{"id":36358,"date":"2011-05-16T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36358"},"modified":"2015-02-22T23:11:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:11:35","slug":"ustaeastern-metro-regional-championship-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36358","title":{"rendered":"USTA\/Eastern Metro Regional Championship, day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=36355 \">had our chances<\/a> but didn&#8217;t capitalize on them. Part of the game I need to improve &#8211; mental, although Deb promised a prettier trophy for the 5th place team. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150188145638403.306454.551603402&amp;l=d80e6a799c\">More pix on FB<\/a> and more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150189653543403.306902.551603402&amp;l=bef5e8e23a\">team pix<\/a>; the girl in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150189888978403.306991.551603402&amp;l=7849b59c5e\">white fancy outfit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN15152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36369\" title=\"May 17, 2011 at Metro Championship, NTC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN15152-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN15152-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN15152-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJerry and I had a 3-0 lead in the fist set but lost it 7-5. The gent seemed having trouble moving in the beginning which was distracting, which is to say, I need to improve my game mentally and my brain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36370\" title=\"DSCN1511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1511-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36371\" title=\"DSCN1512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1512-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN14222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36374\" title=\"the blue dress\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN14222-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My mind began wandering around, trying to figure out why Court #15 next to us wasn&#8217;t being used by Deb: two girls vs a gal and a guy. &#8230; Thought I saw the girl in the blue dress was mingling with us .. It bothered me. So .. after couple of more games and finally I heard the <em>tall gal<\/em> grunt like a man. Oh, I got it, to show unity he dressed in sync with his partner.<br \/>\nHow sweet and cute.<br \/>\nWe lost first set.<br \/>\nI was very disgusted. Why couldn&#8217;t I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=32467\">concentrate on my own game<\/a>?? I even caught a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=23384\">glimpse of Adam<\/a> while playing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36375\" title=\"DSCN1415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1415-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36376\" title=\"DSCN1475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1475-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36377\" title=\"DSCN1520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1520-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1491-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36384\" title=\"a good serve\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1491-Copy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1496.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36385\" title=\"DSCN1496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN1496-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN14811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-36387\" title=\"don't remember if I got the point\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN14811-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The End .. The Exit ..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36379\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN15241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36379\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36379\" title=\"the exit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN15241-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN15241-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSCN15241-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Exit .. better luck next year<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a great and fun season for all of us, thanks kids for being so considerate and supportive of the team. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=39960\">Better luck next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usta-2-score.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36360\" title=\"keeping scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usta-2-score-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usta-5-vs-Bronx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36361\" title=\"us vs Bronx\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usta-5-vs-Bronx-300x69.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usta-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36359\" title=\"teams\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usta-1-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had our chances but didn&#8217;t capitalize on them. Part of the game I need to improve &#8211; mental, although Deb promised a prettier trophy for the 5th place team. More pix on FB and more team pix; the girl in the white fancy outfit. Jerry and I had a 3-0 lead in the fist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-36358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennis-2","tag-usta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}