Return to grass gives a high

I wouldn’t say I am absolutely impressed by the first round match, but the match has given me enough reasons to feel good about, considering that I am playing singles after a pretty long time. Moreover, I was surprised to see a good crowd for my match.

I think I did a better job of my serve and volley and I didn’t take much time to get into rhythm. I had no pressure on my heel while playing on grass but my shoulder is a bit sore. My next opponent Frederiksen is a typical Swede. He doesn’t have much of an experience on grass and is not much of a serve and volleyer. So I know what to do and try and be as solid as possible. He has a huge forehand which I have to take care of.

`Hesh’ (Bhupathi) had a rather tough matchagainst the former junior Wimbledon champion South African Wesley Whitehouse. He lost the second set due to some sloppy volleying but I thought he was bothered a bit by his shoulder. It was good to see him come out of that bad patch in the decider. The serve, his biggest weapon, helped him get out of the crisis.

He next meets Australian Peter Tramacchi who is another tough customer. I’m sure `Hesh’ will rise to the occasion.