This week’s Farmer Focus is on senior Alicia Tellez who is currently plays for the varsity tennis team.

SNAPSHOTS

Frozen yogurt or ice cream: Frozen yogurt

Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla

YouTube or Netflix: YouTube

Wilson or Babolat: Babolat

Favorite color: Purple

ZOOMING IN

Q: How long have you played tennis?

A: “I’m thankful to have played for five years.”

Q: Having played tennis throughout your whole high school career, do you wish to continue in college?

A: “As much as I love tennis while playing it throughout the years, I’m going to keep it as a hobby for myself as my vivid dream of becoming a vet is now my top priority.”

Q: With all the practice you put in, how does it feel to lose a match?

A: “When I lose a match, of course the initial feeling would be frustration with myself as I knew I could’ve done better, but it quickly subsides with a feeling of actual acceptance of getting the score that I received from the given practice.”

Q: What do you struggle most with the most in tennis?

A: “The one true factor that I struggled through the most in tennis was that every game wasn’t going to be a win.”

Q: Do you learn more from wins or losses, and why?

A: “I learn more from losses more than wins because I don’t see any lost matches as ‘lost’ but more of learning experiences. Every point will be evaluated on how it was missed and what I can do in my power both mentally and physically to avoid that issue again. [With] wins I praise myself more and not have that time to really evaluate on what I should do on the next match until a problem really gives me a wake up call to do so.”

Q: Do you have any advice for other tennis players?

A: “My advice for other tennis players or people who are interested in the sport, that have never played before, is that like other highly competitive sports you have to be one with both mind and body to truly be successive. You can’t have your body be super fit but have a negative attitude on the court before a match and vice versa on being really positive but can’t physically run all around to get to every shot in every vulnerable spot.”