[The title above is just for an eye-catcher. Nothing against other states]
Last month, our daughter Davi participated in two tennis tournaments. ‘IA Ames Tennis Academy Junior Open’ in Ames on Nov 6-8, 2009 and ‘IA Drake/Ames Tennis Academy Winter Invitational’ in Des Moines on Nov 20-22, 2009. These events were Davi’s 5th and 6th tournament since she started doing tournaments this summer.
Unlike her first one, ‘Omaha Quickstart 8 & 10 & under Tournament’ in Omaha, NE, these two were more organized; especially for the Girls’ 10 Singles age group. They even ordered pizza for everybody. Kudos to Ames Tennis’ director, Ryan Roeth.
The officials in Omaha were not in unison about the set up for the match at all. My daughter ended up playing more sets compared to other players at the other courts. The line referrees were somewhat passive on helping the players keep score, thus encouraging some players to cheat. One young girl who was Davi’s line referree tried to ‘warn’ Davi’s opponent in the final not to call it out so many times when it was clearly in.
The parents were also nicer here. Nobody lied to me about the number of tournaments their kids’ had done. The mother of Cari Naanep, a very talented 8 year old girl who beat Davi in the Girls 10 Singles (IA Ames Tennis Academy Junior Open) semifinal was very kind and supportive. She told me that Davi was very good for her age and not to give up on doing tournaments. She even offered me her phone number if Davi would like to play double with Cari. This kind of encouragement from the parent of a successful player, is rare.
Davi played in two age groups in both tournaments, Co-ed 8 Singles (meaning she’ll play both girls and boys) and Girls’ 10 Singles. She managed to be the runner up for the Co-ed 8 Singles in both tournaments (there were 14 players in Ames’ tournament and 10 in Des Moines’ tournament which she played against boys in all four matches); and won the Girls’ 10 Singles title for the Des Moines’ tournament.
Click here to see the photo montage of ‘IA AMes Tennis Academy Junior Open’.
Click here to see the photo montage of ‘IA Drake/Ames Tennis Academy Winter Invitational’.
congratulation, proud mama!
With very supportive parents, Davi will have many opportunities ahead.
we tried to be supportive. i want my kids to have supportive parents, which also includes offering them to try several differents outlets (from drawing to swimming and dance too!) and not to get angry at them even though they prefer to quit after trying one :p
Awesome, upbeat entry. Don’t know who to love most: the talented daughter or the enthusiastic mother. So let’s keep on the safe side: both of them.
ha ha ha… glad my enthusiasm came across through writing. i don’t care about hauling a big bag with camera and the equipments and the tripod, and the drinks, and the coats (cold weather). i feel like her groupie, but i like it! thank you 🙂
wow….Davi’s tennis is apparently for real! seriously real. congratulations Davi! you rock!!!
obviously you’re so proud and so passionate about this, though i caught how you tried hard to tone them down 🙂
congrats to you too. i cannot wait to see Davi winning the Wimbledon!
mertje, i’m just hoping that she’d happy with this. i hate parents who push their preferrence to their kids. so far, she’s enjoying it.
yeah, i can see how this young tennis player would be the next yayuk basuki. *manggut2 bergaya kayak sambas*
go go go daviiii!
*harusnya dipasang tuh fotonya yang di FB yang keren banget itu nek* 😀
sambas? uhm… the commentator? foto fb yang mana yah nek? *semangat nauin ada foto gue yang dilabeli ‘keren banget’*