Nine, nine, nine

September 9, 2009 is Nine nine nine. It's just a numerology curiosity but worth noting. This orange colored bloom is not going to be around much longer. The trees are beginning to show fall colors and then comes autumn and winter. The seasons are changing. The tennis venue changes to indoors this week, and although there will be some more outdoors tennis ball smacking, the season is changing.



I played some doubles at Marie Paark on a sweltering humid afternoon. It was good tennis and good companions. We played two sets and called it a day, so that we could go home and watch the US Open. I was hoping for another victory for 17 year=old Melanie Oudin, but she lost in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, to the Danish 19 year-old, Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. It was a good run and lots of fun to watch. Roger Federer then managed to hold on to beat the Swede, Robin Soderling, in four sets, the last two tiebreakers. And the doubles team of Venus and Serena have moved into the semifinals. A good tournament with several good match-ups to come.