3600 Torrey Pines Blvd.
Sarasota, Florida 34238
It’s all about tennis: 19 har tru courts, 15 are lighted. On site, there is a decent sized swimming, and a fitness center (?)
We came here for the Sarasota Open, 2025.
The swimming pool looks nice. In late afternoon, there seems to be some children program/lesson going on.
My last usta sanctioned competition was nearly 10 years ago (2016?), if my memory serves me right. This one is for real: us vs Sun, another community.
… I’m so not competition ready! …
The format is usta’s: best of 3 sets; 7 point tie break for the first two sets, and super 10 point tie break the third set – both use Woman’s.
There are 9 matches/courts: three each of men’s, women’s and mixed doubles. I played 2nd line of mixed doubles with Kevin W., lost to Tracy R and Wayne K.: 3-6, 2-6, the worst outcome of the mixed doubles bracket. Our club lost 2-7 over all.
We got off to a good start, leading 2-0. Then the heavy set, 6′ Wayne asked if I touched the ball.
I absolutely did NOT. I was not even close to the ball. I despised dishonesty. He said, “oh, I heard something.”
Maybe your own breath?
They’re slow, procrastinate, have water break on even games. If they just take a sip and return to court I won’t say a thing. It’s 1pm and hot. But they linger … When I serve, he said he isn’t ready.
“You play at server’s pace.”
He said he doesn’t know any usta rules… so he’s type of person who likes to have the last say, for the sake of saying something petty. I don’t like quibble too -:)
Maybe that’s his strategy, to disturb and it worked. We began to play their game, which is slow lob and backboard, that everything comes back. I then suddenly realize why I don’t like to play with women. I don’t have the patience. This shows, I’m def not competition ready.
The last game of the last court: Helene P. / Neal P. def Y/Gu
三队男双 女双 混双 总共9场
俺打第二混双
男双 女双 打完后是 4-2
混双 全军覆没. 俺打的最差 惭愧面对搭档. 难得能跑的 而且打的好. 浪费了小鲜肉. 我们输3和2. 总结局7-2
输球好容易 – 躺平是不是就是这个意思?
很多女娃像谢淑薇(1986-) a backboarder 软绵绵的球总是回来 😂 其实慢悠悠的回来是俺没本事打个回不来的不就完了? 还是那班清晨的男娃们好😉
对手男6尺高 输了一分后就问我 有没有碰到球
Seriously, are you kidding me?
俺问 “你是在质疑我的诚信吗?”
… 然后他说他不知道什么规则不规则的
无语 无聊🥱
…
打完后 女娃赶着要电话
俺真心没兴趣. 她们是3.5 满城区的跑. 又不是usta 可以盼望打national
清晨男到是有一队 不过是7.0的… 觉得6.0 比较有希望. 他可能觉得有些受辱 (?)
没有4.0的男 怎么打7.0?
不八了
对不起输了
…
吃吃喝喝吧
明天又是一个艳阳天
… oh … the grunts!
Women’s final, Jessica Pegula was defeated, 5 and 2.
We normally go to the earlier rounds, like in 2023 and 2024; but this year, due to meeting up with friends and they’re in Miami during the final. So women’s final it is – very unfortunate.
What’s new in rackets? The blues
Mens doubles final plays first: Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic def two Brits, Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash. Arevalo (1990-) is a 34 years old journey man (2012, US $3,362,558) from EL Salvador. He got emotional after the last point, and held his son (?) when receiving the trophy.
The match is straightforward. We endure the animal like grunts … How it is fair that the spectators are required total silence, not a peep, while the players are screaming their hearts out, out there?
The Open, the 40th edition, since 1981, is March 18-30; singles winners take in $1,124,380, runner up $597,890.
Parking: over the last two years, we paid $35 each time, discount for SunPass holders. The full price is $40. we’ve been parking in lot 18 orange. Prepay is $30 but park in #14 yellow, which is farther, we’ve to walk on the street to get to the overpass by #18. There are golf carts that offer ride by #14. I didn’t ask how much.
Itau (Itaú founded in 2008 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a private bank …
People, especially women, are dressed nicely and sexily.
I picked up tennis after I came to New York, because no one plays badminton. Some 30+ years later, I also dabble in pickleball 匹克球.
~ my first tennis photo, 1986.11.23 ~
Some lessons and practice with Slinger since 2022.
I also benefit from FB tennis group, aside from serves, f/b hands, even for fun, as on how to pick up ball.
Tennis has game 局, set 盘, and match 比赛. Each stroke has its own small details to pay big attention to: groundstrokes 落地球 (forehand and backhand), the serve 发球, volleys 截击 & swing volleys 挥拍截击, the overhead smash 扣杀, the lob, slice, and drop shot 小球.
This year we have quite a few tennis events to attend:
I played well: with Alan (4-1), Pete (2-5) and Hope (4-1). I could have served up two bagels but I failed: subconscious unwilling, or a simple mistake or unable? I couldn’t say.
My serves look terrible, and my backhand needs to get ready earlier.
It’s been a while that I record myself: not a good hiatus: my double hand backhand looks awful.
Self-humiliate … to get help or self-improve -:)
🎾 chicken feet
教练说过 脚不动就会是鸡爪子 …真的好难看 [Lol][吃瓜]
自我羞辱 求进步 [吃瓜]
Macro-structure: per AI, … in tennis is a long-term training plan that organizes tennis training into phases or blocks. This plan is made up of microcycles and is designed to help tennis players reach peak performance.
A gloomy morning but I’ve a pretty good serving day: feeling right, in full motion.
Today, Tuesday, Dec 24: 5-0, 5-3, 2-5, played under the heavy fog, w/
又一个雾晨
完结的快 someone needs to be kicked out [闭嘴][偷笑]
每次那个男娃总是输
还总是来
…
李鸿章还是曾国藩说
百输 还是永输不服 还是啥啥啥的 [可怜]
…
得 咱就这二根葱 [闭嘴]
俺回家歇着吧
Thursday, Dec 26: 5-2, 5-3, 5-4. Both days I got #1 at pill. Today is a blue sky. Graham, Bruce and Pete. The 2 in the first set were my two serve games … I got off to a terrible start. … but over all, the Christmas time is a good week for me.
这星期 二次抓号 都是1 [偷笑] 巧合
… 第一局的2 都是俺发球 [嘘] 别提了
第二局和B. 赢了一个game 俺戏说 “行了 咱们不会吃🥚了”
B “Irene 我们会赢的.”
第三局 和已经输了二局的男搭档
“Irene, pick me up 俺想赢一局.”
[偷笑]
…把自己说成救世主似的
歇菜
好消息 群主今天来探班 – 前几个月刚刚换了❤️ 还是 肾[Worship] 仍然还是这群男同胞里最帅的一个
Volleys are always at the net, but swing volley is usually in the mid-court to service line area, off a high, slow ball (floater) from your opponent, aiming to hit it powerfully and aggressively into the open court, often crosscourt or down the line, using a compact, groundstroke-like motion with a contact point around shoulder height, to finish the point.
This isn’t the right place to hit but the Slinger is too close, so, I hit swing volleys, instead to move farther.
