Heide OrthHonored as European Lifetime Senior Champion

From the Tennis Europe/Seniors Tennis Website: European Lifetime Senior Champions Four of Europe’s most distinguished senior tennis players were honoured with the first European Lifetime Senior Champion awards at a […]

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Chamisal, the (belated) end

Saturday the only final was the 35s doubles and Shelly Works/Pam Dodman "worked over" the #3 seeds, the ubiquitous (every time I looked they were playing another doubles match!) 63 […]

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Chamisal Friday

The question of the day is what bug spray works on the flies that are pestering the players at Chamisal…answer seems to be Bugs 1, Bugspray, 0. But the tennis […]

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Chamisal Thursday

First off, congratulations to Marge Kohler/Joyce Jones for winning the 75 doubles in a three set battle over Canby/Ray, the 2nd seeds. They played great all week. In the 35s, […]

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Chamisal, Wednesday

There were upsets today…which was less windy than previous days but still chilly. (My hands have been numb for all my singles matches at the start). The 35s finally began […]

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Chamisal, Tuesday

Greetings from the Monterey Penninsula, one beautiful part of the world. The 35/85 hard courts began today. There were 2 minor upsets in the 65s: Nanda Fischer beat Wende Walter […]

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Landauer, Cheney Score at Rockaway

Brian Cheney is one title away from a singles/doubles Gold Slam in the 60s. He beat his doubles partner, Bob Litwin in the grass final in three sets then combined […]

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Farzanegan, Meade, Swetka Win at Pinehurst

Fred Farzanegan scored his first win of the year over King Van Nostrand in the men’s 70 clay court final. He lost to Van Nostrand in two Category II finals […]

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Wilder, Markes Golden at Germantown

Val Wilder won the 45 Grass Singles and Doubles at the Germantown Cricket Club the last week of August. He edged his doubles partner, Mike Fedderly, in the semis, then […]

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Jimmy Parker/Ken Robinson Finish Gold Slam at Seabright

Jimmy Parker and Ken Robinson finished their Gold Slam at the Seabright Lawn Tennis Club on Sept 7th. They beat Irvine and Lynch in the final in straight sets. They […]

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Graydon Nichols, John Powless Double Down on the Grass in Orange

Graydon Nichols won the 80 grass singles and doubles for the third straight year in Orange NJ. He beat his doubles partner, Tony Franco, in the final in a repeat […]

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Carter, Cheney Win Singles in Seattle

Brenda Carter and Brian Cheney each won two gold balls in Seattle at the 60 Indoors. Carter won the singles and combined with Hugh Thomson to win the mixed. Cheney […]

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Nichols Wins 80 Clay Court Singles/Doubles

Graydon Nichols successfully defended his men’s 80 singles/doubles titles today, but not without a big battle. He beat Jason Morton in the semis and Clem Hopp, who has had a […]

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Cheney, Carter, Win Gold in Seattle

Brenda Carter won the 60 indoors over first time finalist Janet Watanabe. Watanabe upset Molly Hahn in straight sets to reach the final. Pat Keleman beat Hahn to place third. […]

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Rottach, Germany, Europe, End

I played the final in Rottach today and lost to Renata Tomanova. It was a good match, nearly 3 hours…but she played a few points better…76 75 was the score. […]

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Rottach Friday III

I beT bruggaber 63 62 indoors. it was pretty fast but the ceiling was pretty high and the lighting adequate. I play Tomanova tomorrow. She dusted the top seed 61 […]

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Rottach Friday III

I beT bruggaber 63 62 indoors. it was pretty fast but the ceiling was pretty high and the lighting adequate. I play Tomanova tomorrow. She dusted the top seed 61 […]

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Rottach Friday III

I beT bruggaber 63 62 indoors. it was pretty fast but the ceiling was pretty high and the lighting adequate. I play Tomanova tomorrow. She dusted the top seed 61 […]

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Rottach Friday II

The indoor courts in the "Tennis Halle" are carpeted with a little sand on top..fast but high ceiling and not too slippery. it rained more and now the outdoor courts […]

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rottach Friday morning

as advertised it is raining..getting ready to practice indoors, but the clay courts are in remarkably good shape, so it may be possible to play outdoors later.

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German weather forecast…rain coming?

Here’s the Rottach weather forecast…sounds like an indoor tournament tomorrow…hope it’s wrong. Detailed Local Forecast Thursday Night: Becoming cloudy with occasional light rain late. Low 52F. Winds NNW at 5 […]

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Rottach, Thursday

It was a really nice day today after heavy evening rains. I played my first match here against a German player from the Munich area. She hit the ball really […]

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rottach Wednesday

I play tomorrow at noon. I took photos of the draws but the internet connection here is too slow to upload them…I will do it Sunday or Monday. They re […]

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Germany Tuesday

It was another nice day in Germany with a thunderstorm in the afternoon. I bhit with Hede Orth early. She doesn’t miss much, that’s for sure. Catherine Taylor, Bridget Harrer […]

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Germany Monday

I am in Germany now near the Tegernsee in Bad Wiessee. It is near Munich. I am playing in the German Senior tournament which is also a grade one ITF […]

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Klosters Sunday

Internet access wasn’t available yesterday or today so this is from my phone. I won the 50 singles beating the #3 seed Gomis from Spain in the semis and unsseeded […]

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Klosters Friday

I play Gomis from Spain tomorrow. Catherine Taylor from the USA played really terrific players today and in dbls but had great points and rallies. She plays 35 singles tomorrow. […]

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klosters Friday

I won my singles over Liz Vlotman from So Africa an d Gr Britain..but she lives in Dubai. We started the dbls but it rained and it was finally called […]

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Klosters Wednesday

It was another beautiful day here in Klosters…well at least till about 6pm when there was a thunder, lightening and rain storm, but it ended before dusk. We thought we’d […]

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Klosters Tuesday

Hi again from Klosters. It was so foggy hitting today that I couldn’t see the racquet of the player on the other half of the court…then it started drizzling. My […]

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