Taking Weekend Tennis Seriously

I will play my first 4.0 USTA (click on that link if you want to go to one of the most convoluted websites ever…unless they’ve finally come to their senses and gotten a webmaster who knows how to unclutter that mess of an eyesore) match today.  I’m nervous.  Last year, I played 3.5 USTA.  Hold up.  Is that not one of the most obvious sentences I could have possibly written?  Of course, I played 3.5 USTA last year.  I just said today would be my first 4.0 match.  I’m underestimating you, dear reader.  That, or, I’m writing badly.  Either way, I’ll stop doing either one.  I’ll do better, I promise! Read the rest of this entry »