Posts Tagged ‘Tennis’
28th Jun
2012
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Something remarkable happened in a recent game of doubles tennis: I was at net with my partner receiving. Both teams were in the standard doubles…
6th Apr
2012
Community Tennis Open
Last weekend I played in my first tennis tournament. My coach signed me up because he believes I need match practise, and I agree. I…
15th Mar
2012
Tennis lines-people are not to blame
While watching the BNP Paribas Open in the US on TV (the third pro tournament I’ve watched either in person or on telly), I’m struck…
9th Mar
2012
BMW Malaysian Open 2012
Prologue Last week I spent most of my waking hours at the BMW Malaysian Open women’s tennis tournament. It was the first professional tennis tournament…
5th Mar
2012
Playing vs winning
While I sat at the Malaysian Open women’s tennis tournament this week, I thought a lot about tennis. It was my first pro tournament, and…
26th Feb
2012
Agnieszka Radwanksa playing in KL!
I’m not usually absent-mindedly patriotic, but HOLY CRAP! Agnieszka Radwanska1 has been added to the BMW Malaysian Open roster! (Venus Williams and Jelena Dokic Marion…
3rd Dec
2011
Do not look at this photo!
I got my wife to take a photo of me in my tennis gear. Sounds harmless enough, but do not look! If you’ve known me…
22nd Nov
2011
Braveheart BraveBart
Here is a true story.1 My tennis partner Anna has gone back to New Zealand more or less until February. As I’ve been enjoying my…
16th Nov
2011
Nope. My chocolate.
Found this on YouTuizzle this morning. It made me actually LOL. The ad’s cut perfectly. Quick and snappy. This ad highlights the difference between the…
8th Nov
2011
Anna wins (again)
6-2, 3-6, 7-5 We played three sets over two days. The first day was Tuesday last week, where we agreed to play one set, but…
25th Oct
2011
20105 vs 77
===== Update ===== 7-5, Anna’s win Holy shit, how hard is a real game of tennis? Especially in full sun, searing heat, god-knows how much…
22nd Oct
2011
The soul of a racquet
“Strings are the soul of a racquet” — Unknown Kelly and I had been playing with same Wilson TieBreaker Titanium racquets my mother-in-law bought us…
17th Jul
2011
A rad day (in ten acts)
Unimaginative titles aside, today was a rad day (Sunday 17th July 2011); one of the best — if not the best — in recent memory.…
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