Great trip and lots fun

As school was almost over, it was time to pack our luggage and hit the road. We went to a lot of different places, including, Rocky mountains NP, Arches NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Capital Reef NP, Yosemite NP, Sequoia NP, and Kings Canyon NP. We also saw a lot of nice places like, Las Vegas, and LA. This year my brother, Yannick went with us, we did a lot of hikes and camped together. We saw a lot of wild life, like Elk's, Squirrels, Chipmonks, and a lot of Bears, that were walking just passed the path, on our hikes.

Here are some pictures which we took:

A few weeks later my sister left to go to the Netherlands and France for a several weeks. I sure wanted to come with but I couldn't cause I had tournaments to play. I did good in my tournament playing a level higher and winning some. On July,27 until August 1st, I had to go to Omaha (Nebraska) for my first zonals team tournament. It was amazing we had a very nice Hotel, the courts were beautiful, we had to be on the court at 7am to practice and at 8 it was time for matches. We had to play two matches a day, singles & doubles. I won 7/9 of my matches, not loosing any doubles matches. Doubles was cool, My partner Nikita Snechko, would wear the same clothes as me and our team all got a medal at he end. Our two coaches, Bruce & Ryan were awesome, they got to coach me during matches and helped me on and off he court.

Here are some Pictures which my dad took at Omaha:

See you then,

My friends,

Floyd

Amazing week

On April 9, 10 and 11 came, I had the most amazing week of my life.

I went to the Festival of the North here in Minneapolis to see Martina Navratilova and Lindsey Davenport.

Navratilova has won 18 grand slam titles and 9 of those were at Wimbledon. Lindsey Davenport has won 3 grand slam titles and also played doubles just like Martina.

They had to play a match on April 10 as I went to to see them play. They had a fast service so Navritalova was probably going to serve and volley. It was a close match as Navritalova won 6-3. It was pretty amazing how she can volley. She picks the ball of the ground for a clear winner.

Wheaton was there too, as I got to hit a ball with him for a few minutes. I got to hit with him because I was helping with cleaning up the court and preparing water for the match.

I got everybody's signature and had a lot of fun.

Here are some pictures:

Two weeks after that I had a tennis tournament. It was a boys 12 and under at the baseline tennis center.
My first match was in the round of 16 vs Simon Guzan. He is a good player, last time I played him was when I beat him 6-1/6-1. But in the way he played now I nkew it was going to be hard. I took everything out of me that I could as I made a 6-4/6-2 victory. I was happy about my match because even though I won I had a though match.

In the Quarterfinals I had to play Samuel hochberger. He had a three sets in the previous round so he was probably tired. Last time I played him I won 6-3/6-0. I didn't find it too hard as I beat him with a big 6-0/6-3 win.

In the semi-final I had to play a really good player Jake Kuhlman. The #2 seed hit with a lot of power as I could not win and lost 2-6/3-6. Well now I have to play for 3rd place.

When I was playing for 3rd I had to play #3 seated Sebastian Vile. I have played him a couple of times in a double and only once in a single when I lost 2-6/2-6. But today he was too strong for me and won 2-6/1-6. It was to obad because I made the fault or he scored.

Well I had a great tournament,
So see you then my fans
Floyd

Tournament

WHAT'S UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This weekend I had another Tennis tournament. It was at Baseline and it was the biggest tournament I ever played. It was a level 7, boys 14 singles.


First I had to play Jackson Kelner in the round of 64. I played a good match, maide a few mistakes but won 6-0/6-2. It was a good match to get in the round of 32.


My second match was vs Austin Nichols. I never played him but I still rolled over him and won
6-0/6-0. Now I have to play the #8 seed in the rounf of 16.


In the round of 16, I had to play the #8 seed David R. Wilton. I had another good match and won
6-2/6-3. Now the qf.


In the qf. it was getting harder. I had to play Max D. Melin. I had to play hard and let him made the fault so I did and won 6-0/6-1. I won by a lot but played an awesome match, to get in the semi-final.


In the semi-final I had to play the #5 seed Matt G. Tropsha. He was a lot older and taller so he also had more power than me. I played a good match, but it was too bad I had to lose in the semi-final 3-6/1-6.

I had busy week, and I had a good tournament.


I also got to play outside again on March 23. My dad and I played for 2 hours with SNOW on the side of the court, and a FROZEN lake next to us.

My B-day is on Saturday this week too.

So let's HAVE FUN.

See you then my Fans. Floyd

News of the week

I started a new training, it's for footwork, balance and strength. I go there twice per week for 1.5 hours. It's great for tennis and I have seen I have already more speed and power. My mom took some pictures and videos last week. And here they are:

I also had a tournament last weekend. I was ranked #1 in the tournament for boys 12 and under. The first match I won the first set, lost the second, and in the 3rd set I was behind 3-1, 30-love and came back and won the set 6-3 and won the match 6-3/4-6/6-3. I was very happy.

In the semi-final I had to play Charlie Adkins. I already played him a couple of times, the last time we played I won 6-2/6-2. It was fun this time because we had an empire. It was the first time for me that an empire was sitting in his high chair counting for us. I played good but lost 6-7/4-6. Charlie won afterwards the final. He played really good.

Next weekend I have another tournament. This one is only doubles. I am playing doubles with a friend and also mixed doubles. This is going to be a lot of fun.

Two weeks ago, it was snowing again here. It was fun to walk outside with my dog who had a lot

of fun too. Here are some pictures that my mom took.

See you next time
my fans
Floyd

Top 16 Tournament

This week, January 29, I had another tennis tournament. It was my first top 16 tourmament. That means you sign in and the highest 16 people that are ranked get to play it. A few days later I got an e-mail that said I was high enough to play the tournament.



First up I had to play Davis Olson. I really wanted to win so that I would get a lot of points and start the tournament in a good way. The first set we played 8 games 7 out of 8 where all in a deuce. It was a really close match and I won 6-3 6-0. Then, I had to play Nicholas Beaty.



Now I had to play Nicholas Beaty. He wins everything and is very fast on the court. I have never played him but today I was finally going to play him. We had some wonderful points but it was to bad I lost 2-6 3-6. Although I lost it was still on of the best matches I had ever played.



Now it was my last chance to to do something in this tournament. I had to play Logan J. Pepperl he hits everything back so it's really hard to make a winner on him. I played oke but I lost 1-6 2-6. It was too bad that I didn't win but I had a lot of fun and won a lot of points. Now I will train really hard to win another tournament.


See you then
my fans
Floyd.

Arizona

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2010,



For winter break I and my family went to Arizona for 2 weeks. We did a lot of hiking and played a lot of tennis. We did 3 superstition mountains and the Camel Back. We stayed at our friend house that is in Scootsdale AR. with a beautiful pool and hot-tub. The hot-tub is very warm and the pool is very cold. First I went in the bubble bath for 5 minutes and in the cold for 3 minutes and then back in the warm.
When we were hiking we saw a lot of cactuses and a Skunk in the middle of the road.
I had a cool and relaxed
Christmas and a
happy new year.



We also played a lot of tennis outside with 67 degrees f. We did some forehands some backhands and some volleys and overhead to train for my next tournament on January, 8, 2010. Then we drove back from Arizoma to Minnesota were it was -7 degrees f. Now School started again and I have a lot of tournaments coming up.

See you then
my fans
floyd