CITY SECTION TENNIS FINAL: NGUYEN COMES UP SHORT IN REMATCH.Byline: Matthew Matthew one of the twelve disciples. [N.T.: Matthew] See : Evangelism Kredell Staff Writer Jessica Nguyen Jessica Nguyen was born on November 24, 1987, and she is a tennis player for Stanford University. College career As a freshman she had a 14-2 record in singles, including an unblemished 9-0 mark in dual matches. played at the same facility, against the same opponent and on the exact same court as in her only loss during her first season with Granada Granada, city, Nicaragua Granada (gränä`thä), city (1995 pop. 74,396), W Nicaragua, on Lake Nicaragua. It is Nicaragua's third largest city and the center of commerce on Lake Nicaragua. Hills tennis. Talk about facing your demons Demons See also devil; evil; ghosts; hell; spirits and spiritualism. ademonist one who denies the existence of the devil or demons. bogyism, bogeyism recognition of the existence of demons and goblins. . She hoped the match would go differently than her loss in the City team final. And it did. Nguyen mixed up her shots, won some long rallies and even took a set from Carson's Judith DeVera. But the end result was the same. Nguyen fell 6-4, 0-6, 6-1 to DeVera in the City individual final Monday at Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Tennis Center. ``I wish I played better in the third set,'' Nguyen said. ``I wasn't moving well. My feet felt stiff.'' Nguyen seemed to have the momentum after shutting DeVera out in the second set. Nguyen had DeVera frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: and shouting at herself, especially after a long third game that went back and forth to deuce about 20 times. Nguyen, just a freshman, could get another shot at DeVera, a junior, next year. DeVera has more power now, especially on her serve. But additional power will come as Nguyen continues to develop physically. ``I think her strength is the main difference,'' Nguyen said. ``The first time we played, I tried to hit hard with her and that didn't work at all. This time, I mixed it up more, threw in some loops and drop shots.'' It worked as Nguyen played a much more competitive match. The loss leaves something for which Nguyen can strive next season. In the third-place match, Nguyen's teammate, Christine Dao, beat Fairfax's Yu Yu Myinttun 6-0, 6-2. Nguyen beat Dao in the semifinals. |
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