Today I got up early and was ready to warm Vicki up for her singles match at 11, but when we arrived at the courts, they were puddled and there was no play before the match start times of 9:30. So I returned to the apartment, went to the Aldi & Billa for some drinks, fruit, oatmeal etc (oatmeal is only 75 cents for a good sized package…a bargain).
After driving back to the apartment I decided to walk to the club since it was not too long a walk (around 1.2 miles) along a very narrow (albeit 2-lane) road lined with cornfields and horse pastures, with cloud covered mountains in the distance.
I arrived just in time to watch Vicki play. She played Ulrike from Austria (the harpist who plays in Vienna orchestras). They had a nice match and Vicki played great, all court tennis, winning 61 61 to advance to the final against Ellen Neumann (who took out American Catherine Morgan 62 62). After the match we had a drink which is pretty normal in Germany/Austria after a match (winner pays).
I walked back and did some exercises, stretching and packing. It was a nice day off after a rather hectic week.
Tomorrow I play Heike Heimitz in my final round robin match. She lost very close matches to both Sylvia and Shirley, both of whom I have beaten this week, but she’s a very good player…we’ll see what tomorrow brings. Sylvia and Shirley split sets today with Shirley retiring after dropping the second set (knee).
Tomorrow Vicki and I both play at 9:30 and play the doubles final against Luisa and MJ Pachl who won their doubles pretty decisively against Morgan and Jeannette Elly. Then I move on to Feld am See for the next tournament which is a MT 700 level but with a larger field.
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