{"id":45541,"date":"2023-08-08T01:15:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T01:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45541"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:32:15","slug":"won-my-2nd-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45541","title":{"rendered":"Won my 2nd slam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A new player<\/a>, Phil joined us today … and it’s men vs women … and I played a slam on my first hand … unfortunately we didn’t bit for it, as usual.<\/p>\n

~ Another first hand gs in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The bidding went<\/p>\n

Pass
\n1♦️\u00a0(me)
\nPass
\n1♠️
\nP
\n2♦️ (me)
\nP
\n2♠️ my partner
\nP
\n3♦️ – after giving much consideration<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As it turn out, suit diamond is better for us: 8 vs 7 spades. I made 12 tricks.<\/p>\n

We played 13 hands: 8 went up and 5 down.<\/p>\n

\u21d0 My big disaster<\/a> is the 4th hand when I bib 3♣️<\/a> – I only made 6 tricks.<\/p>\n

This hand \u21d3 The 1st round <\/sup>my partner opened with 1NP<\/a>; 2♥️; 2♠️ (me)<\/a>; 3♣️. The 2nd round <\/sup>3♦️- my partner. This hand was played 3♦️… and we were down 2 – made only 7 tricks!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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