Almost like my stance as I waited for the volley on the last point of our tie breaker! The ball sailed over my head and Greg and I had a winner, a match tie breaker at that! Well as I look at this guy he may not be 73, looks to be left handed and he has more hair so a person just has to use their imagination as I do not feel like going back to look for another picture!
Greg and I played court 3 on the 70+ team yesterday and got smoked in the first set 1-6. I thought really we are at least as good as our opponent but the result did not show that. There are times in tennis that things just do not go your way and the first set was an example. Our shots just landed out and their shots just in. If I hit a shot right at their weakest player he would hit it back and so that was the way things went. Different in the second set. All of a sudden our hits were in. They hit it long. When we hit it to their weakest player he hit it into the net. The result was a win in set two 6-4. So that meant a match tie breaker where you play to 10 points but you must win by 2. We prevailed 10-7 as the last ball sailed over my head for the win. Really I think they set up court 3 thinking they would win as one of the guys was very good and took at least 70% of the shots. I would often hear him compliment his partner when there was just an ordinary shot. He would tell him it was a good shot. That told me what kind of team they put together. One really good and one not so good as they felt that would prevail on court 3. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that strategy, it just did not work for them yesterday.
I often go into the pro shop with a question for either Phil or Myke. Today my question is, "Are match tie breakers always LUCK?" I am in trouble if they are because in my last 3 league matches I have been in match tie breakers and won all three. If luck is involved I think I may be in for a DOWNER. I am hoping the pros will say usually the best team wins!!!
My team plays today at 2:00 at home. It is our first home match after 2 away matches. Ron and I will be on court 1. Ron is a machine in turns of keeping the ball in play. He will play deuce side and I ad. He covers the court really well and also has a good serve where my serve is maybe luke warm at best! Anyway it should be fun. I am having perhaps my strongest team yet on the court so I have hopes of a team win. Actually win or lose if a person is on the court in great weather it is always a WIN.
Enough about tennis. What else is there? The den here still looks like a hurricane went through so perhaps there is work to do here at home.
I am finished for this morning. Breakfast consisted of two eggs, a slice of ham and of course FP that was so so delicious. Enough
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