I am spending the night on the campus of Deerfield Academy, Choate's athletic arch-rival. I have a nice room in the Deerfield Inn, not far from the tennis courts where my team has competed many times over the years. I am making the rounds to the three venues for the boys' New England Squash Championships tonight and tomorrow before heading back to Choate to coach the girls' team in their tournament.
Earlier today, I got to see a part of Connecticut I've never seen before: driving from Salisbury to Suffield through the northwestern part of the state, I left Route 44 (which I do know pretty well) for a pleasant drive through all sorts of towns I've never seen before: New Hartford, Barkhamstead, Salmon Brook, Hungary, and West Suffield. It sure is a nice part of the Nutmeg State.
Rafa Nadal kept his unblemished 2010 clay court streak intact with a gritty three-set semifinal win over Latvian Ernests Gulbis--the man who upended Roger Federer earlier this week in Rome. Even when playing less than his best, Nadal is incredibly hard to beat on the slow surface. He will be gunning for his fifth title in six years in the Italian Open tomorrow.
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