Last year was my first Showfown tournament and i came in second to last. This year I was keen to do better.
The tournament took place in Frankfurt in the Blindeninstitut. It was played on two Czech tables. One in a small room, which I preferred. The other in a gym hall in a nearby school. Especially with the used Dutch balls I had trouble hearing the balls well.
As an added distraction I hurt myself on my right thumb, which is on my racket-hand. It took a minor surgery to get the infection and pus out. Sometimes it really hurt during playing and I had to hold the racket in a different way to protect the wound as best as possible.
Nonetheless in the group phase I was a bit surprised, that I had a chance and actually won all games in the group phase. So after the first day I actually attended the quarter final, which I won too! The next day I played Horst from Kassel, who was too much for me. I won one set but lost the match. After that I played for third place an won. I’m pretty happy with my result. Let’s see what happens next year 
Scoreboard for the tournament: https://showdown-turnier.de/index.php?TN=139&ad=results
German article: https://www.showdown-germany.de/2025/02/25/showdown-party-frankfurt/
AI generated song for the tournament:
