We have finally been given our come uppance as this week's competition proved stiff. However, if a couple of points go the other way, it could just have easily been our win this week. Beth and I lost 7-5 in the third, while our twos, Greg and Fran, were even closer; losing in a tiebreaker in the third! Arghhh. Our guy opponent, Ken, did share with me the fact that his claim to fame was that he had taught Pam Shriver to hit an American Twist serve. He kept me nearly in the other court all day returning that crazy thing.
Our lone bright spot of the day was our threes: Jim and Jenny pulled out a victory despite not playing there best.
At leat they showed a lot of heart. This is Jim's knee after the match. He decided to pull a Boris Becker on the hard courts by hitting a volley and then performing the old stop, drop, and roll. Jim, we love the attitude, but I'm warning you, you'd better start acting your age or you'll end up like me. And remember, Boris only pulled that stuff off at Wimbledon, on the plush grass!
Kevin and Lucie seemed to be winning their match every time I looked around. Kevin firmly believes, and I'll back him, that they won more total points than their opponents, but somehow they ended up losing the match anway. You just gotta love tennis.
Joe actually showed up without a stomach virus this week and played gamely with newcomer Nell. Nell's been off for 2 years but seems to have the best strokes on the team! They nearly extended their match to a third set, but succumbed in a second set tiebreaker. Here's some pics of them during the warm-up. Nice form!
Side note: the courts were in a great location right down by the river. The only negative was that those trees you see in the background caused the service returner to completely lose the ball when the server tossed it! I'm not moaning, but it didn't make things any easier out there.
So, we went 1-4, but it was against a very good team that got to the semis of A1 last season. They were also a very nice team as well, so it's hard getting mad about it. Luckily, Beth will get some payback against one of their girls in singles this week. Good luck Beth!
Considering it was very close, we're looking good for the rest of the season!
