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at ease as they began the tournament’s 20th year, the 20th year of the 25th annual tournament with a name longer than the weekend itself.
I soon discovered their secret as I continued to play. It was a dream day for tennis lovers, those players who are not necessarily knocking at the gate of the pro circuit.
There was good competition, but that did not override the sense that the tournament was intended to be fun. “Good shot,” or “good try” were heard more often than John McEnroe-type <’ 'mplaints during the day.
Even when I and the speaker knew that my last shot had been pure luck, I enjoyed hearing “good shot.” And after I had lunged desperately for a passing shot, “good try” sounding from across the net somehow made the fact that I had missed all right.
Between our matches of four games with each couple, we talked,
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