A Senior Tennis (USA and International) & Travel website by Carolyn Nichols
The USTA has announced the rosters for the ITF Young Seniors World Team Championships to be played in Umag, Croatia in September.
2020 Young-Seniors World Championships (35/40/45)
Team Tournament: Sept. 13 – 19, 2020
Individual Tournament: Sept. 19 – 26, 2020
Location: Umag, Croatia
The list of players can be found here and are also listed below.
Here is the link to the list of players who applied for the USTA Super Senior teams. The event is scheduled for Oct 11-16 in Mallorca, Spain. So far this event is still on the ITF schedule. Team announcements will be made on July 30th.
For more information go to the USTA Senior International page.
23 April 2020
ITF Statement regarding ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ITF has suspended all Tours, including the ITF Seniors Tour until 13 July 2020, aligning with the ATP and WTA Tours respectively. This includes the postponement of the ITF Seniors (50-55-60 years) World Team & Individual Championships which had been scheduled to take place In Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, USA from 26 April to 9 May 2020.
The ITF has been working with the host organiser, venues, event partners and independent travel advisors in recent weeks to identify a safe and viable date to reschedule the event in 2020. Protecting the health and well-being of players, officials, guests, club members and local communities has remained the priority.
Due to the ongoing global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has not been possible to achieve the criteria set for the event to be rescheduled in 2020, and as such the ITF Seniors (50-55-60 years) World Team & Individual Championships will not be held in 2020.
The 2021 ITF Seniors (50-55-60 years) World Team & Individual Championships will therefore take place in Boca Raton & Palm Beach Gardens, with the precise dates to be announced in due course.
The ITF will continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation alongside tournament hosts and partners, with the aim of resuming ITF tournaments as soon as it is safe to do so.
The ITF Young Seniors (35-40-45 years) World Championships scheduled for 13-26 September 2020 in Umag, Croatia and the ITF Super-Seniors (65-70-75-80-85 years) World Championships scheduled for 11- 24 October 2020 in Mallorca, Spain both remain on the 2020 calendar.
If you have any queries, please contact the ITF Seniors Department by email – seniors@itftennis.com
The USTA has posted a link here regarding the postponement to 2021.
USTA Statment: “All Category 1 and Super Category 2 National Adult Tournaments with an ITF status, all ITF Junior events and all USTA Pro Circuit and professional events will align with the same calendar as the ITF, ATP and WTA, and be suspended through July 12.”
For further updates from the USTA and for the USTA’s full statement, please click here.
April 1, 2020
USTA has suspended ITF sanctioned Senior events till July 13, 2020.
USTA has suspended tournaments and programs including leagues which are not ITF sanctioned till June 1.
The full statement from USTA.com is below:
Updated Statement – March 23, 2020:
Due to the continued situation surrounding the COVID-19 virus, and after discussions with the USTA Medical Advisory Committee, effective immediately the USTA will extend the suspension of USTA sanctioned products and events, including Adult and Junior Tournaments, USTA League, Junior Team Tennis, Team Challenge, Team Tournaments, USTA Schools programs, Tennis on Campus and Wheelchair events, through May 3.
Additionally, recognizing the evolving and fast-changing nature of this situation, the USTA will continue to monitor and assess conditions to make future determinations about events and activities taking place after May 3.
All Category 1 and Super Category 2 National Adult Tournaments with an ITF status, all ITF Junior events and all USTA Pro Circuit and professional events will align with the same calendar as the ITF, ATP and WTA, and be suspended through June 7.
Both the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., and the USTA National Campus, in the Lake Nona area of Orlando, Fla., will remain closed for play and instructional opportunities through May 3. Any patron who wishes to cancel participation in a scheduled activity should contact the specific location for refund information. These policies will be in effect pending additional guidance or directives from each local governmental agency and the CDC. The USTA will continue to monitor and assess conditions to make future determinations about all activities at these facilities.
March 18, 2020
Updated April 1, 2020: Events now suspended until July 13, 2020.
