Hail and Storm Halt Play in Antalya
From Carol Wood: We had hail torrential rain and winds for about 10 minutes that I am sure were up to 60mph… then actually rained for most of the afternoon. […]
Category Archives: ITF Tournaments
Turville Succeeds at 60 Clay
Larry Turville upheld his top seed at the 60 Clay, beating Padg Bolton to win the title and its accompanying gold ball. Roger Pearce and Marvin Pearson won the doubles […]
Wilder Wins 50 Clay
Val Wilder beat Mark Vines in three sets to win the 50 clay, then doubled his haul of gold balls by combining to beat Vines and Kim Forsythe in the […]
Mallorca, Final Day
This will be a quick post today, from my phone. I won the singles over Lyn Mortimer 61 63. I was down 3/0 2nd set, but managed to turn it […]
Into the Final in Mallorca
Today, disappointingly, I received a walkover from my opponent, who was ill with a virus. I play Lyn Mortimer who “upset” Martinicova, the 2nd seed, 62 62 (not much of […]
Players Nominated to the Super Senior Teams Now Posted Here
Follow all results, and see who is playing on each team at: http://itfseniors.tournamentsoftware.com/default.aspx?tlid=0 for the Super Senior World Team Championships.
Mallorca Tuesday
Each night about 7pm, the times for the next day are published…for singles. The doubles times are published at 8am the morning of play. That’s when you find out at […]
Mallorca, Sunny Monday
It was another beautiful day here today, actually a “California” day…which makes sense, both have Mediterranean climates. The warm up courts are available only from 8 to 8:25 and 8:25 […]
Mallorca Draws are Posted
The Mallorca Seniors draws were made today. The tournament’s adherence to the ITF rankings made for some interesting match ups, but since the majority of the players are German, the […]
Karwasky, Price Win Double Gold at Chamisal, Dailey Completes Gold Slam
Tina Karwasky in the 55s and Rita Price in the 85s joined Dori deVries in winning the singles and doubles at Chamisal on Friday. Price won her second singles title […]
DeVries Wins Two Gold Balls in the 75s; Matthiessen Completes Doubles Gold Slam; Carter Takes 65 Singles Title
Dori deVries moved beautifully to beat Burnett Herrick 75 60 in the final of the 75s. The first set was close, but deVries broke Herrick to take the first set […]
Chamisal Wednesday: Marian Metola from Argentina Upsets Top Seeded Mariana Hollman in the 45s
Marian Metola from Argentina adapted well to the hard courts of California, and took out the 2010 bronze ball winner and top seed, Mariana Hollman in the quarters of the […]
Chamisal, Tuesday
It was another fine, sunny day at the hard courts, mid-80s there (mid-60s along the beach, 30 minutes away, that’s California for you). There was a lot of action, but […]
Hillebrand, Lutz Capture Singles titles at Indoors: Lutz Completes First Gold Slam!
Jane Lutz added the 80 Indoor title to the three she’d already won this year, the Clay, Hard and Grass…to complete her first Gold Slam. She beat Louise Russ […]
Tennis and 17 Mile Drive
Tracy and I practiced in the morning, getting ready for our first round singles and doubles matches tomorrow. There was much more activity today than yesterday, and the weather was […]
June/July National Champions
Men’s 50 Hard, July 3-9, Santa Barbara 50 S: Mike Fedderly d. Pierre Marachal; 50D: Ross Hessler/Jon Tyrell d. Fedderly/Mike Tammen Men’s 65/70 Hard, June 13-20, Irvine 65S: Ken Dahl […]
July, August, Early September National Champions
Get your IPIN Now: Free till October 31st: Necessary if you want to play the 2012 World Championships in San Diego! Recent Results: Super Senior International Teams Have Been Selected! […]
Orth, DeVries European Champions”
Dori DeVries dominated the women’s 75 division at the European Championships in Austria. She won the singles, beating the top seed, Jung, 60 60, and the second seed Michael (who […]
European Senior Champion!
I am sitting in the Lufthansa Lounge, at 6:30pm, still in my warm-up suit, finally relaxing today… It was a long and hectic one. It rained on and off all […]
Baden-Baden, Let the Play Begin (for me); into the singles semis and doubles final
I wrote a blog yesterday, thought I had posted it, and somehow it was lost in cyberspace…the draft too, so starting over… I played my first match yesterday against German […]
Ottersweier, Sunday
I played the quarters and semis in Ottersweier today. It was a nice and mostly sunny day, and not too windy. I played at 9am and 4:30 pm, the second […]
Mallorca Thursday: Americans into the final
It was a cloudy and breezy day in Mallorca. John Powless, 75s, and I breezed into the final, I won 60 60 and John’s score was similar. Mariana, as is […]
Mallorca Wednesday, Into the Semis for the Americans
OK, so there are only three of us, but John Powless, Mariana Hollman and I are all into the semis in singles and doubles in Mallorca. John had the day […]
Mallorca, Saturday
It’s another beautiful day here, warm and sunny. The tournament starts tomorrow, but the draws have not been posted yet! They will be done tonight and doubles tomorrow. I went […]
Hello from Mallorca
There is a huge ITF Seniors Tournament here in Mallorca…Germany? No, it’s really Spain, but pretty much everyone I’ve met speaks German, including the native Mallorcans, and people seemquite surprised […]