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December 7, 2008
Life Of a Tennis Parent
Deb's with Claire in Dallas this weekend for the Dallas Superchamp. Claire just won a thriller to extend her tournament into tomorrow. To give you a flavor for what Deb was going through, here's our third set text message exchange. Claire had won the first and the other girl (the overall 4-seed) won the second overcoming an early lead by Claire in the 2nd set.
Deb: Split (note: this was the last message of 2nd set)
Deb: Up 1-0
Jim: Did she serve first to start 3rd set?
Deb: Yes
Deb: 2-0
Jim: Let's go!
Deb: Getting cold - 3-0
Jim: Let's get a second break!
Deb: 4-0
Jim: Huge! Stay focused!
Deb: 4-1
Deb: 4-2
Jim: Big game.. Go!
Deb: 4-3
Jim: Breathe...
Deb: 4 all
Jim: A learning experience. Let's see how bad Claire wants it...
Deb: 4-5 down
Deb: 5 all
Jim: Fight!
Deb: 6-5 up
Jim: Fight!!!
Deb: Won 7-5 in 3rd
Who said tennis was a boring sport? Try being a tennis parent.
My advice for Claire tomorrow? FIGHT!!!
Posted by Jim at December 7, 2008 6:31 PM