Updated May 15, 2020: ITF Cancels all events through July 31, 2020 (including all seniors events).
The ITF today announced that all ITF events, including seniors events, are cancelled until at least June 8, 2020 (now July 13th). Read more here.
Here is the full text of the press release:
“Statement 18 MAR 2020”
“After careful consideration and in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ITF has postponed the ITF World Tennis Tour until Monday 8 June 2020. This aligns with the ATP and WTA’s suspension of their respective tours and the decision by the Fédération Française de Tennis to postpone Roland Garros.
In addition to the suspension of the men’s and women’s ITF World Tennis Tour, the ITF will also postpone the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors, the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour, ITF Beach Tennis World Tour, and ITF Seniors Tour until 8 June 2020.
The ITF, ATP and WTA firmly believe it is better for everyone in the tennis community if we work together. We are committed to working through these matters with players, tournaments and our national and regional associations in the weeks and months ahead. More than ever, the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to professional tennis demand collaboration and unity in order for us to do what is right for our fans, players and tournaments.
ITF President David Haggerty said, “In these challenging times, it is more important than ever for our sport to pull together to provide as much certainty as possible to all those affected by these postponements. We recognise the huge impact this will have, but ultimately the health and safety of players, officials and spectators has to be our primary concern. The ITF is committed to taking a responsible approach, working with all tennis stakeholders to enable players of all levels to resume playing as soon as it is safe to do so.”
From the ITF website: https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/2020-itf-seniors-world-championships-dates-locations-information/
2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships
*POSTPONED*
Updated April 23, 2020: Postponed till 2021, dates TBA
Location
Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Individual Championships: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Dates
As of 17 March 2020, the ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships is postponed as a precautionary measure linked to the potential impact of the COVID-19 virus on the event.
Every effort will be made by the host organisers, USTA and ITF to reschedule the event for a later date in 2020 provided a safe, viable date can be identified. Further updates relating to this will follow in due course.
Venues
Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Individual Championships: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Fact Sheet
The fact sheet for both the Team & Individual Championships are available below should they be helpful to you in contacting hotels in the City. They will remain until the end of March for this purpose.
| Maria Esther Bueno Cup Women's 50 | Fred Perry Cup Men's 50 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Rice | Bethesda | MD | Art Hernandez | Huntington Beach | CA |
| Jenny Klitch | Palm Beach Gardens (captain) | FL | Dana Gill | San Jose | CA |
| Julie Cass | Austin | TX | Eoin Collins | Houston | TX |
| Vesna McKenna | Hollywood | FL | Oren Motevassel (Captain) | Boynton Beach | FL |
| Maureen Connolly Cup Women's 55 | Austria Cup Men's 55 | ||||
| Fran Chandler | Jackson | TN | Bill Moss (captain) | Malibu | CA |
| Mary Dailey | Delray Beach | FL | Eric Luxembourg | Sarasota | FL |
| Shelly Works (captain) | San Antonio | TX | Leo Young | Eagle | ID |
| Vicki Buholz | Dallas | TX | Wilie Alumbaugh | Leawood | KS |
| Alice Marble Cup Women's 60 | Von Cramm Cup Men's 60 | ||||
| Robin Harris | San Diego | CA | Daniel Waldman | Washington | DC |
| Pat Purcell | St. Louis | MO | Mark Vines | Naples | FL |
| Shannon Gordon-Carney | St. Louis | Mo | Mike Fedderly | Palm Desert | CA |
| Susan Wright | Orlando | FL | Mike Tammen (captain) | Portland | OR |
From USTA.com: (note that Robin Harris has replaced Diane Barker on the Women’s 60s team; Barker is injured.)
From itftennis.com:
2020 ITF Seniors (50-55-60) World Team & Individual Championships
Location
Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Individual Championships: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Dates
Team Championships: Sunday 26 April to Friday 1 May 2020. If there is inclement weather, matches may be played on Saturday 2 May
Individual Championships – Saturday 2 May to Saturday 9 May
Venues
Team Championships: Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Individual Championships: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Fact Sheet
The fact sheet for both the Team & Individual Championships are now available. Please note that the listed venues for the individual world championships may change.
