Alysé was experienced enough to know that a player's mind works on intuition. If he feels good about a certain match, then he will certainly do well. She had often accompanied Ryan for his matches; she saw how intuitive he was about them. Nine out of ten times he could predict the outcome even before the match began.
All athletes know how they feel about their matches: when they are nervous, you know they will make mistakes; when they are happy and carefree, you know they are going to have a ball in the court.
She had seen it numerous times and had learned to trust him more than the statistics and records. Of course, Federer was a formidable opponent and would not be easy to defeat. But then, Ryan had a strategy against him.
Ryan had already prepped up for the match. Nothing unusual or out-of-the-box, just a little stretching exercise, a little mental exercise and a little meditation and he was ready to take on the defending champion.
