Millie's softball schedule worked out so that she could compete in the annual Monroe Shine Tennis Classic that Floyd Central holds each year. She has played the past 2 years and done great! However, the past 2 years they have had a 10s group (10 and under) but this year the youngest they had was 12s (12 and under). So she competed the past 2 years at age 6 and 7 and did great in the 10s. I was really looking forward to her competing against girls her own age just to find out she would have to do 12s if she wanted to play. So back to being 4 years younger than her competitors, oh well. She did great her first match, winning both 6 game sets easily to move on to the quarter finals in the winners bracket. She lost her second match but each game was really close with nearly all of them going deuce (tied) before her opponent ended up always coming out ahead. She won 1 game but lost both matches. I thought at this point so would continue on in the consolation bracket but I was told she was out for good. You only get to move to the consolation bracket if you lose the first match. I thought that sounded very odd but oh well.
As I was starting this post, I checked to brackets to see who ended up winning. It ended up being the young lady who beat Millie in her second match. I was happy to see that because Millie really did make her work for it and it made me realize Millie can really compete against someone 4 years older than her and do well. But what I also noticed is that the other girls who lost their second or third matches DID get to move and play in the consolation bracket. I have no idea why they got to move on and Millie didn't. Not sure if this was a mistake on the directors part or if there is something I really don't understand about tennis. More research is needed here.
I was really proud of how Millie played and how she kept her spirits up. She was not down on herself when she lost and she said she still had fun.
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