It was a long day on the courts in Palm Beach Gardens today at the USTA National Clay Courts/ITF Grade A.
I played Carolyn Franca…we knew going in both that Carolyn would win and Carolyn would lose today. I was the victor, rallying from 1-3 in the first to win 63 60. The result first posted online showed Franca winning which resulted in a number texts to one of the other Carolyn’s of “what happened” or “congratulations, great win” till it was sorted out. However, our match was still in the first set when Susan Wright had already finished, even though she played only one more game than us, winning 60 62. The tightest match played in the round of 16 was that between Kim Dean and Bunnie Allare, which went three sets. Allare prevailed. I play Sally Smith tomorrow at 12:30pm EDT.
Our doubles prompted the second part of the headline…we played Vicky and Mary and were winning comfortably, up 5-2, 15-0, serving when it poured for a short while. We resumed 30 or so minutes later and everything changed. We did serve out the set ok, but that was the last bit of comfort we had till the last game of the match…in between…well we went down 4-1, leveled at 4-4, then lost 64…then it was tight in the third till 3-3, when they pulled ahead 5-3. We won the next game at love, then it was my serve…and we went down 15-40. We had a crazy point and Vicky had a chance to put away an overhead (though it was about her 7th one in the point…she was pooped!). Mary missed her return off my serve which could have been outpaced by a balloon punched over the net…then we won the next nine points, and I hit an overhead to finish off the match. Susan held us in…and an “Alexa” tennis joke loosened it up. We play the semis on Friday afternoon.
In the 50s there were a couple of upsets of the #5 seeds; Kristen Kepler beat #5 Daniela Esswein, though since Kepler won the indoors last year it wasn’t a huge upset. Sandy Mills upended #5 Andrea Wohlschlager. Mills takes on #4 Vesna McKenna and Kepler faces #1 Julie Cass.
In the 70s, Gwenda Ward upset #3 Molly Hahn and Barbara Hubbard took out #5 Leslie Pixley.
Roz King withdrew from the women’s 80s with a leg injury allowing Lola O’Sullivan (who won her first round match) to advance to the semis.
In 70 doubles, Vicky McEvoy and Judy Dixon survived the decimation of the seeds; Top seeds Liane Bryson/Kathy Bennett fell to Ann Loose/Gwenda Ward (having an awfully good tournament!); Donna Fales/Betty Wachob upset #4 Goodman/Winstead; and Hahn/Kimball edged Hubbard/Watanabe.
Addendum: Bennett and Bryson retired mid-match vs Loose/Ward; Bennett fell and hurt her right hand/fingers, we wish her a speedy recovery.
The 80 doubles is a round robin…Dori Devries/King barely avoided an upset, edging Sheila Palmer/Ingrid Rehwinkle 64 in the third.
ITF Announces Senior Tennis Ranking Changes
From ITFtennis.com/Seniors:
A new Ranking Point table will come into effect from Monday 1 July 2019 to better recognise successful players at higher tier events.
Until this time, the ITF shall run a ‘Shadow Rankings’ period where players will be able to view their rankings with the new points applied.
The ‘Shadow Rankings’ are visible below. Lists will be updated each Wednesday until 26 June 2019.
Old ranking tables:
New Ranking Tables:
Please click on the following links to view Shadow Rankings for singles, doubles and mixed doubles in all age groups as of week beginning Monday 1 April 2019 (scroll down to your actual each group)
Shadow Rankings will run for a period of 12 weeks up to Monday 1 July when they will replace the existing rankings structure.
Shadow Rankings will be published weekly no later than Wednesday.
All Women’s Singles Shadow Rankings
All Men’s Singles Shadow Rankings
All Women’s Doubles Shadow Rankings
All Men’s Doubles Shadow Rankings
All Women’s Mixed Doubles Shadow Rankings
All Men’s Mixed Doubles Shadow Rankings
Dates, Locations of 2020 World Championships
The ITF Seniors Committee are very pleased to communicate the following dates and venues for the 2020 World Team & Individual Championships.
