01-28-2022, 06:05 PM
Ok, so, a few takeaways:
1. The kids are alright. Xu cruised. Yepifanova struggled early but found another gear and won going away. Ma battled against a great player, found a way to win the set, and was up an early break in the second when it was called. Really encouraging day from the rookies.
2. The vets are also alright. Blake was our first win and Choy was our second, both in dominating fashion.
3. Whither the sophomores? Houghton didn’t play, and Geller basically didn’t show up.
4. Doubles ain’t there yet. Blake/Ma and Xu/Yepifanova lost at the 1 and 2 spots by the same 6-3 score, so that Geller/Madurawe were on the verge of winning on Court 3 doesn’t matter. They have to be a lot better if we’re going to win close matches against other top teams.
5. Back to Blake: her freshman year, I said on here somewhere we were watching a future #1 singles player. Well, I didn’t know we were going to get Ma and Yepifanova then, but you can see what a luxury it is to have a player like Blake playing #3.
1. The kids are alright. Xu cruised. Yepifanova struggled early but found another gear and won going away. Ma battled against a great player, found a way to win the set, and was up an early break in the second when it was called. Really encouraging day from the rookies.
2. The vets are also alright. Blake was our first win and Choy was our second, both in dominating fashion.
3. Whither the sophomores? Houghton didn’t play, and Geller basically didn’t show up.
4. Doubles ain’t there yet. Blake/Ma and Xu/Yepifanova lost at the 1 and 2 spots by the same 6-3 score, so that Geller/Madurawe were on the verge of winning on Court 3 doesn’t matter. They have to be a lot better if we’re going to win close matches against other top teams.
5. Back to Blake: her freshman year, I said on here somewhere we were watching a future #1 singles player. Well, I didn’t know we were going to get Ma and Yepifanova then, but you can see what a luxury it is to have a player like Blake playing #3.