I had a lovely day on Saturday. After my morning yoga, I coached two of my daughter’s high school basketball games. The girls won both games and are showing improvement. Nadia and I then watched the doubles match on Day Two of the Davis Cup at Humo Arena. Poland won 7-6, 6-4 to win the tie, 3 matches to 0. Hubert Hurkacz and Jan Zielinski defeated the Uzbek team of Sergey Fomin and Khumyon Sultanov. The class of Hurkacz was on full display as he made some amazing shots at the end of both sets. You could see the difference of 200 ranking points in the players. Poland (world ranking #51) now moves to World Group I playoffs and Uzbekistan (world ranking #36) drops to the World Group II playoffs. Both will be played in September.
We had a late lunch at Farsh (minced meat in Russian) a new hamburger restaurant. It has a nice atmosphere with a selection of good imported beer/wine/ciders. At sunset, I took Obi for a long walk around a new commercial development, Seoul Mun (Seoul Gate). Developers are constructing a shopping and restaurant district along both sides of a deep ravine on the Ankhor Canal in the city. They are also building apartment blocks that look really nice around it. The site used to be a little used dirt trail when I first arrived in Tashkent 5 years ago. Only one phase is nearing completion.
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