2020 Young-Seniors World Championships (35/40/45)
Location: Umag, Croatia
Team Event: Sunday 13 September up to Saturday 19 September 2020
Individual Event: Saturday 19 September to Saturday 26 September 2020
2020 Seniors World Championships (50/55/60) April 23 update: postponed to 2021
Location: Boca Raton & Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Team Event (Boca Raton) – Sunday 26 April up to Saturday 2 May 2020
Individual Event (Palm Beach Gardens) – Saturday 2 May to Saturday 9 May 2020
2020 Super-Seniors World Championships (65/70/75/80/85)
Location: Mallorca, Spain
Team Event: Sunday 11 October up to Saturday 17 October 2020
Individual Event: Saturday 17 October to Saturday 24 October 2020
Read more at https://www.itftennis.com/news/302706.aspx#8zoTXWLXAlHrkmWP.99
Miami Beach to Host Regional ITF Seniors Tournament March 5-10
For more information on this tournament go to www.itfmia.com. This event is open to all USTA and ITF IPIN holders. Entry is via the USTA tennislink system (click here to enter if you have a USTA number).
If you don’t have a USTA number but do have an IPIN, then: Players who have an IPIN will receive a complimentary USTA membership ID via this link:
https://www.usta.com/en/home/account/create-account.html
Only IPIN holders will receive ITF ranking points, but an IPIN is not necessary to enter IF you are an existing USTA member.
The ITF Seniors has a new, official, closed (ask to join) facebook group for those of you on Facebook. It will keep you up to date on the new ranking changes coming soon to the ITF Seniors and will be a source of other ITF Seniors information (worlds, circuit events, rule changes etc. ). To join click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/627766241026687/.
Les Grandes Dames Palm Beach Gardens Cat II/ITF Grade I Finished with a Blast of Air
Fort Lauderdale, FL
I’ll start today’s blog by wishing my dad a happy 94th birthday. He’s a tennis player and when I called to wish him a happy birthday he naturally asked how the tournament went….so this is how it went.
It was WINDY today…the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center is a wonderful public facility but doesn’t have a lot of breaks from the wind. It rained for several hours starting around 7am but stopped about 10…and the wind continued.
I played Diane Barker. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve lost to her over the past 25 or so years and I lost again today but it was a good and long match, 64 76 (3). The first three games of the second set took about 45 minutes! On one point I hit (attempted to hit) a crosscourt forehand and saw the ball change directions 90 degrees in the air and land on the line…and bounce over the side fence! (Diane didn’t win that point). On another, I set up to hit a forehand and I think whiffed when the wind pulled the ball an entirely different direction. Despite these challenges, we had long points and overall the match was of good quality. In the tiebreak Diane tightened up her game and didn’t make an error…too good. (Thanks Brad Sprayberry for the photo below.)
The 3/4 playoff between Kathy Vick and Wendy McColskey was even longer than ours, and was at 5-5 in the third when we finished. McColskey won 75 57 75. Kathy is definitely getting her court time this week, this was her second singles three-setter and she’s had two three-set doubles matches too.
Bunny Allare won the 5-8 playoff group with a 63 76 (8) win over Frances O’Sullivan.
Suzanne Siegler finished 9th.
In doubles, Ligia Bottinelli and Abi Neuthaler beat Ann Jacobs/Betsy Savitt to claim the title, 76 75. Foulk/Allare beat Vick/Kim Jones to place third.
And that’s a wrap on the first tournament of the year. The odd divisions will be played in February in Fort Lauderdale and the evens will reconvene in Naples at the end of February.
The USTA Category I Nationals (see the schedule here: https://seniortennisblog.com/2018/09/25/2019-usta-national-adult-tournament-schedule/) for ages 35-85 men and women, and mixed will have Grade A status in 2019. In addition, 10 other Super Category II Tournaments (to be named later) will have Grade 1 Status in 2019.
