The 2017 USA Senior Cup Teams have been announced. This page will have links to Cup draws, links to daily blog posts, links to the individual draws once posted, links to photos and more. They play in Miami, Florida October 29-November 3, 2017. November 4-11 the individual world seniors championships will take place, also in Miami.
The 2017 ITF Super Seniors World Team Championships are taking place from October 8-13 in Lake Nona, Florida, USA. The ITF Seniors World Individual Championships will be held the 14-22 of October, also in Lake Nona. The event is taking place on green clay.
The timelines can be https://www.usta.com/en/home/play/play-as-a-member/national/senior-international-competition-.htmlfound here. Note that applications open March 15 and close May 1 Here is the link to the application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FZWZKFL Results considered will be from May […]
Vienna is a beautiful city. Like Paris, it has a fairly low skyline, though there are some buildings taller than seven stories. The architecture is similar to that in Paris […]
I played the final today against another American, Veronica Lima De Angelis. She plays a lot of tournaments in Europe, so many that I thought she lived in Europe! But […]
It was a beautiful day In Poertschach, Austria today. The lake sparkled and it was sunny and 80ish, i.e. warm. I played Hildegarde Bruggraeber from Austria and won 60 61, […]
The tournament began in earnest for me today, as I had both singles and doubles matches. My match scheduled for noon actually started about 1pm as there were a lot […]
This group was created by the USTA (not by me) and is run and monitored by the USTA. The object of this group (as described on the FB page): This […]
I played my first round today against Cornelia Diem from Austria, a very nice lady. She moved well and got a lot of balls back and she’s a lefty which […]
No one in the 60s had a match today, so I just practiced a bit and rested up for tomorrow. I hit in the morning with Vladimir Etoj an Aussie […]
Here’s the ink to the fact sheet for the Seniors World Team Championships: CLICK HERE TO VIEW Here are some extracts from the fact sheet but please refer to the […]
Yesterday was a relaxing day in Baden Baden. I warmed up Carole, packed up and wandered around the old town and down Lichenthaler Allee and did a bit of shopping. […]
Today, Friday, was finals day in Baden Baden for several divisions. Our final pitted World #1 Lyn Mortimer from Australia against World #2 (me) from USA. We were scheduled for […]
Today was a beautiful day in Baden Baden, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, light breeze and no chance of rain. It’s so beautiful here when it is sunny, […]
Today, Wednesday, I played my first round match in Baden Baden. I warmed up well with Carole DeBruin again. We got to the courts at 10 just as it started […]
If you like three seasons in a day then you would have loved Baden Baden today. There was sun, there was rain, there was wind and then it repeated (with […]
Rain is a pain when you are trying to play tennis, but I guess that’s why it’s so pretty and green here in Germany. I did get in a hit […]
I was in London last night but only near the airport. I didn’t know about the attack till I was already in Germany. I really feel for London, but the […]
There was lots of good tennis played today in Bournemouth though not by me. We lost our doubles 62 63, though we had ads in several games we lost in […]
Today I got “back on the horse” or at least back on the tennis court, for the doubles semis. We, Rosemary Wilson and I, played Dee Smith (note correct surname) […]
The 2017 USA Super Senior Cup Teams have been announced. The teams will play in Lake Nona Florida October 8-13, 2017.
Tennis can be so much fun…but today wasn’t much fun for me on the court. I lost to a pretty good player who played very well, Patricia (Tish, don’t call […]
Quick post since I play at 8:45 tomorrow (and 4:30 for doubles, making it a long day. I miss my car! I played Syliva Shipley from GBR today and won […]
The British Senior Clay Courts is a well organized tournament held at the West Hants Club in Bournemouth. The past couple of days I’ve had a chance to practice in […]
I left Saturday for Bournemouth, but it wasn’t a sure thing that I would arrive much before my match on Wednesday! I arrived at San Diego Airport for my flight […]
Fact sheets for the ITF Super Senior World Team Championships are now posted here: http://www.itftennis.com/media/261920/261920.pdf
The bronze ball matches (the 3/4 playoffs) were held on a beautiful sunny day Saturday at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, along with feed-in consolation matches and a […]
Today was a long day of tennis. Susan Wright and I started play around 11:30 and finished close to 2pm. Susan played really well, making few errors, moved really well […]
Update: The women’s 80 final was not played on Thursday, it was an input error. The final is scheduled for Friday. Today, Thursday, was semifinal day for the national […]
It’s going to be a late night tonight due to morning drizzle and a packed schedule in La Jolla, so here is a late afternoon briefing. I won my singles […]
The weather today was a May Gray sort of day, mostly overcast though the sun tried to peak out. However, there was lots of tennis and no rain in the […]
