Hector A. Ruiz

Our first season just ended last weekend, and what a run it has been.

Starting with an 0-9 record until we were finally able to win our first court, we kept practicing, learned from our opponents, built a few strategies, all of which led us to start winning courts left and right. We even beat the #1 seed 4-1!

In the end, the newcomers, the new kids on the block, the underdog team, the Tennis Knights ended on third place without even having it as a goal. My co-captain and myself are very proud of what the team achieved and will be looking for more improvements in the next season.

Of course, special thanks to each of our players: Chet, Chris, Furkan, Harish, Jaren, Karthik, Kyle, Mark, Naveen, Swapnil, and our co-captain Arvind.

See you all next season!

HR

What a great experience it has been so far!

We started losing nine matches in a row, which was disheartening to say the least. However, we noticed that we were not being mopped out of the courts, and the guys we were losing to in fact were not any better than us. They were beating us with their experience. With that, we made a few adjustments while keeping our heads up.

Then one of our players came back from a set and a break deficit, to clinch our first win. This proved to us that we could in fact beat anyone. The following match we won two out of five courts.

Long story short, the league has been going great!

HR

After much thought and several years of consideration, a friend and I decided to join and start a USTA Team.

Our plan is to start with our closest friends and expand the team bringing players with similar interests of getting out there, enjoying the experience of meeting new opponents.

Let’s see what happens!

HR