{"id":22132,"date":"2010-06-07T21:35:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T01:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/?p=22132"},"modified":"2010-06-07T21:35:40","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T01:35:40","slug":"the-color-purple-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=22132","title":{"rendered":"The Color Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/sectional201018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right size-medium wp-image-22131\" title=\"she's 5.0 this year\" src=\"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/sectional201018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"she's 5.0 this year\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=10812\">saw her at the sectional playoffs<\/a> at Syracuse last summer when she played for a 4.5 ladies league, now a 5.0 in a mixed doubles 10.0 league &#8211; ya baby, you go girl!  Reportedly she&#8217;s from the Albany area and a former college player.<br \/>\nThe USTA Eastern Mixed Doubles sectional championship has 5 flights from 6.0 to 10.0, scheduled on June 4-6 at Central Park at Schenectady, New York.  Each day the first match starts at 8am and the last one is around 2pm.<br \/>\nFor my 7.0 flight, we have 6 teams competing for a spot in the Nationals.  It&#8217;s round robin format.  My team represents Metro ..<br \/>\n#1 Friday June 4, 8am vs <a href=\"http:\/\/tennislink.usta.com\/leagues\/reports\/Championship\/TennisLinkReports.asp?Level=M&amp;TeamMatchID=2291374&amp;CYear=2010\">Southern<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/?p=22470\">Westchester<\/a>): <span style=\"color: #808080;\">1st D &#8211; <strong>1:6, 1;6<\/strong>; 2nd D &#8211; 6:1, 0:6, 0:1; 3rd D &#8211; 4:6, 3:6<\/span><br \/>\n#2 Friday June 4, 11am vs <a href=\"http:\/\/tennislink.usta.com\/leagues\/reports\/Championship\/TennisLinkReports.asp?Level=M&amp;TeamMatchID=2291377&amp;CYear=2010\">Northern<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/?p=22319\">Albany<\/a>): <span style=\"color: #808080;\">1st D &#8211; 2:6, 5:7; 2nd D &#8211; 6:3, 6:2; 3rd D &#8211; 4:6, 6:4, 1:0 (13:11)<\/span><br \/>\n#3 Saturday June 5, 9:30am vs <a href=\"http:\/\/tennislink.usta.com\/leagues\/reports\/Championship\/TennisLinkReports.asp?Level=M&amp;TeamMatchID=2291379&amp;CYear=2010\">Long Island<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #888888;\">1st D &#8211; 6:4, 4:6, 0:1; 2nd D &#8211; <strong>1:6, 2:6<\/strong>; 3rd D &#8211; 6:4, 6:2<\/span><br \/>\n#4 Saturday June 5, 12:30pm, vs <a href=\"http:\/\/tennislink.usta.com\/leagues\/reports\/Championship\/TennisLinkReports.asp?Level=M&amp;TeamMatchID=2291383&amp;CYear=2010\">Western<\/a> (Buffalo): <span style=\"color: #888888;\">1st D &#8211; 2:6, 0:6; 2nd D &#8211; 1:6, 6:2, 1:0; 3rd D &#8211; 6:4, 6:4<\/span><br \/>\n#5 Sunday, June 6, 9:30am vs <a href=\"http:\/\/tennislink.usta.com\/leagues\/reports\/Championship\/TennisLinkReports.asp?Level=M&amp;TeamMatchID=2291386&amp;CYear=2010\">New Jersey<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #888888;\">1st D &#8211; 6:3, 6:1; 2nd D &#8211; 2:6, 7:6, 1:0; 3rd D &#8211; 6:4, 6:1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/usta1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.IreneEng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/usta1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"usta sectional\" title=\"usta sectional\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"left size-medium wp-image-22078\" \/><\/a>The fairytale run has ended: we&#8217;re 3:2 in the sectionals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=22067\">3 court wins shy<\/a>.<br \/>\nOnly the winners and the runner ups receive trophy.  I promised my troop that I&#8217;ll order them identical pieces from the trophy store in town, some time soon.<br \/>\nTHANK you so much for being part of this team and I appreciated your contribution very much, and for putting up with me over the past six months.  Being my kids are not easy: beside expected getting 120 out of 100 every time and the veggies and fruits that you have to consume and endless emails you have to digest .. .. ..  Let&#8217;s keep the worst ones private -:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw her at the sectional playoffs at Syracuse last summer when she played for a 4.5 ladies league, now a 5.0 in a mixed doubles 10.0 league &#8211; ya baby, you go girl! Reportedly she&#8217;s from the Albany area and a former college player. 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