Tonight was our last regular season match at home. We where up against the Washington Kastles. They are at the moment 2nd in the Eastern Conference and it was a big match for them because they want to clinch a spot in the playoffs.
They are a very good team with Leander Paes and Renee Stubbs in there team. Between them they have won more that 10 Grand Slam Doubles titles.
It was a very wet day and we where not sure if we would be able to play outside.
We are very lucky because the Cooper centre has 12 indoor courts, so it takes us 15 min to go indoors and finish the match if we need to.
Raven was up 1 st and went down 3-1, before he made a good come back and eventually lost 5-4. During the tie-breaker it started raining and we had to move indoors.
We had a 30 min delay because they had to setup the sound and get all the people into the indoor facility. Mixed was up next and this was going to be a great match. Paes/Stubbs and Liezel and Martin are the top 2 teams in the league. This was quality tennis we witnessed. The lasers went down 3-1 and was down 2 break points before making an awesome come back and won 4 games in a row. The score was now 9-8 to the Lasers. Raven and Martin stepped up to a higher gear and won 5-2, this was by far their best match of the season. 14-10 Lasers. Liezel was very fired up for the women's doubles because there is no Love between her and Renee Stubbs. Well liezel got what she wanted and won the match 5-1. Vania stepped on court with a 9 game lead, This was the 1st time this season that she started with such a big lead. She was playing a young Russian Petchkova. This girl hits the ball so hard and clean. It is just a pity that she has no confidence in her serve. She beat Vania 5-4 in a tiebreaker and then Vania won the 1 st game in overtime.
We are off to St Louis next where Kim Clitsjers will make her 1 st come back. Really looking forward to watching her play again. I always loved watching her and she is a great Lady.
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