Spring Grandes Dames

Friday update. Rain yesterday put the doubles in some divisions a day behind, but the weather today was nice, albeit a bit warm for some of the northerners in the […]

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Checket Cup, End

Checket Cup finished today on a breezy note. I didn’t blog yesterday because Mariana Hollman and I were involved in the longest match of the tournament in terms of time, […]

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Checket Cup Friday

Play was underway in all age divisions today, 35s through 85s. Mary Boswell, winner of the world championships and the Gold Slam in singles and doubles last year, fell in […]

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Naples Super Senior, Men

55s: Larry Turville won the 55s over Joe Rasgado. 60s: 5) Michael Barnes d. Laurence Hammel; Barnes beat #2 seed David Nash and Hammel beat #1 seed Hugh Thomson en […]

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Mission Hills results

Results: http://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Results.aspx?T=55342&E=42 The final day was rained out for the 35-55 age divisions. Winners were determined in the men’s and women’s 60-80 and men’s 85 divisions. Graydon Nichols won the […]

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Fall Grandes Dames

The weather cleared up in Winter Park after Thursday and by Sunday, a beautiful day, the rain was a distant memory.   Trish Riddell showed she can multitask with the […]

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Fall Grandes Dames

Hello from rainy Florida.   I overheard one player comment that she could tell anyone who asked her what she did today and she could answer, "played tennis from 10:30 […]

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Grandes Dames

Hello this week from Winter Park, Florida, (a suburb of Orlando).   I’m here for the Grandes Dames Cat II 35-75.   Play starts tomorrrow in all age divisions. I […]

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