Like with racket drops low, shifting weight, or transferring weight hits me today and works out well. I think it solves my tossing too early problem as well.
Monday mixer: Hope and I lost to Tammy & Matt 4-6, & 3-3: Hope has to retire after 90 minutes of play to nurse his chronic injury or long existing. It was a great match, with many long rallies, and my forehand works well.
… the warm-up
the bird and me
Today, I concentrate on hoist.
Sally, who can run and runs fast, and I won 2 and 1 over Rebecca and Lisa: they’re preparing for the upcoming battle.
Lisa asked me, when it was over, for suggestions. Seriously, asking me? I knew nothing about tennis 🙂
Another pickleball tournement: 2:2 with Lurline.
The format is random draw to find a partner, that stays together for the entire time, 4 games at 10-minute intervals. 3 minutes is allotted between games. At the five-minute mark during the game, teams change sides. If it’s a tie at whistle, keep playing till a team wins, which is the sudden death (by a point).
#4, my lob was long, so it was 7-7 at whistle. Our oppenonts couldn’t convert during their two serve opportunities. Then I served and we won the sudden death. #5, my partner was tired and we did not play well, unfortunately.
There is so much food, from grapes to donut balls, crackers, pretzels, chewy protein bars, bananas, mandarins, etc.
起早贪黑的牛马
帽子🧢里抓搭档
每队打四盘, 10分钟一盘. 赢二输二: 没进决赛
…and, in the locker room, I spotted this mosquito: what kind is it? A yellow fever, or Andes?
With Lori playing Line #1 against Lucille & Kelly: 6-1 & 7-5; team won 3-2.
We were leading 5-2 in the second set but I lost my serve, and allowed them to win next 3 games. I was not looking-forward to the tiebrek nor the 3rd set. Thanks heaven, we found a way to close the match. There were many long rallies, Kelly’s serve motion is great.
During lunch, they’re talking about four remaining games and possible upgrade to B Level for the next season. Only #1 team gets upgrade to the next level, the bottom one gets down grade.
It’s Lori and Linda’s birthday, some mates brought banner and two bottles of white wine. The league’s banquent is on May 14. Some of the mates have played in this Alot league for a decade.
6-1, 7-5
有人睡着了😹 领先5-2 结果对手连赢三盘… 还好 及时止损 many long rallies [强] 对手之一的发球漂亮
雇佣兵的第五战
队伍3-2. 她们已经打完8场 暂时第一. 还剩4场比赛, 包括和小二. 二队相差无几.
俺的正手信心不足[捂脸]
… the tray
Out there since 7:30am.
Frist, time my 100 yard for a possible swim in September, which is 2:09. Not too baad, it was 2:06 near 2 years ago.
It has been a while to time my swim, since the second Fitbit broke in less than a year. but I generally do 1k yards under 25 minutes: I alternate 100 free, 100 breaststroke/frog: this way, it’s easy to count, remember.
Then, I practiced on court. When the play finally began, it’s 9 already. The first set Tony and I won convincingly or Joel and Gordo. But the second set we lost to Dave L and Matt: I was tired, but able to hold my two service games.
… to serve: here is how, says the coach.
And here is how a day starts
… and the warm-up
the forever tray
Saturday’s comeback didn’t work today: I got bagel’ed.
• w/ Tammy, 0-6
• w/ Hope 4-6
Didn’t get to play with Matt: a little tired.
On serve: one person said, hoist your arm, no funny business, just hoists it up.
Oh well, it’s back to work weekend.
We played three sets, first to 5, no ad; partnering with each player:
• w/ Todd, 5-4: we came back from 0-4
• w/ Joe, 5-2
• w/ Sally, 5-1
I served first, but lost it immediately; however, we were able to comeback from dead.
The 3rd set, we were leading 3-0 when Joe held his serve. We then took the next two games.
… all were good, except the waiter’s tray.
This Bulgarian player (1991-; 2007, $31,727,833) now lives in Monte Carlo, after leading 5-3 in the third set, lost the match in a tiebreak @ Miami Open.
He’s one of the very few players to play single-handed backhand, and won the 2017 Tour Finals that propelled him to world #3. Other notables are that he dated Maria Sharapova from late 2012 to the end of 2015,
Miami Open in 2026: rained out.
~ Raphael Collignon def Grigor Dimitrov
This year we have planned quite a few tennis events to attend. Miami would have been the second after the tennis cruise, which got cancelled by the organizer, unfortunately.
Another unfortunate is the MO’s session 3 and 4 on Wednesday, March 18 rained out.
On this trip, we found a lovely hotel, the Biltmore, that is connected with the city court, where serious tennis players go to work -:). We get to play: the first hour is free to hotel guests.
… unfortunately, Amanda Amisimova lost to Belinda Bencic in the round of 16, on March 23.
Two of the women were practicing early on
the 25 yard lane
The pool opens from sunrise to sunset. When I get to it at 7:30 in the morning, a group of campers are there (from 7 to 8am), leads by a female coach, who told me the 25 yard spot to swim with the lane on the bottom – just perfect!
I did my mile in the main part of the pool, and moved to the smaller section by the cabanas after they left.
… the swim
