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This past Wednesday I drove down to Newport from Falmouth to see two matches in the sweet 16 first round of of the main draw. Earlier this week I played a local doubles tournament on Sunday which was one of if not the hottest days of the summer so I knew what the sun was going to do. And it was a scorcher. I had consumed gallons of water and electrolytes over the last week and a lunch could consist of watermelon and bananas with a side of water with lemon. My center baseline seat was in the South Section in the sun front row. It was the best seat ever. I have a new favorite player on the tour. Reilly Olpelka! He is 6-11” , plays right handed, two handed backhand (can slice nasty one hands), serves bombs, was out for two years because of hip surgery’s (poor guy is only 19!!!!), wears Fila clothing, and had on a pink hat! For the most part he was smiling the whole time he was playing. Understand he has long hair and a long thick beard. Heck I’ll sponsor this guy! Congrats to him for making it to the semifinals today and winning a qualifying event to get into the tournament. This former number 17 in the world is going to give a lot of people trouble. His serve that pounded into the boards in front of me sounded like a sledgehammer pounding railroad spikes. Heres a couple of videos I took of him serving. He uses the Wilson Pro Staff racquet (the new brownish bronze color). That frame is lighter than the Federer pro staff (heaviest racquet I know of).
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