Winning is losing and losing is winning

By Thyboen Kurt

"Winning and always being successful is a fantasy interwoven with hallucination and if you are addicted with this — you certainly need big-time psychological expert help".

The words of  Hans Háfjall shortly after losing to Germany´s von GrossenCock at Swedish Open.

The fundation for his theory is Hafjall himself, a man who has studied the "art of losing" for decades. Hafjall concludes that traditional approach to a tennis game - approaching it like a war, with a victor and a loser - is flawed. Hafjall argues that the real `winner´ of a game is the one who has his worldview expanded - after all knowledge is power. The loser of a tennis match is more likely to be the one learning something new - the winner is sustaining what he already was able to do.

While losing to the German did´nt gain Hafjall the Trophy, he will be walking to the bar richer for the experience.The more you lose, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.