The Crystal City Open was held in Crystal City, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri on July 11th and 12th, 2020. It was hot and humid. The temperature on the court on Saturday was 108 degrees. We went through everything we had to drink and searched for more. On Saturday, Robert and I played men’s doubles. It was our first tournament outing and I played like I had never seen pickleball before. Tight would be an understatement. I embarrassed us both and most of the spectators that came to watch us. They would have headed for the shade if there was any to head for! Regardless, it was a well run tournament and Missina and her partner won silver in women’s doubles. So she had a good day! On Sunday we took on numerous teams in mixed doubles and came away with bronze. It was a good showing considering the heat and we finished third out of thirteen teams. As always, a sucessful tournament is achieved by bringing home a medal and not getting injured. We did that. So the drive home was good.
A special shout out to Imo’s pizza which we had on the way home. And….to Missina’s first ever visit to White Castle!