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2012 USTA Mixed League VII

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Hey Tennis Friends!

I teamed up with my Tennis Friend, Liz, for our final match together on our 8.0 Mixed Doubles USTA League team. We only have one win so far, so, let’s see if we can improve our record:

Our first set lasted 35 minutes.
Our second set lasted 34 minutes.

Yes, it’s disappointing to end the season with a loss, . . . just as it is disappointing to end with such a dismal record. However, I had a lot of fun, met some newTennis Friends, and learned valuable lessons for the next mixed doubles season! Just because the results are disappointing, doesn’t mean that any other part of the experience was. This makes me more determined to perform better next time!

My final results for this season are:

Local District/Area 8.0 Mixed Doubles
1-win, 5-losses

Local District/Area 7.0 Mixed Doubles
1-win, 1-loss

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- Marcus Tennis

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2012 USTA Mixed League VI

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Hey Tennis Friends!

Once again, I am teamed up with my Tennis Friend, Ashley, for an 7.0 Mixed Doubles USTA League match. We are on a a “combo” team. Since Ashley is a 3.0 player, and I am a 4.0 player, our “combined” ratings total 7.0, which enables us to play together.

Our first set lasted 37 minutes.
Our second set lasted 47 minutes.
I don’t not have an accurate time for our third set.

This was our second and, curiously, final match for the 7.0 Mixed Doubles team. The lack of scheduling us, by our captain, puzzled us.
For our first match together, yes, we lost, but it was not a blow-out. We played in the number one slot and went three sets. That’s a respectable effort. However, we were not scheduled to play again, until the second-to-last match of the season (this report). We also played the number one slot, went three sets, and this time, we won!

My results for this season, so far, are:

Local District/Area 8.0 Mixed Doubles
1-win, 4-losses

Local District/Area 7.0 Mixed Doubles
1-win, 1-loss

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- Marcus Tennis

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2012 USTA Mixed League V

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

Hey Tennis Friends!

Welcome to all of the new subscribers!
It’s back to my coverage of USTA League matches. Once again, I am teamed up with my Tennis Friend, Liz, for an 8.0 Mixed Doubles match:

Our first set lasted 22 minutes (WOW! That was a quick set!).
Our second set lasted 35 minutes.

My results for this season, so far, are:

Local District/Area 8.0 Mixed Doubles
1-win, 4-losses

Local District/Area 7.0 Mixed Doubles
0-wins, 1-loss

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- Marcus Tennis

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2012 USTA Pro Circuit – Costa Mesa, CA

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Hey Tennis Friends!

The USTA Pro Circuit has a new stop in Costa Mesa, California. I went down to check out this Futures event, and filed this report:

The results for the matches that I featured are:

Tennys Sandgren d. Chris Wettengel 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Bjorn Fratangelo d. Alessandro-Damiano Ventre 6-2, 6-4

Nicolas Meister / John Peers
d. Tennys Sandgren / Di Wu 7-5, 6-1

Vahid Mirzadeh / Phillip Simmonds
d. Brian Battistone / Chris Wettengel 2-6, 6-3, [10-8]

The matches begin at 10:00AM, today, Saturday, March 24, so, if you are in the area, you can watch these matches!

Costa Mesa Tennis Center
880 Junipero Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 557-0211

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- Marcus Tennis

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2012 BNP Paribas Open VIII

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Hey Tennis Friends!

Usually, on the final Thursday of this tournament, there is at least one outer court match. One can surmise, that because of the ten players who withdrew from the flu, the schedule got mixed around, resulting in no outer court matches today.

The giant video screens behind me look so terrible in this video. It’s probably because the scan rate for the monitors is different than the scan rate for my camera, making an odd pattern. The new and improved giant video monitors at the venue really are great, though.

Don’t forget to bring six used tennis balls to the reBounces booth on Saturday and Sunday, from 10AM to 2PM to get your FREE can of NEW tennis balls!

The result for the match that I featured is:

Novak Djokavic d. Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-4

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- Marcus Tennis

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