Monday, May 27, 2019 (Court Day #271)
Memorial Day
Day 32 playing left-handed. Tennis elbow.
I arrived at Brommer Park a mere few minutes after 9. The parking lot was already over half full. It was overcast and breezy. One temporary net would blow over more than once during the session.
My back was pretty tired from the start. About an hour in, the temptation of leaving crossed my mind. I powered through. My right ankle also would hurt now and then, but typically not during actual play, but when just walking around.
Tom (visiting from out of town) and Cal take on two players (nearside). Overcast.
With the holiday, it was very busy. Early on, Leslie announced we’d be playing to 9. When I stopped to count players, there were 61 people at the courts, and some had already left!
A big crowd today. Tony (leftmost, tan hat) and Daniel (rightmost, red) don’t mark the limit of waiting people! Alan K. has his hands on his hips while Terry Long (purple) does some managing of the court board. Sun!
Binh and I beat Mark G. and Allen 11-8. (Not be confused with Alan K. or Allan C.) It was a long game. Mark was having about as much trouble with his drops shots as I was—a lot.
Between games, I sat next to Joe, the new guy whom I’d played singles with a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned the pain in my right shoulder when I raise my elbow and he said it sounds like a rotator cuff problem. He said he’s having rotator cuff surgery and will be out for a few months for recovery. “Today will be my last time playing for a while.” He said I should go see Dr. Warren Scott in Soquel, who diagnoses sports injuries. I didn’t mention this before, but I’d asked my PT on Friday about that pain and she mentioned that it could be my rotator cuff, but she didn’t go beyond that and we didn’t discuss it more.
Binh and I played our our last three games against Aidan and Karen. (Little Karen, not Karen Long.) We won all three, though we had to come back the last game down 8-3.
There was a first in one of those last three games. I hit my first deep forehand slice service return as a lefty. That’s a decently advanced shot that I rarely see from intermediate players. I’ll take whatever little victory I can get right now!
I checked the time, 1:39 p.m. Four and a half hours. No wonder I was so fatigued!
Number of days on a court: 271
Number of total hours: 747
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