Within weeks of the greatest moment of his squash career so far, Nick Kyme will get a heavy dose of reality on Tuesday as he takes to a Liechtenstein court to begin a two-game battle to get out of the qualifiers and into the main draw.

Memories of 600 frantic Bermudians waving flags, stamping their feet and chanting his name before taking on former world number one Peter Nicol on home territory will fade quickly as he returns to the grind of the international squash circuit and the frustrations of trying to earn enough prize money to cover air fares.

Having picked up the biggest pay cheque of his career so far despite losing in the first round of the Bermuda Open to Nicol, the 23-year-old will now face a player ranked somewhere between 42 and 90 in the world in his search for a place in the second qualifying round of the Interlingua Liechtenstein Open 2004 in Vaduz, the capital of the tiny European country.

?It is going to be strange to go from such a high to this tournament,? said Kyme, who took a longer-than-usual three days off after his defeat to Nicol in which he picked up a very creditable 30 points.

?I am flying to New York tomorrow and then on to Zurich and then I am going to be crashing on some guy?s floor before moving to my hotel.

?And then I have to go through the qualifiers. I am the ninth qualifier, so I just miss out on being seeded and maybe getting a local wildcard.

?It is going to be tough to get through and it will be strange going from my last match against Peter and the wonderful atmosphere and amazing experience to Liechtenstein qualifiers.?

But as Kyme attempts to re-adjust to the stark post-Bermuda Open world, he feels he is a better player for his experience earlier this month.

?The more games you play the better player you become,? said Kyme, who will join Open players Olli Touminen and Paul Price in Liechtenstein, although they are in the main draw with Price, knocked out in the qualifiers here, the number one seed.

?I?ll never be under the same pressure I was when I played that game in Bermuda and I think that can only help me as a player.

?And playing against someone like Peter gives me a confidence that I probably didn?t have before. I can come away from that game with the reality that I can compete against people like him.

?I now have to take what I have learned and apply it to my regular game and see what happens in the rankings.?

After Liechtenstein, Kyme will return to New York before heading down to Jamaica for the Rose Bowl.