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2003 Winter/Spring Season Tennis Scores
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 June 18
Don 2-6 6-3 6-2 |
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| Don thwarted John's dream of 30 wins in this season by pulling out a win in this afternoon match. Plenty of good points and forcing shots from both sides of the net. Don took care of his serve in the second and third sets. Match time: 1:47 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 19 |
| John | 3 | 9 |
| June 10 John 7-5 6-3 | ||
| John prevails again in a hard fought 2 set morning match. Don failed to convert on a set point in the first and almost every game in the second set went to multiple deuces, the first two games having 10 and 7 deuce points respectively. Match time: 1:50 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 8 |
| John | 2 | 9 |
| June 8 John 6-4 5-7 6-0 | ||
| John came off the short term injury list to hand Don a bagel in the third set of this morning match. Don was running on fumes after a long game to save the second set and a three set match with Mike the previous evening, barely saving three match points to set up his 12th winner (thankfully salvaging something from the third set). Match time: 2:15 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 12 |
| John | 0 | 11 |
| May 28 John 7-6 6-4 | ||
| Excellent match with vigorous points. Don saved about 7 set points while coming back from 5-2 in the first and had two set points at 6-5 (which John saved). John took the tiebreaker 7-4 after Don saved 2 more set points. Second set was back and forth but John wound up on top after Don failed to capitalize on a rare concession. Match time: 1:45 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 19 |
| John | 3 | 9 |
| May 19 John 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Close match and a good workout. Third set was well played, decided by one break (Don dropped a service game from 40-15 after missing a block volley to the open court (and the whole court was open because John was on the side fence...)) Match time: 2:15 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 13 |
| John | 6 | 11 |
| May 16 John 6-4 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Another short match, at least the official part. The optional third set for fun was almost as long as the match. Don still couldn't stop the Mace train, though he did make a run for the third set and was serving at 5-3 for the set when John came back to take it with four straight. Match time: 1:05 Extended time 2:02 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 10 |
| John | 2 | 9 |
| May 14 John 6-2 6-2 | ||
| This was a short match - Don couldn't hit sitters, and John was glad to give Don as many sitters as he could miss. Match time: 1:05 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 10 |
| John | 2 | 9 |
| May
11 Don 5-7 6-4 9-7 |
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| Major wind factor today, blowing hard, but swirling so you never knew which direction the next gust was coming from. Don finally managed to take care of his serve late in the match, as did John till the last game when Don managed to put the whup on a passing shot at triple match point. Match time 2:41 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 33 |
| John | 4 | 16 |
| May 7 John 6-3 6-1 | ||
| The nightmare continues. John played with one of Don's racquets and managed to put even more smoke on his whipping forehand. Don served well, putting in a high percentage of first serves and not giving up his "ultra-FBI" till the last game. Unfortunately Don is still pulling his eyes off the ball when he finally gets one that should be an easy put-away... | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 4 |
| John | 1 | 2 |
| May 4 John 6-4 6-2 6-4 | ||
| John was swinging loose (after a beer), hitting good serves and smoking his forehand, while Don struggled to hold serve. Maybe the beer was a good idea! This match was started on May 2 but was suspended due to rain at 3-3 with John serving at 30-40. Match time 1:20 ,extended time 1:20 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 10 |
| John | 2 | 9 |
| April 27 John 6-1 6-4 6-3 | ||
| The first set was closer than the score indicates. Don is still having trouble with sitters so John kept going to the well to dip up moon balls. Match time 1:20 ,extended time 1:53 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 26 |
| John | 2 | 15 |
| April 24 John 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Don had plenty of winners, but apparently Mace loves pace. Don won 5 games in a row to go from 3-0 to 3-5 in the third, but missed a couple sitters to let John back in. Match time 2:11 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 32 |
| John | 3 | 15 |
| April 21 John 6-4 6-2 7-6 | ||
| John was all over then net, pushing Don deep in a swirling wind. Don had 5-3 in the optional set, but couldn't close despite a run of winners. Match time 1:17, extended time 2:20 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 1 | 24 |
| John | 1 | 19 |
| April 19 John 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Good points, and solid winners, but Don had trouble closing games losing three games from 40-0 up and two from 40-15 up. John made a beautiful stab winner on Don's best passing shot of the match. Match time 1:24 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 10 |
| John | 1 | 11 |
| April 17 John 6-2 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Don couldn't hit squat today, John didn't miss at net. Match time 1:26. total time after extra set 1:53 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 17 |
| John | 2 | 19 |
| April 14 John 6-2 6-4 | ||
| John was on his net game to win in two sets, aided by Don mis-hitting what should have been three easy put-away's in one game. Lots of multi-deuce games. Match time 1:30 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 12 |
