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Two moons & 9 serves


The autumn moon is still full. The reflection in the pool makes an interesting photo.

Tennis: 4-5, 5-0, 2-3 on serve but our court time runs out.

The first set was w/ Larry: we should have won. I served first, 30-0, 30-30, 40-30 and won the first game. The second time I served, an ace and 40-love … but lost. This was terrible!

 

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Make that box!

4-5, 4-4, rain begins …

My serve works today when I make the box! It doesn’t look good at praceice but once the game begins, I made a mental note to do the box, and it works!

After being down 0-30, we came back and I held my serve

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Can’t serve


The autumn sun in the morning

Yesterday, 5-1, 5-3, 5-2: but couldn’t get my first serve in 😭, for not playing for a month or what?

My first serve was like 20%. However, my second serve – all underhand – was nearly perfect, except one double fault.

Today, is a different story, that I got all my first serve in, except one; no double but didn’t win all three sets: 2-5, 5-1, 2-2 (someone retired).

From yesterday:

5-1, 5-3, 5-2: but couldn’t get my first serve in 😭

第一局的 1 是俺输的[闭嘴]

一发只有20%
二发靠 under 小球 95%
一个误发

不知是男娃们不肯占俺便宜 没有一个在我二发时挪进几步. 感觉多数人都不喜欢或者很少变更. 习惯主宰一切.

我还怎么活下去呀
球都不会发了 喔喔喔

左胳膊还在疼

撞墙吧 大妈

… 南墙 还是北墙?

😤🤔🫢🤭

From today

🍂 the autumn sun

秋天的太阳🌅

🎾 2-5, 5-1, 2-2 有人病退

昨天撞墙很有效
今天只有一个二发

撞的哪面墙?
… 您觉得大妈还能记得吗 [偷笑][Lol]

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Tennis courts @ Cadogan

On Sloane Street in London, there are two small private parks, Cadogan Place garden North & South, which has hard tennis courts.

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Players’ fashion USO 2025

The Color Purple was Steven Spielberg (1946-) movie, came out in 1985. This year at the Open, purple seems the color many players are wearing.

Y-3, which is part of Adidas, is sporting by many players.

  • Taylor Townsend lost to Barbora Krejcikova in 3, after dominating the first set.
  • Taylor Fritz def Tomas Machac easily in 3
  • Jiri Lehecka d Adrian Mannarine in 4 set.
  • Jessica Pegual d Ann Li in 2
  • Elena Rybakina Marketa Vondrousova

The French player Mannarine advanced to the Round of 16 when Ben Shelton retired on Aug 29, last Friday.

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6-0, 7-6


pronate, only in practice

No doubt on court condition (no rain in the past few hours) but a messed up line up begins the day. After swim, I spotted Graham, who’s getting out of his car. Oh … now we’ve five players.

With Graham, we dished out a bagel to G and Sally.

With Hope, we won 7-6 7:5 v two Gs.

 

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A hard fought win

With Randi, we won 6-3, 7-6 7-5. v Punni and Graham, who’s still in the cloud.

I’ve an unbelievably large number of double faults, both over- and underhand. No one held their serve for the first four games in the first set. My single-handed backhand cross-court drop shot by the net won the tie break, finally, especially in light of my drop shots not working for the past few days.

… lost my serve

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Victoria Mboko, 2006

Victoria Mboko (2006.8.26-; ? $1,256,948) is heavily touted on women’s tour lately, rising from 300+ to seeded 22 player at US Open 2025.

She wore a red outfit that looks smarshingly smart and beaufiul. However, she didn’t play well …

I’m happy that Barbora Krejcikova has won. The match looks lame, no fighting spirit – perhaps not needed: Mboko has double digit double faults.

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An orange skies

An orange red sky: beautiful!

Tennis 6-1, 3-6.

My dropshots didn’t work well today. So Jing said, “I love your forehand!” How nice she put it that way -:)

我今天的吊球打得不好 十有九误. 所以搭档说: “我好喜欢你的正手,很棒.”  碰上会说话的娃 -:)  不过王婆的正手真心不错.

这几天阴雨连绵 就差撑舟出征了  一大早 橙红的天  打完后又碰到鹤妈遛娃

My serve still has the waiters tray

Seeing four sandhill cranes today

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Rainbow and downpour

The day starts out nice. I see the sandhill cranes by the pond, again. Then there is a raibow.

Then came the rain. Drizzle first. Raindrops. Then the downpour.

🎾 1-6, 4-3 w/ a break

From rainbow to downpour
从彩虹到倾盆大雨
彻底灭了继续的幻想

第一局差点被鸡蛋了.
今天准备齐全 不过腕带令到胳膊骤短
没啥空间可言了

Friday laugh

说起球鞋
叽喳大妈硬是把穿了近10年的 Barricade👟念成 Barracuda

🤣😱🤐

打死也不能承认错误

路障和梭鱼都帅[呲牙]

收声了大妈

嗯 会 … 几个小时 🥴😉

周末快乐

谢谢妞

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