I’ve always admired how Dinara Safina plays tennis with such INTENSITY and FOCUS every single time she steps on the court! I took this shot during her defeat of Lourdes Dominguez Lino at the Family Circle Cup earlier this year. I was reminded of her determination during a particularly difficult match that my partner, Shawn, and I faced recently in our tennis league. Neither of us was playing all that well that night. But we knew that if we just dug deep and played HARD, we could still beat these guys. It wasn’t pretty, but we ended up winning 6-4, 6-4. With the overall team’s victory that day, we solidified our ranking as the number one Men’s 4.0 team in Charleston. That means we compete once again at the State Championships in a few weeks. So I’m trying to get myself PUMPED UP for the big event! 🙂