Personal Narrative-Playing Tennis

One of my greatest passions is playing Tennis. Since middle school, I have been playing for my school team. After making it on varsity my junior year, I enjoyed playing even more since I was being challenged and was getting recognition for my matches. As tennis season started this fall, I continued to enjoy every moment until I realized that this was going to be my last year playing for a team since it was my senior year. This disappointing thought hovered over me during every practice and match, but I didn’t let it affect me. I considered every match an important match and played my best regardless of the outcome, but the last match of this season was an important match not only for me, but also for the team. It was my last match as a senior …show more content…
Now, we just needed to win one court to win OCCs. Being one of the courts to have a chance to win, I had a lot of pressure on me before I even started playing. Walking onto that court, I knew it was going to be a tough match. The team we were playing was the team I previously played for during middle school and freshman and sophomore year before I moved to the new school, so I knew the team, the coach, and the parents, making me even more nervous and nostalgic. After my team on the other court lost, which I didn’t know as I was playing, I ended up being the last court playing. About 50 people consisting of parents, varsity and junior varsity players, the middle school team, and coaches came to watch the deciding match. My main motivation to win was the fact that that was my last match, but I also knew that my team was depending on me. The match was getting even more difficult; my opponent and I were using challenging strategies to get through each point. Every time I won the point, my team cheered, making me feel supported and even more eager to win. After I started player better than my opponent, I was ready to win and end the match. There was one more game