Arrgh--hard losses to Levy, 1-4

Last night was full of great tennis but only one win. All of the matches (except Gayle's win!) were closer than the scores indicate:

1D) Jean & Katharine lost to Anne Blue and Sharon Tennyson, 2-6 1-6

2D) Karen & Donna lost to Laura June & Beth Bolton, 4-6 2-6

3D) Cecile & Sue Lin lost to Carol McCarra and Wendy Day, 6-7 (5) 1-6

1S) Mary lost to Anna Qualls (after beating her the first time we played Levy), 2-6 1-6

2S) Gayle DEFEATED Mary Anne Facciolo 6-1 6-2

As Karen put it after the match, "I've never lost a match where I felt so much like I was winning!" (or something like that). I think what we see here is some really experienced teams who are used to winning sticking to their guns and, well, winning. This may be why Levy is now 10-3 and we are 6-8.

That said, we're still much improved this season and it would be great to close out the year with 2 wins to even out our record. This Saturday we play the last-place team in the league, Dysart/Baker (1-12). If you played this team in the first round (where we won 3-2), you will recall a lot of lobbing, not much pace, basically advanced 3.0 level tennis. But we need to be careful not to sink to their level. Let's stick to our game ... and go for a 4-1 (dare I say 5-0?) win-- it would be a first for us this season.

Sunday we play Duffy/Amoyal, to whom we lost 2-3 in the first round with that killer 15-17 third-set tiebreaker. Obviously, we are capable of beating this team but we will all have to have our A game on to do so. So whether you are playing Saturday or Sunday, get a good night's rest, hydrate, and show up early for warmup. Most of all, be set to have fun and play great. Go team!