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April 30, 2006
A Great Day for Tennis
After the storms from the latest cold front blew through in the middle of the night, we awoke to a beautiful Spring Saturday.
Meg, Kate, and Claire were all in action on the tennis courts. Meg participated in the CATA Tour tournament held at the Austin Tennis Academy.
Meg competed hard and won her first match 6-3. In the second match she played a more experienced player that was coached earlier in her tennis career by one of the Austin Tennis Academy coaches. Meg battled her to 7-7 before not prevailing in the tiebreaker. I haven't seen her play a competitive match in a few months and her improvement is amazing!
Kate and Claire played in their first ever Texas Cup competition. This is much more like a Davis Cup match or college tennis where each win contributes to the team. It can get really loud and pressure filled.
They both had a crack at playing doubles against older, more experienced players. And Claire had a chance to play a singles match, against an 18-year-old SuperChamp boy, and one with a nasty kick serve to boot. Not only did she hang with him, she was making him nervous when he was only up 5-3 and starting to tighten up. I wish I had video to share of when she got into rallies slugging it out with him. She definitely held her ground and never looked intimidated. I think the experience will help her greatly in some of the upcoming tournaments as a newly minted SuperChamp player.
The girls are back at it on the tennis courts today, while I watch after Scott who picked up some sort of bug yesterday from hanging around the tennis courts... which means no picture updates of the new house.
Have (or hope you had) a Placido Domingo (Peaceful Sunday)!
Posted by Jim at April 30, 2006 12:38 PM
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