For more information on how to obtain an ITF ranking, go to itftennis.com/seniors
2019 World Championships Dates & Sites (Seniors: Portugal; Super Seniors: Umag; Young Seniors: Miami Beach)
From the ITF Website:
2019 Seniors World Team Championships
The ITF are pleased to confirm that the ITF Seniors World Team & Individual Championships 2019 will take place in Lisbon & Estoril, Portugal from Sunday 4 August to Saturday 17 August 2019. The Team Championships will run from Sunday 4 August to Friday 9 August although Saturday 10 August will be used if there is inclement weather. Further information will be made available in early 2019.
2019 Super Seniors World Team Championships
The ITF are pleased to announce that the 2019 Super-Seniors World Team Championships will take place in Umag, Croatia from Sunday 15 September 2019 to Friday 20 September 2019. Please note, Saturday 21 September will be used if necessary.
Further details of the 2019 event will be made available early in 2019.
2019 Young Seniors World Team Championships
The ITF are pleased to confirm that the ITF Young Seniors World Team & Individual Championships 2019 will take place in Miami Beach, Miami, FL, USA from Sunday 20 October to Friday 25 October (Saturday 26 October will be used if necessary). The Individual Championships will run from Saturday 26 October to Saturday 2 November inclusive. Further information will be made available in early 2019.
Beginning in 2019, all USTA Category I National Championships in Women’s, Men’s and Mixed in the 35-85 age divisions will be Grade A tournaments for ITF ranking purposes. In addition, 10 super Category II tournaments will be awarded Grade 1 points (which tournaments will be announced later by the USTA). See the full text of the USTA announcement below.
Note the following:
Draws for Super Seniors World Championships
Please click on the following links below to view the draws and order of play for the 2018 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships.
Draws for Cups (click on results to see draws)
Draws for Individual World Championships (Coming Soon)
There’s Always Doubles!
Today I played Diane Barker and it was a Groundhog Day situation…I keep playing her and the outcome never varies…Diane wins. This time it was 63 61. I played ok but not great (a lot of that had to do with Diane of course) and Diane played well and hit a lot of winners. Regina Marsikova trounced Ros Balodis in the other semi…Marsikova is playing exceptionally well.
Jenny Klitch fell to top seeded Klartje Van Baarle in straight sets. We commiserated…we both tried a lot of things and our opponents countered too well! She and Andrea Rice are in the doubles semis tomorrow.
Danny Waldman caused the biggest upset of the day, beating defending champion and top seed Glen Busby (60s) in three sets despite losing the first five games of the match. He’s also in the men’s doubles semis and mixed semis. Mark Vines beat the #2 seed, Pierre Godfroid in three sets as well.
Vicki Buholz and Ross Persons are in the 55 mixed final along with Waldman/Mary Dailey.
Susan Wright/Patricia Medrado won their QF doubles today.
Robin Harris and her partner Steve Myers fell in the semis of the mixed to Medrado/Godfroid in a rain and thunder/lightning storm interrupted match which finished just before dark.
The weather took a big turn in the late afternoon…it’s been quite hot but this afternoon it was cooler and there were some tremendous thunderstorms with lots of lightning. It is going to drop from about 90 to the upper 60s by tomorrow. And there’s a very high chance of rain tomorrow.
We play the doubles semis at 9:30 tomorrow morning and Susan plays third on the court. Diane plays at 10.
I had time today to run errands and arrange for a car for our trip starting Saturday to Austria and Czech Republic.
It’s late…here is a link to the draws.
Practice Day: Tennis & Driving
Today, Monday, all of the USA teams were off, after a successful opening day Sunday for all six USA teams.
We were planning on practicing at 3pm till Diane contacted us with the weather forecast which called for rain in the afternoon. She and her husband Jack were going to hit early, and after reviewing the weather forecast, Susan, Pat and I decided to do the same and arrived at 7am. (Jack and Diane were there at 6:30!).
