse every hour. Maybe because of the ac, maybe because of the tables itselves or the balls (object balls from Raschig and cueball from Aramith/Saluc). To make a long story short I won 8:5 but couldn't feel very happy because I just know how it has to be for Peter. I didn't really play better than him but somebody gotta win...

Lucky me - Peter has to play again on the loser's side tomorrow morning 9am while I can enjoy a nice sleep having my match against Shane van Boening at 1pm. Let's hope they are able to fix the tables - cross fingers!