Player Blog: Will Howells
Will Howells details his experience at the 2025 GEICO APP Tour Championships
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
12:54 p.m.
So we had a little bit of a rain delay, probably like an hour-and-a-half late on the match, because we're playing only on the covered courts now. I got a good warm up in and a good stretch, and then I played Bakó Gergő, he's from Hungary, good European player, and he definitely has a tennis background. So starting out, I did a really good job of returning well and making sure he didn't really find a rhythm passing, and got off to a good start in the first set and closed out well. Second set, he had a little bit more confidence in his passes. He started off pretty well. I was able to neutralize in the middle of the set, play some good points and then get a lead. But he's a good player for sure, so credit to him. It was a good battle. After that, I just watched my girlfriend a little bit and supported her in singles. She lost a tough one, and gonna watch her play some mixed later, grab some lunch, and then get ready to rest up for for tomorrow, I have men's, mixed and singles.
8:40 a.m.
Day one of the progressive draw, a new format for the APP. So we're here a couple days earlier, and we'll see how it plays out. It's just one match per day of each bracket. Now I'm just getting ready to warm up, getting ready for my match. I have a bye so my opponents are playing right now, and then I play the winner of that
for men's singles.
It's the last tournament of the year. There's definitely more meaning to it, it's one where you want to go out with a bang and set the precedent for next year and and have a great event here.
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