Champaign and Decatur Futures Recap: First Singles Semifinal
After winning the doubles title the week before I didn’t get much time to adjust to the conditions in Champaign as the doubles final finished Friday at 6PM and I was playing the next day on Saturday. The Champaign Futures was held at the University of Illinois and they have a great setup. They have one of the top 10 facilities in the country with 20 outdoor courts and 6 indoor courts. At a lot of Futures it can be tough to book practice courts as they are usually limited but in Champaign they didn’t even have a sheet to signup for practice courts since they had so many. I stayed at an AirBNB in Urbana for the week and it was only 10 minutes away from the site. I played my first Rd of Qualifying against Myles Schlaet who just graduated from the University of Michigan. He played #3-4 singles his senior year. He has a big game with a good serve and big forehand and he likes to finish points at the net. It was very windy the first day with winds of 15-20 mph. It ma