Finals Day & Off to Tallin, EstoniaÂ
I played Pat Medrado in the final of the Worlds came in second best. She beat me 60 62 but it was a 1 hour 45 minute match, lots of […]
Category Archives: Helsinki
Doubles Finals Day in Helsinki: Tammen/Fedderly; Karwasky/Persons & Sherri Bronson Win Gold Medals
Today in Helsinki all the doubles finals were played. Amongst the USA players, Mike Tammen and Mike Fedderly won the 55 doubles; Ross Persons & Tina Karwasky won the 60 […]
Semifinal Thursday in Helsinki: ITF Seniors World Championships
The semis were played in all divisions today in singles, doubles and mixed, which made for a long day for a few players here, including Tina Karwasky from the USA. […]
Semifinals Set in Helsinki
The quarters were played today at the Talin Tennis Center in Helsinki for the ITF Seniors World Championships and several Americans are amongst the winners. I played Sue Ellis from […]
Rainy, Lazy Day in Helsinki
Today, Monday was an off day for me, but my flat mates all had matches and Susan, Erin, Vicki and Vesna all won today. I hit in the morning with […]
Week Two at the Seniors World Championships: First Round Success
The Individual World Championships began yesterday in Helsinki, but there were no women’s matches. Today, Sunday, the bottom half only of the 60s began along with the out rounds of […]
Island Hopping in Finland
Saturday was a day off for all the women players in Finland though I still practiced for several hours in the morning, mostly playing doubles. Then Susan and I took […]
USA Wins Alice Marble Cup & Medals in Five Cups
We won the Alice Marble Cup today 2/0 but it wasn’t easy against France. I started at #2 singles against Caroline Glazmann. It was good to have the same first […]
USA W50s Advance to Final
USA women’s 50s beat Germany 2/1 to advance to the final. Shelly Works came back from a set and 4/1 down to win at #2 singles. That set the stage […]
USA Advances to Final in Men’s & Women’s 60s; USA Men’s 50s Advance to Semis; USA Women’s 55 Fall to Australia: ITF World Senior Team Championships Day 4
I am writing this after 11pm and it’s starting to get dark…dawn will happen before 3am! Hard to figure out when to sleep, fortunately our practice tomorrow is late in […]
Sightseeing in Helsinki/Official Dinner
All but one of the USA teams had the day off at the ITF World Team Championships today. The USA Men’s 60, Von Cramm Cup team advanced with a 3/0 […]
USA Senior Teams All Advance on Day 2 of ITF Seniors World Team Championships
All six USA senior teams were in action today in Finland and all six won their ties. All USA women’s teams won 3/0 to advance to the semis which will […]
USA Goes Undefeated in Day 1 of ITF Seniors World Team Championships in Finland
The USA went undefeated on Day 1 of the ITF World Team Championships in Helsinki, but the teams’ routes to victory weren’t all routine and none were routs. Results click […]
Opening Ceremonies at the ITF World Seniors Championships, Finland
The draws are up and can be found here for the ITF Seniors World Team Championships: https://seniortennisblog.com/2016/02/03/usa-2016-senior-teams-finland/ The opening day of the ITF World Team Seniors Championships were held today […]
Indoor Practicing in Helsinki
Today I practiced for the first time in Finland at the Talin Center. The courts aren’t bad, though being indoors it is pretty fast and low bouncing and not super […]
Takeoffs, Landings and Arrival Helsinki
Hello from rainy Helsinki, Finland. We flew via Iceland and flew over Greenland which was beautiful (but not too green!). Iceland looked flat and treeless. Both flights on Iceland Air […]
Takeoff …Destination Helsinki
After leaving Mont-Tremblant I flew from Montreal to Toronto to train indoors with Erin Boynton, who plays for the Canada 55s team, the Maureen Connolly Cup. Erin also plays a […]
Players Participating in Teams in Finland on Teams
Men’s 60 Player’s in M60’s Team’s.WELCOME TO FINLAND MORENO QUINTANA Gonzalo ARGALVAREZ DIEZ Eduardo ARG…LARA Juan Carlos ARGBOIDI Carlos ARGBUSBY Glenn AUSPACKHAM Steve AUSDANCE Stephen AUSHENNING John AUSPORTER Keith CANBETTAUER […]