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The tour heads to San Marino this week which is the smallest country in
the world. It's located on the top of a mountain about an hour's drive from
Bologna, Italy and is famous for its Medieval Castles and tax free status.
I'm playing with Gaston Etlis (ARG) here and we're still hanging in the
tournament. We beat Del Rio (ARG) - Calatrava (SPA) 6-3, 6-4 in the first
round and Savolt (HUN) - Stoliarov (RUS) in the second round 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
We played the second round tonight starting at 10:30PM and finishing at
12:30AM. We were behind most of the first set, but scrapped out a couple of
breaks near the end of the set to win it and then proceeded to get down early
again in the second set. I went into a funk as it was past my bedtime and I
was getting ornery. Fortunately, we started out well in the third set and
stayed awake long enough to pull out the match.
So, it will be a few more days of pasta for me as we don't play our
semifinal match until Saturday evening. It's just as well as it's nearly
impossible to find a flight anywhere in Europe back to anywhere in the US
this weekend. I may have to pose as someone's pet just to get on a flight
back home.
~Jack
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