Tough team L but a nice singles W vs Zylberberg

So, it was another tough match vs. Zylberberg (currently #2 in the league), which we lost 1-4. However, as with our last confrontation with this team, the singles players did very well, and I think the doubles teams put up a better fight this time than they did the first time around. Progress must be measured incrementally, right? Anyway, here are the scores:

1D) Jean & Trish had a great time losing to a very good team, Mary Carter & Debbie Hill, 2-6 2-6. I know you are not supposed to say you have a good time losing, but it was really true in this case.

2D) Mary & Laura lost to a very seasoned team, Key Wagner & Karen Cigrang, 1-6 1-2.

3D) Donna & Karen lost despite being up 4-2 in the first set to Jaime Brennan and Dovita Lerner, 4-6 2-6.

1S) Emily almost but couldn't quite eke out a win vs. Tracy Butz, 2-6 6-2 0-1 (4). Hats off to Emily for *almost* beating Tracy, who very rarely ever even gets to the 3rd set tiebreaker!

2S) Joy notched the big win for the day vs. KC Murphy in straight sets, 6-3 7-5.

With our win yesterday and our loss today, we remain in the middle of the scrum with all of the other teams that, like us, have .500 (or close to it) records. All the teams are very close this year, which has made for a lot of great tennis. 

Now-- on to our next match. This Wednesday, we need to say good-bye to one of our stalwart players, Laura Doub. She is moving back to Richmond and may not be coming back to Baltimore next year. She told me today that she would definitely be at Greenspring this Wednesday (our match is at 8:30)-- please come if you can to hang out, watch the courts you can (we will be occupying courts 5-9), & have a beer with Laura. We beat Smith last time--let's go for another W for Laura! :-)