Whitewash !

Debbi and Diane emerged together from the locker room to warm applause and carrying their rackets. Diane was in her pristine white kit and Debbi was of course naked, apart from the sneakers that Diane had magnanimously allowed her to keep so that there could be no question of her having an unfair advantage during the match. They posed for a photo together, Diane happily and Debbi most reluctantly. This photo was another one destined for Ingram's course web site with the caption this time reading 'The fact that once more one of these ladies is in full kit and the other one naked, is further demonstration of the advantages of a university education.'

Debbi's clothes had been given to Angela to look after while the match was played and would be given to Diane afterwards. "You're going to have to be careful Deb, you'll be going home naked at this rate if you lose many more outfits" Carol laughed. "What are you going to do with all these clothes you're collecting Diane ?" Angela asked. "Oh. I'll probably donate them to the clothing bank for the under privileged" Diane answered charitably.

There must have been forty or fifty spectators gathered in the bleachers to watch the game. Word had got around all the residents of the hotel, including the Japanese delegation. Debbi thought that the only way to salvage a tiny shred of dignity from this latest debacle would be to win the match and so she assumed a determined crouching stance as she waited for Diane to serve. She ignored the catcalls from those behind her that this pose elicited !

Unfortunately, Debbi soon became painfully aware that Diane's abilities as a squash player far outranked her own. Debbi was good enough to be able to keep laying bat on ball but nowhere near good enough to be able to hit any winners. Thus it became like a cat toying with a mouse, as Diane casually had Debbi diving and scurrying about the court while she stood serenely in the centre like a ring master, until deciding it was time to end that particular point. More than once, Debbi ended up sprawled on the court in a most unladylike fashion ! The Japanese were not in the least inhibited about coming down close to the glass wall of the court to record proceedings until the other spectators complained loudly that they were blocking the view.

Debbi's ambitions shrank rapidly and she was now solely concerned with desperately trying to win just one point. It was not to be. 11-0, 11-0, 11-0 ! Total whitewash. Total humiliation. Debbi slumped to the floor of the court in total frustration !