BCN to MUC to Salzburg
I flew to Munich from Barcelona, then took the train to Salzburg. What a change in scenery, from dry Mediterranean to lush Alpine…the weather changed too, from sunny warm Spain […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Barcelona Champion
Today, like the others, I warmed up with Heide Orth, and it was quite warm and sunny, very nice tennis weather, not too hot. The ball felt good. […]
Germantown: A Compendium of Unexpected Winners and Top Seeds Take Titles on the Grass
Smith earns first singles gold; Riddell Hands Zerdan first 35s loss; Top Seeds Wright, Carter, DeVries Prevail In the round robin event that was the 35s, Trish Riddell upset Patricia […]
Site Seeing in Barcelona
Today, Friday, I had another day off. I feel like I’m playing a Grand Slam or something! I play the final tomorrow at 6pm against the #2 seed from Belgium, […]
Ready For the Final
I played Rosa Maria Togores Colum. We played on a court that faced East/west, good at noon, but not so great at 6pm. After she wrapped herself up (two patella […]
Touring in Barcelona
I had no match today for some reason. I haven’t quite figured out the scheduling, but some players have two days off. Anyway, I practiced for a couple of hours […]
Survived the First Round
I survived the first round, but it wasn’t that easy. We started out at about 7:30 PM. That conditions were quite different from those earlier in the day around noon […]
Practicing on a Beautiful Day
Today was a practice day. I met up with Heide Orth and we hit for well over an hour, with a break to change courts. The balls used are Wilson […]
Barcelona: The Real Club de Polo
Any way you book it, it takes a long time to reach Europe from California. I had smooth flights but a pretty long layover in Madrid, left at 8am PDT […]
Nike Cat 2, Portland Oregon
I have played the Nike Cat 2 many times over the years. My cousins, Don and Janet Beer live in Tigard so I have the fun of visiting them. I […]
USA Super Senior Women’s Teams Announced
http://www.usta.com/Play-Tennis/USTA-Adult-Senior-Tournaments/Super-Senior-World-Team-Championships/2012_super_senior_team_usa/ The 2012 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships will be held in Umag & Novigrad, Croatia from September 10-15 and representing Team USA will be: Alice Marble Cup -Women’s 60 […]