“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill. We have not lost our enthusiasm but then again I wouldn’t say we are successful either. The Pork chops got left in the oven a little too long as we lost 2-1 to Kinetix on Friday night. But don’t stick a fork in us just yet, our playoff hopes ride on winning the individual matches won/lost record as the first tiebreaker with Kinetix. We are both 13-8 in individual matches. We play the Rally Cats and they play Boomers2 in the final regular season match on 4/4/09. If we sweep and they lose one court we’re in. Goooo Boomers – here’s to Al Ortega rolling out a strong lineup against Kinetix like they did when they played us. Al’s team was in first place early in the season and can certainly be competitive with Kinetix.
In the match on Friday we were outplayed on 2 of the 3 courts. It isn’t something that happens often but sometimes you are the windshield and sometimes you are the bug. The important point to remember is that what’s really important is certainly not winning every match although we try to do so. This season more than ever before in my memory I have seen conflict and strife over benign issues. And, to reiterate, when tennis is not fun then it’s time to examine your priorities to see if you have spending your time wisely. It’s fun to learn and grow as a player and person. It’s fun to confront challenges and weaknesses. We’ve had a few good runs and all we can do is keep our heads up, be gracious to our opponents and get as much enjoyment from our limited time available for tennis.
Regarding our match, I will skip the highlights except for congratulating Jackie Shaw and Eric Markowitz for a nice win on Friday against us. They are both ex-teammates and they played well. Eric gutted out a tough mid-match calf injury and together they sealed the win for our opponents. Well done Jackie and Eric (*&$%#*&$)!
We have made progress on the Kings & Queens tournament. We are in the quarter finals. Please try to get your matches in. Fortunately or unfortunately we have more time on our hands to get this tournament completed if we don’t make districts but we welcome the challenge if we are fortunate enough to squeak into the post season.