We thought we’d be bumped before 8am but actually were there for nearly two hours, with the three of us rotating serving on one court and drilling/playing points on the other. After we finished, I tried to find ice for my shoulder. I went to both restaurants on site. One gave me three ice cubes and the other two. I did comment on this to someone working on site and he arranged for ice to be delivered, which is great. Ice is just not as ubiquitous as it is in the USA.
After practicing we went on a shopping expedition. I wanted to find an O2 store to buy a sim card. I selected the closest one on Google Maps and off we went. We ended up in an area near the Cathedral of Ulm (the tallest in Germany).
The SUV I rented felt like a Winnebago in those narrow, crowded streets. Looking for parking we inadvertently went down such a street not realizing it dead ended into a pedestrian only zone. So I had to back up (after first panicking some). Pat was inside the car looking out and Susan was outside directing me. While I was dithering about backing up, a second delivery van parked behind me so I had to navigate passing the van on one side without hitting any of the restaurants tables and concrete low planters on the other side. It took quite a while. Eventually I did get out of the alley on one piece and we saw a parking place not too far away. We parked and a few minutes later went to a machine to get the parking pass (which we had to ask for help…it turns out that the fee for an hour was 1,80 but if you put in more than that all your money was returned because no change is given). Despite paying for the parking we got some sort of ticket! It wasn’t a great driving day, other than we didn’t hit anything or anyone. Here’s a photo of the alley.
It didn’t work out to get a sim card because in Germany you have to show not only your passport but proof of staying in Germany in writing and the contract we have was at the rental house. However, the trip wasn’t a loss because Susan and Pat both got European travel hair dryers and Pat got a curler, and I got some Think brand shoes! We also hit our fourth grocery store of the trip (we’ve been to Aldi, Lidl and Kaufland), a Rewe which was very nice. I even found the Feld Salat I was looking for (lambs lettuce).
We had a second practice at 3pm and did get in about 45 minutes of doubles before it started to rain. At the first drops, Susan was done (she has gut in her racquets and also has California roots…Californians do not play tennis in the rain! We headed back to the house and had dinner (I cooked, anything to get out of doing dishes!).
Tomorrow we play Argentina, the 8th seeds, for a spot in the semis at 8:30 am…warming up about 7:30am! They beat Norway today.
Please click on the following links to view the Draws and Results:
2018 ITF Seniors Teams Fred Perry Cup (M50)
2018 ITF Seniors Teams Maria Esther Bueno Cup (W50)
2018 ITF Seniors Teams Austria Cup (M55)
2018 ITF Seniors Teams Maureen Connolly Cup (W55)
2018 ITF Seniors Von Cramm Cup (M60)
2018 ITF Seniors Alice Marble Cup (W60)
Draws for the individual world championships are here.
What: The ITF Regional Championships
When: June 6-10, 2018
Where: Mt Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Deadline to Enter: May 21, 2018 (be aware of time of day)
How to Enter: Via IPIN, itftennis.com/Ipin
You must have an IPIN to enter, if you don’t have one or haven’t paid or are missing your password, don’t wait to get one till the last minute!
Lodging Information (note all prices are in Canadian Dollars): http://tennistremblant.com/form%202018/HebergementTremblant_CoupeITF.pdf
Tournament Information including how to pay: http://tennistremblant.com/itf.html
Questions: Leave comments below.
Klitch, Rice, Barker, Hahn Claim National Singles Titles Saturday in Naples
There were four singles finals on Saturday (Roz King claimed the 80s title on Friday). One match stood out though, which was the nearly two and a half hour battle between Susan Wright the #2 seed, and top seeded Diane Barker. It was a reprisal of the final of the world championships last year, and was another tight battle. Diane won the first set 64 but not before Susan rallied from 35 15-40. The second set went on serve (unusual in general in women’s tennis, let alone in the 60+ division) for the entire set with very few break points, though Susan did have a break point with Diane serving at 5-6, so also a set point. Diane played a brave point and eventually forced a tiebreak which she won 7-3, and with it another gold ball and national clay title.
