A selection crisis conspired to drag me back into singles tennis league play on Saturday, for the first time in at least six years.

Invariably, my return coincided with an away fixture against table-topping Milnerton. It’s not easy, as a 50-something doubles specialist, to re-adapt to the rigours and confines of singles play. It’s doubly difficult when your left-handed opponent is throwing down thunderbolts. ..

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