| John | 3 | 9 |
 April
12 Don 7-6 5-7 7-5 |
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| Long points, games, and sets. John saved 5 set points to force a tiebreak in the first, but Don won the close tiebreak 10-8. Don had an early break in the second, but John was Mr. Netman when he needed it. Third set took over an hour and was close all the way till Don's backhand cross-court passing shots shut down John's net game. Match time 2:55 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 29 |
| John | 2 | 11 |
| April 8 John 6-4 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Good points with a lot of running and great shots, but Don couldn't win the big points. John broke Don once in the 1st set, twice in the second, all three times from 40-15. John's whipping forehand had some smoke on it today. Match time 2:12 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 24 |
| John | 2 | 16 |
| April 4 John 6-1 7-6 | ||
| We played this match after concluding the previous match. Don lost both his forehand and backhand in a stubility accident and John stormed through the first set. Tiebreaker was 7-5. Match time 1:35 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 4 |
| John | 0 | 11 |
| April 4 John 6-2 4-6 6-2 | ||
| John won the first set easily at 6-2, but Don was about to serve for the second set at 5-4 when the rains came. We nearly resumed the match a couple hours later, but once again, the rains came and the match was suspended. Resumed on April 5, Don won the second set, then John Stormed through the third. Match time 1:30 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 2 | 9 |
| John | 2 | 5 |
| April 2 John 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Don was up 5-2 in the first when John staged another comeback rally (plus the wind was shifting, so Don had the wind behind him 5 games in a row!!). The second set was a real battle, with long games, power hitting, plenty of great gets and winners on both sides. Don had trouble holding serve in the third set as every muscle in his body began to cramp in succession. John was on the verge of doing the Roddick too, but not till he put away the match on his fifth match point. Match time 2:38 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 28 |
| John | 2 | 22 |
| April 1 John 7-5 6-4 | ||
| A whole lot of running going on in these two sets. Don was up 5-3 in the first, but John turned on the smoke. Match time 1:48 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 0 | 12 |
| John | 2 | 13 |
| March 24 John 6-4 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Don was hitting plenty of winners, but John was consistently hitting deep balls to force errors (not to mention that Don also hit plenty of unforced errors). Official match time 1:56. Only one break in the optional third set. Extended match time was 2:28 | ||
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Aces |
Winners | |
| Don | 1 | 30 |
| John | 1 | 13 |
| March
22 Don 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
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| Don was up 5-2 in the first before John won 5 straight. Don was up 5-2 again in the second but managed to stop John's bid for another come from behind set. In the third set Don was up 3-0 and had two break points on John's serve, but John won 4 in a row before Don finally closed it out. Match time 2:03 | ||
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Winners |
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| Don | 1 | 23 |
| John | 3 | 3 |
March 19 John 6-2 7-5
John was pumped up and hitting his serve well as he rolled over Don in 2 sets. Match time 1:36
March 18 John 6-2 4-6 6-2
Don felt like he was hitting well, but John had the answer more often than not, consistently hitting deep balls. Don was up 5-1 in the second before John made the mini-comeback. John had 5-0 in the third before Don squeaked out a couple games.. Match time 1:44
March
14 Don 5-7 6-4 6-4
John came from behind (5-4) in the first set but couldn't do it in either the second or third. Don had trouble with John's mega-sun-lob, but made up for it with a few sweet angle shots and lobs of his own.
March 8 John 6-2 6-2 3-6
John hates to lose and came out playing like it was third set, banging in the big serve...
March
7 Don 5-7 6-4 7-5
John came back from 3-5 in the first, but Don's passing shot picked up in the second.
March 4 John 6-2 4-6 6-4
Fat-i-gue was a factor on both sides after a month of bad weather and good food. Don was up early in the third set but John came back for the win.
February
3 Don 6-4 3-6 6-4
Don finally wins a match after over three weeks of cold wet weather. John blinked in the third set while serving at 4-4, and that's all it took (well that and a few timely passing shots).
January 9 John 7-6 5-7 6-4
John squeaked through another long hard three hour match that was decided by even less than yesterday's heartbreaker. Don had triple set point in the first set but let it slip away after John made two amazing gets. John was up 5-2 in the tiebreaker but let Don get back to 6-6 before winning at 8-6. In the third set Don came back from 5-2 and had break point for 5-5, but John channeled Sampras and held on for the match.
January 8 John 6-3 5-7 8-6
Well played three hour match - long points and a whole lot of running, even in the third set. Don had two match points serving at 6-5 in the third but couldn't put it away.
December 29 John 7-6 6-4
Two long, excellent sets, long rallies, and plenty of winners on both sides. The sun was definitely a factor in the first set. John was up 6-0 in the tiebreaker when we switched sides; I brought it back to 6-6, at which point we switched sides again, allowing John to win the next 2 points...
December 23 John 6-4 3-6 6-3
Excellent match with great rallies and smoking winners. Serving on both sides was much better than usual.
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