{"id":46176,"date":"2024-04-06T19:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T19:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46176"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:23:53","slug":"singles-tourney-mourning-doves-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46176","title":{"rendered":"Singles tourney; mourning doves II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45050\">Another tournament<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47081\">I played<\/a> my first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7593.jpg\">singles tournament<\/a> in years, to show support for the organizer. 8 pro set; 8 players. I won my first round 8-0, and lost the second round to the eventual champ 1-8, who won his final 8-2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45246\">practicing my serve<\/a>: just the swing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#tennisserve #swing\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UoDNK6ceCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; working hard. Digging out the red cushion for tomorrow&#8217;s final -:) I&#8217;ll go early to have a front row seat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7526.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7526-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7531-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7522-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7512-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DateStamper_0411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DateStamper_0411-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7513-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7507-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7506.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-46183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7510-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; more<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#tennisserve\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/joIy4kE-bnM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; here comes the double fault<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#tennis #singles #tournament #doubles #tennisserve\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mqr5TQqgPX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also checked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46172\">incubating dove and the spouse<\/a>: all is good.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#mourningdove II @ #tenniscourt\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dnxNsg9vnI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another tournament: I played my first singles tournament in years, to show support for the organizer. 8 pro set; 8 players. I won my first round 8-0, and lost the second round to the eventual champ 1-8, who won his final 8-2. &#8230;practicing my serve: just the swing &#8230; &#8230; working hard. Digging out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennis-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46176","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}