Div 2, as of July 19, 2012
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the tennis mum
Watching Wimbledon men’s final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. Andy’s mom Judy is very intense, yelling and jumping. She just makes it harder to cherry for her son. Not Andy is popular and has won any slam. Lady, pls display some manner and adhere to the etiquette. This isn’t hot dog eating baseball. Oh I take that back: sushi at CitiField for a while already. I miss Monica Seles’ Dad who would cheer for both girls. The way should be.
Serena Williams has a very happy Saturday: she won her 5th singles and few hours later the doubles with her sister Venue. Congrats!! Hopefully she’ll be around for another five great years.
Our first sweep
Tuesday night July 3 match at Cunningham Park was pretty sweet: 5-0. However, our opponent forfeited two courts – their Manhattan league’s match is on the same day. We probably could have won the S2 and D3 should we played. It’s kind of sad when you cancel a court due to availability. On this, I’ll have to praise my girls who are always there for the team. Win is somewhat easy but winning is hard because you need to put in efforts that are tedious: week in and week out be available, be on time, foot work, etc. then can you fire that lethal shot.
Jenn and I played well. I enjoyed our opponents who are chatty and nice. However, we had one questionable call: Jenn called a serve out but the server didn’t hear and continued. The net person heard but didn’t stop till they lost the point. I heard Jenn’s call but played because the ball came to me very seriously. My return result a win. The net player contested. So we said “ok, second serve then.” But she faulted. They tried to argue that they should have had two serves. We stood our ground: it’s our call, and Jenn did call it out. So it’s a second serve. Not sure we did it right.
The five courts at the back at Cunningham Park were empty by 9pm. Our opponents King and Queen had cheering squad who was nice enough also cheered for us on a few good shots, thanks!
We finished before 10pm. There were Koreans taking lesson on the court in the middle section.
Div 1 standing as of July 2
Cute, the standing with the team number are identical.
Courts in New York and around ..
golf courses and tennis courts
- Allenwood
- Alley Pond
- Central Park
- Christopher Morley
- CityView
- Crocheron Park
- Cunningham Park
- Eisenhower Park
- GN Estate
- H grass
- Inwood
- Kings and app
- Kings Point
- Kings Point Park
- Kissena Park
- Muttontown Club
- near by
- North Middle
- NTC
- NYTC
- Old Westbury
- Parkwoods
- Prospect Park
- Queens College
- Randall’s Island
- Roosevelt Island
- South High
- Sportime at Roslyn
- Steppingstone
- Village Park on Horace Harding
- Westside
- Whitney Pond
- City courts by USTA, permit and pass
Sportime at Roslyn
SNT @ Sportime at Roslyn
Landing Road,
Roslyn, NY 11576
Phone: 516.484.9222
Nine har tru courts (6 and 3) at this location; 3 more courts at near by Lumber Road.
A friendship tested
We have a good win last Friday that propelled us to #1 for the time being with three matches to play on July. However this lead might have cost me a friend.
It rained just as we were getting to the NTC for our 7pm match. Friday evening traffic plus Mets was playing at the CitiField made the traffic terrible to negotiate. USTA didn’t cancel the match till the short thunderstorm crushing down at about 6:45. At about the same time, the opposing captain called – we’re friends. Our last hang out was the previous Saturday. I was still in the traffic on College Point Blvd.
“NTC has three indoor courts available, so can we play three first? One of my players is going to be late.”
My first reaction was, either we reschedule or we play all five courts. But being friend, it made me hisetated to say thing otherwise I’d say freely. I got to NTC by 6:52. All my players were there and the NTC have 5 indoor courts for 7-9 instead only 3. The cost would be double: $130 for 2 hrs which came out to $40.625 each player ($20 each for out door court). All my girls voted to play at 7. The opposing team turned it down.
There were other dramas. Actually being a captain one often needs to wear another hat among the more than dozen I described at the beginning: arbitrator. The lord has been blessing me for all those years so I did not put this one down since I never had to deal with mediating between my mates. According to my teammates who got there early they witnessed an ugly feud between two opponents resulting one cried openly.
Making the story short, when their 8th player finally arrived at 7:26, they immediately agreed to play at 8pm. It did not sit well with me. They waited for one player on the expense of my enitre team. One of my girls has to call her boss few times to delay her going to work that night. I always thought fairness and consideration come first. Of course there isn’t a rule dictating that we have to play instead rescheduling. However, our opponents first objected to then immediatly agreed to play was based on waiting for their late player is a very selfish act. Good thing we won convincingly: 16 points out of 22.
Today the coordinator clarified the situation for future reference:
Hello Captains,
I got clarification. If the NTC offered indoor courts at the match time, then you were free to take them right away. In that case, Xxx’s team would have been on the clock. However, both teams agreed to wait until 8pm to play the match.
The coordinator added on 6/27:
Yes, if the NTC offered indoor courts at 7pm, then Xxx’s team would have been on the clock and the default time would have been the same 15 minutes after the match start time (i.e., 7:15pm).
My singles career
June 20, 2012, NTC
Ok, I played (and lost again) only because we’re being good sports: one of our singles players is needed by her other team and since she’s referred to us by her captain, so we released her.
It’s extremely hot and humid. I got to a 3-0 lead. Then didn’t know what happened next, I lost first set 6-4. The second set I was 0-2, and was able to catch up to two games only. I didn’t play well. What a disappointment to the team. Sorry girls.
Got a watch?
Our June 15 match at Cunningham Park.
The league has a strict rule against using mobile device on the court – can be seen as coaching. I don’t wear/bring a watch when I play tennis. So if the court/club doesn’t have a clock, it’s kind of tricky: how do you determine the time?
Our 2S was late: the traffic, she’s coming from the city, and the park is new to her, etc. When she finally finds us, it’s 18 minutes passed the starting time. How do I know? I consult my cell phone. The opposing team captain and her partner rush to the bench and check at their cell phone too.
Players arriving onto the assigned court more than 15 minutes after the match start time may be defaulted at the discretion of the opposing captain (having been so advised before the start of match play on that court.)
They decide to default us. I don’t know what I’ll do if I’ve to face such decision. Winning by default never feels good. But do I have an argument here – that you are not allowed to use phone yet you default my player by using it?
