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Category Archives: Grade A Tournaments

Wednesday: Singles & Laundry Successes

November 13, 2019by Carolyn Nichols 3 Comments

Santiago, Chile Today I played my first match, against Austria’s Shirley Friedl. She is a nice lefty player, but I played pretty well and the altitude helped my high balls […]

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Santiago, Chile (Las Condes)

November 8, 2019by Carolyn Nichols 4 Comments

Santiago, Chile I’m on the bottom half of the world now, in the Las Condes part of Santiago. The flight from Houston was delayed…not because the plane was late (it […]

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Bordeaux Champion & Avoir Bordeaux, Hola Espana

July 20, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Bordeaux, France Sue Bartlett and I played the 60s final today and finally played on Court 1, which was a good court! We were the 4th match after 9am (and […]

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Doubles Champions; Singles Final Saturday

July 19, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Bordeaux, France It was another lovely day in Bordeaux. Sue Bartlett and I were rescheduled to the 6th match after 8:30 (not before 2pm)…we got on around 5pm. We played […]

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Bordeaux Thursday; Singles Success; Slippery Clay!

July 18, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Bordeaux, France I played my second round robin match today against Carmen Lang, who just won the Spanish closed nationals in the 60s. We were the 2nd match after 11am […]

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Men’s 75 Grass Moves to Rancho Mirage November 19-23 or 24

July 17, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

The Men’s 75 Grass has found at home in Rancho Mirage, CA at the Mission Hills Country Club. Steve Solomon, who runs the 60 Hard Courts will take over this […]

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Successful Semis in Poertschach

June 13, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

June 13, 2019, Poertschach, Austria The order of play here was posted pretty late yesterday (about 9:30pm), due to the thunderstorms which delayed play. I was scheduled for 9am which […]

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The Sun Returns…then So Does the Thunderstorm

June 12, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Wednesday June 12, 2019, Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria This morning was beautiful and sunny here in Carinthia (the sun rises at 5am!). I hit midday with Laura DiVittorio (Italy, W55), […]

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Practice Day in Warm and Sunny Austria

June 10, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

While it’s raining in England….it was warm (upper 80s) and sunny on the “Austrian Riviera”, and it’s supposed to hit 90 by Friday. I had a hit set up today […]

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King Van Nostrand Sweeps 85s; San Diegans Win 75 Doubles

June 7, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

While in a rain delay during Thiem/Novack (and the Barty/Anisimova semi was…streaky). I won my singles semis against Gundi Wieland from Germany. She beat the #3 seed yesterday; I won […]

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Let the Tournament Begin

June 6, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

So the French Open ended early on a delayed quarterfinal day…so I’m writing without that distraction! Who will reach the final: Konta vs Vondrousova; Anisimova vs Barty; Fed vs Rafa; […]

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Last Practice Day

June 5, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

While NOT watching the French Open…. Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Unlike Paris, where it rained all day, it was a warm, sunny day in Poertschach, and even a bit humid. […]

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Biking Around

June 4, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria While watching Wawrinka play another classic, this time against Federer….well, now in a rain delay at 3-3 in the fourth. Today was another warm and sunny […]

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Werzer Cup: Hitting With a Legend

June 3, 2019by Carolyn Nichols

Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Today I had a chance to hit with King Van Nostrand. King is aptly named…he’s a king of senior tennis, and is true tennis royalty. From […]

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Poertschach, Austria…Planes, Trains and Tennis

June 1, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Thursday and Friday were travel days…I left California around 11:30am Thursday and two planes and three trains later ended up in Poertschach (with a nine hour […]

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Finals Day, National Women’s Hard Courts, La Jolla: Two Marathons in One Day!

May 18, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

Friday was finals day at the USTA National Hard Courts at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. I didn’t get to see much tennis because I was on court […]

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Semifinal Day: Loooong Day on Court

May 16, 2019by Carolyn Nichols 2 Comments

I was on the court at least 6 hours today playing matches…started singles around 1:30, finished at 5pm then played doubles from about 6:15 to 9pm. That’s a lot of […]

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Quarterfinal Day at the USTA National Women’s 50-90 Hard Courts

May 15, 2019by Carolyn Nichols Leave a comment

There were a lot of great matches at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club today in La Jolla, CA. In the 50s, Kristen Kepler edged #4 seeded Anna Zimmermann […]

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