They always in pairs. Tennis courts and swimming pool in the early morning
They always in pairs. Tennis courts and swimming pool in the early morning
The lower part of my left arm hurts so much, I quit at 5-5 in the first set.
serve 1
… and serve 2
… and four big birds sandhill cranes
A tiring but sweeping day on court: 5-3 (Matt & I came from 0-3, v Jim ), 5-3 and 5-4, both with Grey def. Hope & VJ.
During the 2nd set, Hope and I have the longest rally in my little life, about 20+, with most were hit to my forehand, and I ultimately won with him hitting to my forehand and out. I really took my time and turned.
My serve … it’s ok. I practiced toss, till my forearm hurts.
The swimming pool is at its fullest after a heavy rain yesterday.
So, another lesson in serving, and the take home note:
A winning day: Graham 5-3, Dave G 5-2. It’s my first time playing with Vijay who has serious spins, not much serve tho.
Bob took a fall from one of my forehand drop shots… I felt terrible … but at the same time, each player has to know his or her limit, (?)
I always utilize drop shot, especially backhand. But since I decided that I prefer forehand side of the court, I also practice forehand drop shot: it’s decidedly obvious, that my backhand drop is lower and better.
Isn’t the court looking beautiful? … eeehhhr … the irrigation has problem.
A 3-0 day: w/ Graham 5-3 & 5-4 (Denny said they want a rematch), w/ Denny 5-4. Didn’t get to play with Alan – we were all pretty tired.
For the past two matches, I felt pretty good about my serve.
… and a few forehands, and backhand
“The Tennis Partner is the second of Abraham Verghese’s books. Published in 1999, when he was a physician practicing internal medicine in El Paso, Texas, this is an autobiographical memoir, and Abraham Verghese writes of his experience moving to El Paso in the midst of an unraveling marriage. Once there, he meets and eventually becomes a mentor to David Smith, a medical resident at the hospital where Verghese worked and a brilliant tennis player recovering from drug addiction.”
Abraham Verghese (1955-) has an interesting journey: born in Ethiopia to Orthodox Christian parents from India. His elder brother, George Verghese, is an engineering professor at MIT and his younger brother, Phil Verghese worked at Google as a software engineer.
His books:
Played with Glenn 5-3, w/ George 4-5 and, with Brad 5-4: we came back from 0-4.
As for serve, it’s been over a year but I’m still working on it. … the wet mark is from my bathing suit – just climbed out of the pool.
So, the British tennis player – wild card – Harriet Dart (1996-; 2015, $2,891,681) becomes overnight sensation due to her comment on her opponent Lois Boisson (2003-; 2021?, $127,741) at R32, “… Can you tell her to wear deodorant, … she smells really bad …” @ 2025 Ope de Rouen: she lost to the French, 0 and 3.
Rouen is a small city on the Seine river, in the NW corner of France, population 116,331. It’s a WTA 250 tourney (April 14-20), winner takes home $275,094, which is far better than the Sarasota Open.
The sunrise
Ok, back to my game today, w/ John, Kurt and Ken: 0-5, 5-3, 4-5
~ 0-5: I lost 3 tie breaks
~ 4-5: we were 4-1 … then at the last point, I double faulted … the two courts certainly adds uncertainty
Seriously?!? 💩 deodorant woman
她告诉裁判员 她的对手需要用除臭剂
这28岁的🇬🇧网球员终于出名了
昨天我吃了一🥚
0-5, 5-3, 4-5
挺郁闷的
… 0-5 输了三个tie break
… 4-5 从4-1 开始… 然后最后一决胜负的俺发球是 double 😹🙀😿
…
不过这28岁的除臭妞应该更…
这大妈的心眼也忒坏
别人遭殃她开心 [Lol]
This year, the Open is held at Sarasota Sports Club, April 6-13. The venue is far nicer than 2013‘s Payne Park.
~ Emilio Nava (2001-) def Liam Draxl 6-2, 7-6 7-2 on Sunday 4.13
The prize money is $100,000. Singles winner takes $14,200 for playing 4 matches (from round of 32).
The past champions include: Kei Nishikori, James Blake, Sam Querrey, Nick Kyrgios, Francis Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Daniel Galan and Daniel Altmaier.
A few facts:
The ticket to Day 2 is $35. It’s all singles: some are round of 32 and some are qualifying rounds.
We watched three matches:
Before leaving, I watched briefly R32 Mark Lajal (the hairdo!) & Wu Tung-lin‘s match. Lajal’s team erupted thunderously, when Wu Tung-lin missed his backhand put away at the net. It was the second set and Lajal won it 7-5, forcing the third, who ultimately won 6-4.
Patrick Maloney (no wiki page) is an American, obvious I’m rooting for him. Then the chair umpire said, “ma’am please don’t clap for free error.”
Maloney asks, “is that a rule?”
Ump said, “No, just not a good etiquette.”
Mmmm… How about the screaming pig? Is that a good etiquette? How about Lajal’s team members?
… the removals from Reddit: