Games today with Pro Richard

I took a lesson today mainly to get an evaluation. So I played Richard for most of the hour. There's no contest at all, but nonetheless I played differently, better than I have previously against him. I also felt his tempo in a remarkably different way. For starters, I hung in there with him on most of the rallies. I don't think I was pushed into a shot I couldn't return very often. I did not tired like I did in the past. In many of the exchanges, I took the ball as early as I've ever taken it, but only to find his return was just as quick. I have not played anyone with his speed lately so I felt much more rushed than I have been. My shots fell shorter than I wanted, but they still gave me a path to the T. From there, I found it was harder to attack Richard's drives. His balls loop high and goes deep. I didn't feel comfortable exchanging drives with him so I crossed whenever there was a gap. Unfortunately, my cross reached only just at the end of the service box. The points I won were attacking short successfully. There were a couple of two wall boasts, drop from the back, and a 3/4 court cross volley into the nick. Overall, I stepped up the tempo and attacked more, while I was able to keep up with him around the court. Lastly while being behind most of the time, I was able to bring focus back to the game and mount a surge of 4 consecutive points in the second game. Richard's main complaints today were of my shot selections. He felt I played cross too much and played some shot back to him when he was in fact out of position. The shot he cited was a good example of my own timidness with drop shots. Not confident in it, I chose to drive his boast cross court back to him instead of trusting my steady hand to drop the ball far enough into the corner. Richard's main praise was for my more aggressive attacks of which he recommends I keep applying in my matches.