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KNOW HOW AND WHY TO PREPARE

If all your preparation has gone absolutely perfectly, then great. But most of the time, it won't have done.

You need to prepare properly for the state of mind you're in.

When I played the Super Series, I was playing poorly, was extremely tired and had lost in the first round of the last two tournaments.

So what did I do - go out and practise, stretch, or conversely just relax, sleep, and turn up five minutes before my game, pick my racquet up and walk onto court?

I chose to do the latter, because physically, emotionally and mentally I couldn't have done the former properly.

I understood where I was coming from, what I was capable of and what I needed to do for myself. And it worked - I won the tournament.

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