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May 15, 2006
A Great Weekend of Tennis!
I'm not sure why the USTA decided Mother's Day weekend was a great weekend for junior tennis, but we had Claire, Kate, and Meg in three different cities competing in the SuperChamp, Champ, and ZAT tournaments. And we hated missing Kiki's big brunch bash in the Woodlands.
Since Deb and I couldn't figure out how to be three places between the two of us, Claire went with the team and competed at the SuperChamp tournament in Houston. After a close tough first match, Claire went into the consolation bracket, and not only won her first SuperChamp match, she decided to give her mom a nice Mother's Day present and win the consolation bracket. And she did it in style winning the final match 6-0, 6-0.
I was with Meg up in Georgetown. Meg faced some heavy hitters and learned quite a bit competing against these players. With the summer and tennis camps rapidly approaching, I'm betting she'll continue to rapidly improve.
Deb was with Kate and Scott out in Kerrville. Kate was seeded 1st in her draw. And did she ever play like it. She won her only match on Saturday. After a struggling in her first set Sunday morning winning 7-6 in the tiebraker, Kate started steamrolling and won the match 6-0 in second.
Meg and I arrived to see her semifinal match, which Kate continued in steamrolling fashion with a 6-0, 6-0 victory. This semifinal win gave her enough points to Superqualify! Whoo hoo!! Another Mother's Day gift!!!
The way Kate played, I believe she would have won the tournament but Mother Nature prevailed with a hail and lightning storm. It was brief, intense, and enough to spook the tournament officials into calling off the rest of the tournament. It's too bad, because as we were driving back to Fredericksburg for a Mother's Day dinner, the sky was again blue.
But we had a great time celebrating Deb, some great tennis, and some great German food!
Posted by Jim at May 15, 2006 11:40 AM
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