Paella and Trophies
This afternoon we had the trophy presentation and Paella, both of which were quite nice. I watched the two men making the huge paella. They had cooked rice as a […]
Category Archives: Chile 2014
Mixed Doubles Champions (Thanks to Paul Smith!)
Paul Smith and I won the mixed last night….or rather I should say Paul won the mixed. Let’s just say my mixed doubles expertise is minimal. We played Paula Lopez/Alvaro […]
Chilean Champion
Today I played the last round robin match of my group, at 10 am. I won my first two matches and my opponent, Fritelli, lost to Friedl in three sets […]
Early Singles, Late Mixed
Thursday: I played singles at 10 today and fortunately was able to play on Court 2/Pisa 2/Cancha 2… I was scheduled for Court 12 and the referee switched us to […]
Wednesday in Chile, Round One Success
Today I won my first round in Chile, against Carmen Bilbeny, a member of the Estancio Espanol Club. When we were given a court assignment, I heard Court 2 or […]
Chile, Day 2: Racquets Arrive!
It was a good day here, beautiful weather, I got to hit tennis balls, and when I went to the airport my racquets were found! The taxi driver spike no […]
Three Continents & Four Countries in Two Days = Arrival in Chile
It’s a long way from London to Santiago…the journey took the better part of two days, four different time zones (GMT, CST, Peruvian time and Chilean time), three continents (Europe, […]