Saturday February 19th 2011
The second week has come to a close and tomorrow the foursome becomes a threesome as I (Devan) am staying in Kenya! Not going to lie I’m definitely going to miss Farah, Beth and Rob. These past two weeks have been filled with amazing memories. Watching the OC constantly and going gaga over Ryan, singing Hey Soul Sister almost every morning as we walked to the tennis courts, Beth walking into poles after dinner or just plain ol’ bonding time every evening.
Even though Beth and I lost our final 6-4 6-3 today we both are so pleased with what we have achieved as a team. Especially since this is only our second tournament together! Hopefully this won’t be our last tournament together but just the beginning of an awesome partnership!
Our last night was spent eating dinner with our friends from Portugal and then coming back to the hotel to enjoy some delicious dessert! Hmm, a great way to end the trip! We are all stuffed with smiles on our faces. I’m excited for the third week and I can’t wait to get stuck in but it won’t be the same with out these three. Definitely a memorable two weeks. Can’t wait to see what the next trip holds! Toodle loo itc-tennis website and itc-tennis readers
Heeeey guys, its Farah! I understand Rob told you all about my exciting blister popping experience yesterday… that was fun, almost took Dev out ha-ha! Word of advice, don’t attempt to pop a blister with an earring, not a good idea, it won’t make it better, trust me! Going home tomorrow its going to be weird saying bye to everyone, after so long with everyone, sad times. It’s been a great two weeks, going to miss Beth, Dev and Rob! Not going to lie though, I can’t wait to play on normal indoor courts again, clay is definitely not for me. Can’t really think of anything else to say now so I’m going to hand the laptop over to Beth now, byee! … PS excuse my hair in the pictures, was having a bad hair day, hair is not my priority in the morning!
Hellooo its Beth, a bit emotional writing the final blog of the trip but hey ho its been quite a successful one in some ways and in others its been interesting at times but most of all I feel we have all learned a lot together as a team and individually about ourselves and our games. Me and Devan lost in the doubles final today which was tough for us, we didn’t play our best throughout the match but at times there where some good doubles played by us but just not often enough to take it! My serve wasn’t on today at all so I got broken a few times which wasn’t ideal…Not a bad effort making final though for mine and Dev’s 2nd tournament together!:) All in all it’s been a great two weeks, looking forward to the next event to get my ranking inside the 150 mark by the end of the year!! Going to pack my bag now and get some sleep ready for the flight home tomorrow!!! Until next time… Team Kenya 2011!!!!!! Beth x
Beth and Devan with the President of the Kenyan Lawn Tennis Association
All the winners and runners-up!
Me, Pedro, Artur, Devan, Beth and Farah
Artur got a bit carried away with the line marker (much to the annoyance of the groundsman!)
