May 21st, 2025, 2:43 p.m.
We just got through the mixed doubles qualifying. It was a grind. We had a battle. Shelby played really well, and I think I played well as well. Final round was against, Xiao Yi and Len - it's always tough playing Len and Xiao Yi. It was a good match and I'm happy we got through it. I'm excited for the main draw tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'm gonna get to eat tonight, probably a chicken parm somewhere. Just excited for a nice meal and to get some good night's sleep.
May 21st, 2025, 11:24 a.m.
I just got done with the semifinals of the men singles. It was a battle against Ronan, who I'm playing doubles with this week. He's a great dude, and we had a great match. It was a tight match, 13 and 13, if I'm not wrong. It was a lot of fun. I'm playing well. I hope to play the finals at Flushing, that was the whole reason why I decided to do this tournament. Excited for mixed doubles, we have qualies soon. I'm going to run it with Shelby, and it's going to be a lot of fun.
May 21st, 2025, 9:42 a.m.
So I just finished my round of 16 and quarterfinals. I played Casey in the round of 16, it was a good match. Casey's been playing well, and it was fun to play him. I feel I'm playing pretty solid. Selling while hitting a good forehand, and was happy that I was able to get through that. Next round was against BLane. BLane is always a fun matchup to play with. We're good friends so it was a pretty good, close match, I won 12 and 14. Happy with how it's going, excited and ready for the semifinals.
May 21st, 2025, 8:15 a.m.
So this is the first time I've been here in New York and super excited to be here! I never actually thought that pickleball would bring me to so many different places and meet so many new people, so I'm happy. It's a good thing that happened to me.
I got in late Monday night, we had a really long customs line, which no one's ever happy about. Got in, and the first thing I had to get was the pizza slice. So that was the first thing that I had when I got in. I had Shelby who came and picked me up, so she actually brought me some so that was really nice of her. I liked it - won't complain, but we're going to try different places, and we're going to see which one rates the highest. I've got a lot of suggestions and recommendations from a lot of friends back home, and plus, I had my brother who played college tennis. He was in New York a lot for tournaments. He's actually played an event here at Queens College. So he's given me a few suggestions and recommendations, and so have other friends. The next day, I woke up and the first thing we got was bagels in the morning. Got an everything bagel with cream cheese and avocado. It was massive - it was massive! I couldn't finish it. Had to force myself to get done with it. It was delicious, though.
For dinner, I went easy, considering I had a match the next morning. We went to Chipotle. and got something healthy - rice and chicken.
I'm here now, waiting for my match. Excited to see how today goes!