The 40s final was between Jenny Klitch and Lizl Kotz. Klitch had too much variety for Kotz, winning 61 61. The 50s final between Shelly Works and Andrea Rice was won 60 61 by Rice who played brilliantly. the 70s final was also one sided with Molly Hahn putting on a great display, slicing deep and attacking throughout to win 61 61 in her first national 70s final.
There was no 40s doubles. The 50s doubles title was won by Klitch/Vesna McKenna 61 46 retired over Mary Dailey/Rice. (Rice had to catch a plane….matches started late on Saturday.)The 60s doubles was finished yesterday, won by Nichols/Wright. The 4th seeds, Kathy Bennett/Liane Bryson beat Hubbard/Watanabe to take the 70s 60 61. And the 80s finished yesterday, won by DeVries/King.
There were also a lot of bronze ball matches. In 50 singles, Alicia Rowley edged McKenna 63 76. Rowley/Works won the doubles bronze too with a straight set win over Kruger/Waterlek. The 60s 3/4 playoff was won by Bunny Allare in three sets over Frances O’Sullivan. Jones/Neuthaler won the doubles bronze yesterday. Betty Wachob took bronze in 70 singles with a 63 60 win over Lesley Pixley and she took the 70 doubles bronze too with Carter over Carol Clay/Ellen Goodman in 3 sets. This match pretty much was the last of the tournament…it was nearly 3 hours long and ended around dinner time Saturday.
The other interesting result was that between Toni Novack and Ellen Goodman who were playing for 5th in the 70s. Novack led 60 50 40-0, and made a wrong move, tried to stretch it out…and couldn’t so had to retire, leaving Goodman with the win. Never give up!
From the ITF:
Dear Players
The ITF is informed by the Argentine Tennis Association that in order to ensure the best conditions for players it is not in a position to proceed with the staging of the Young Seniors World Team and Individual Championships in 2018.
Argentina has requested the ITF to seek an alternative host which we will of course look to do as a matter of urgency, ideally in the first half of 2018.
Our website has been updated accordingly and you are requested to wait on further information about next year’s Young Seniors Event, which we will endeavour to issue in the coming weeks.
The timing of the Seniors World Team & Individual Championships is under discussion and further information will be issued in due course.
Seven USA Teams in Final in Lake Nona
The men’s & Women’s 65 teams each won their semifinal today. The men beat Australia 3/0 behind the strong singles play of Dave Sivertson and Larry Turville. Turville beat Andrew Rae in 2 sets. The women beat Great Britain but the match between Tina Karwasky USA and Pauline Isher of GBR was a nail biter, won 63 26 76(6). Fisher had 2 match points in the third set.
The USA will also be playing for a medal in M80, 85 and W70, W75, W80.
Finals are tomorrow at 8:30.
The USA continued its success at the USTA National Campus Wednesday, winning matches in all four women’s divisions, 65, 70, 75 & 80. The USA men won in the men’s 65 & 80’s; the men’s 85 are already in the final.
The men’s 75 lost yesterday but won today. The men’s 70 fell 2/1 to Australia.
The women’s 70, 75 & 80 and men’s 80 have the day off today; the women’s & men’s 65?play the semis at 8 am.
Link to photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/MAwTCNzsKS33A1SZ2
Photos will be added daily to this album.
Results from Lake Nona, USTA National Campus, ITF Super Seniors World Team Championships
Please click on the links below to view the latest results for the 2017 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships.
Young Seniors
TBA
Seniors*
Miami, USA
October/November
Super Seniors
Umag, Croatia
16-21 September 2018
22-29 September 2018
*The 2018 Seniors World Team and Individual Championships is provisionally scheduled to take place in Miami, USA during a similar period to the 2017 event. Confirmation will be provided after completion of the 2017 edition.
Here is the link to the fact sheet: http://www.itftennis.com/media/264238/264238.pdf
