Americans Strike Gold in Turkey
Scott Works Wins First World Individual Titles in Turkey Scott Works (San Antonio), Tina Karwasky (Glendale, CA) Susan Wright (Grand Junction, CO), Danny Waldman (Washington, DC), Diane Barker (Daniel Island, […]
Category Archives: 2013 Turkey Blogs
Into the Doubles Final for Mike and Danny Waldman
The day started with a good omen. During Danny’s singles match vs. Carlos, I excused myself to visit the WC. On my way, I happened across a turtle! For those […]
Easter Sunday, Istanbul, Tokapi Palace, Bosphorus and Sea Gulls
Sunday Susan Wright, Vicki Buholz and I continued our adventure in Istanbul. After breakfast at our hotel (the buffet included olives, lunch meats, cheeses and boiled eggs and for Susan […]
Day 9 Turkish Delight
On our last day of Tennis against the host team, we switched up the lineup a little more with me playing number 1 singles and Carsten in the lineup in […]
Day 8 These Czechs Bounced
As we have seen essentially every team in the tournament would be tough to defeat and we knew the same of the Czech Republic. The 6 seeds who had a […]
Day 7 Day of Rest and Cheering
Still disappointed with our three way tie, we used the off day to support the other Team USA matches. The Men’s 45s defeated The Netherlands but the Men’s 50s had […]
Neel’s Blog Day 6
Day 6 No Tea Party Still basking in the joy of the night before and our exciting win against Romania, we knew we would have our hands full with […]
Day 10 and 11 and A Jog on the Beach
On Tuesday I beat the # 22 seed from Canada 62 75 . Yesterday I lost in the round of 16 to the 8th seeded player from Great Britain. I […]
End of The Road For Singles for Mike in Turkey
Today’s singles match vs. Carlos Behar was again played on center court. What luck! Carlos was able to get an early break, which set the tone for the first set. […]
Wednesday in Turkey: Mike Moves into Quarters of singles
Mike played a 6’3" powerhouse today. He was a hard hitter, and seeded 10th. Mike said going into the match that it would be "even steven." They put the match […]
Thursday: Successful Day on the Courts in Turkey
Today I played the quarters of the singles against a South African player, Elna Botha. She was an all court player but not accustomed to red clay as they have […]
Wednesday: Onto the quarters in singles and semis in doubles
Today started early with a 7:30 warm up and a 9am match. I played Helen Webb (though for some reason her name appears as Helen Shea in some spots) from […]
Monday Blog from Erika: Watching the Individuals
Monday — a day of watching tennis The weather today was beautiful for Day 2 of the individuals. I decided to spend the day watching some matches. First up was […]
Saturday and Sunday and the Rug Story
Our team played Germany on the last day of the team competition. Tom and I each played singles and both won to clinch the match. This final win gave our […]
Tuesday: Into the Second Round of Singles
I finally played a match in Turkey today. That was fun! My match was scheduled at 11:30 but I warmed up at 7:30 with Vicki Buholz again. She was to […]
Tuesday: Mike moves into round of 16
Short one today: Mike took on Austrian, Christian Hebenstreit, who was seeded 29th. It was a fun match to watch, but was over fairly quickly. 6-3, 6-2. He was a […]
Monday Day 8: First Round and Trip to Manavgat market
Mike played a very nice South African man this morning, Archie Rudman, and I must admit, I have no commentary on this match. They were scheduled to go on at […]
USA d. Germany in Perry Cup to Finish 7th
Day 8: USA v Germany…Final matches Today’s recap will be short and sweet! Our final match turned out to be our easiest. (Especially for me, since I didn’t play.) Tom […]
USA Wins Maria Bueno Cup; USA Places 6th in Margaret Court Cup
Tracy: USA takes home the Gold !!! Dream Team !!! Once again, it took a decisive doubles match to break the tie at 1-1 in singles, for us to beat […]
Day 6 and 7 and a story about The Amazing Land of Sinnet
Our team had two rough days of competition. We lost to Italy and Great Britain in 3-2 matches. Yesterday I played #2 singles against Italy and lost to by a […]
Day 7: Evening event pics plus Friday match – USA vs. Great Britain
The evening dinner was a very nice event, and it’s always fun to see how nice all our friends clean up. Our boys looked very dapper in their sports coats, […]
Friday Blog, Tracy Houk
Friday: today, we played the Czech Republic at 9:00am. I played #2 singles and lost 6-3,6-2. Our #1 singles. Ros Niedeffer evened it out, winning in straight sets, 7-6,6-2, after […]
USA Bueno and Trabert Cup Teams into the Final with Connolly Cup; USA Austria Cup Team to Play Deciding Doubles Saturday for a Spot in the Final
The USA Bueno Cup team completed a come from behind victory over Czech Republic when Ros Nideffer completed a rain delayed match against Barbora Koutna. The match as you may […]
Mike Tammen Blog Day 5: Italy d USA
Day 5: USA vs. Italy…a bit of a heart-breaker, Italy advances 2-1 This entry will be written by my wife…she is convinced that I won’t comment on some of the […]
USA Advances to Final of Connolly Cup; Austria, Dubler, Bueno, Court, Young and Perry Cups in Rain Delay
Friday 4pm Update: USA Advances to Final in Connolly Cup The USA Connolly Cup team advanced to the final behind the strong singles play of Susan Wright and Diane Barker. […]
USA Italia Cup Team Falls to Sweden
Today we played a very good Swedish team and unfortunately things did not go our way. Sweden was simply too good for us and were the deserved winners of this […]
Bill Moss Blog Wednesday: Team Wins Again and Laundry Story
Our team won a close match today against the Czech Republic. Tom Schlack played #2 today and shellacked his opponent with a 6-1 6-1 victory . Next was our #1 […]
USA Perry Cup Team Defeats Czech Republic
Today began as a much warmer day – no moisture in the air like yesterday, which was a welcomed change. There is nothing like a beautiful sunny morning and the […]
Margaret Court Cup Team defeats Spain on Red Clay! Austria Tomorrow
Comment from Carolyn: This is why Erika and Tracy missed the blog yesterday: Erika injured her foot playing South Africa: The Court Cup had some bad luck today against South […]
Ross Duncan Blogs for Italia Cup Team
The Italia Cup team consists of four players, Ross Duncan (Aliso Viejo, CA) captain and #1, , Mark Tepes (Medford, NJ), Gabriel Venter (Blue Ash, OH) and Justin Touchstone (Weston, […]