Practice, Driving in Mallorca & Cala Ratjada Lighthouse Visit
Draws for the ITF 1000 which starts tomorrow are up, click here. The past three days have been busy but not too exciting. Today is Thursday, the day before the […]
Draws for the ITF 1000 which starts tomorrow are up, click here. The past three days have been busy but not too exciting. Today is Thursday, the day before the […]
Draws are here Today I was scheduled to play my match at noon, and since we weren’t following a match we got on around 12:15 after the court was swept […]
Wednesday night I joined Toni & Michael Novack, who were going to dine overlooking a surfing beach at Cala. Tomas Blanno from Atlanta joined us…he was outside trying to meet […]
Draws are here. Today, Saturday April 1st was a warm and humid day in Houston with only a light breeze, pretty good for tennis. Sue Bramlette was the TD for […]
Draws are here. Friday March 31st, Houston, TX. Today was semifinal day in the women’s 65 singles and the matches were tough as were the conditions, very windy, and shadowy. […]
Draws are here. There was a 15% chance of rain in Houston today…unfortunately this was one of those days when it did rain despite the odds and play was delayed […]
Draws are here. This is the best women’s age division tournament you will find anywhere. 275 women in the 35/45/55/65/75/85/90 + divisions…275 women players in just eight divisions (this tournament […]
Note: I am not in Turkey, so am relying on the accuracy of the results posted on the ITF masters website. If there are errors…which happens occasionally. The schedule for […]
Draws are here. On another sunny, hot day in Palm Beach Gardens round of 16 and quarterfinal action took place. The seeders overall have to be commended as there were […]
Draws are here. The ITF MT 1000/USTA Level 1 (Gold Ball) tournament began today in Palm Beach Gardens, FL at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center. It hit 90 today […]
Draws are here. Saturday was finals day for the 55 & 65; the 45 & 75 finished yesterday. The weather was nearly hot, mid to upper 80s, not much cloud […]
Draws are here. It was a breezy cool day in Palm Beach Gardens, temps in the 60s with moderate winds. All the Floridians were chilly and sporting long pants, jackets […]
Draws are here. I played my first round match this morning in Mallorca 65s, against Monika Emmrich of Germany. She had a nice forehand and a 2-handed backhand, and hit […]
From the National Senior Men’s Tennis Association (NSMTA) Newsletter: “The NSMTA is pleased to announce that the USTA’s Adult Competition Committee (ACC) recently reversed its prior decision that downgraded National […]
Draws are here. Thursday I played the singles final against Jutta Labenski, the second seed. She was I think a bit nervous, and I won comfortably. We played on the […]
Draws from Bad Breisig tournament are here. Sunday I traveled from Finland to Bad Breisig, Germany. It took a while. The Helsinki airport terminal is new since I was last […]
Draws for individual world championships in Portugal which begins today, Aug 6
The USA Masters teams in Portugal went 2/1, with wins from the M35, M45, W40 and W45 teams. The W40 blitzed So Africa 3/0 The W45 beat Estonia 2/1. Captain […]
Italia Cup: Men’s 35: USA is in Group E with Argentina and Finland and is the seed in that group. There are 6 groups. USA team members are Christian Guevara, […]
Draws for the ITF S700 tournament in Lugano are here. The record high temp in Lugano was set in July of 1945, around 100 degrees F. That’s the expected high […]
Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Yesterday, Monday, was hot and muggy in Lugano, Switzerland. Not Palm Desert or Florida hot, but here there’s no reprieve in most […]
Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Yesterday, Sunday, we had a really early start, leaving the hotel at 4:30am (after returning to the hotel after 9pm). We avoided […]
Draws are here Today the singles finals were held in Barcelona. I played Carmen Chilleda from Madrid and we had a good match despite a lopsided score. This is the […]
Draws are here. Today both Erin Boynton and I were scheduled for first round matches. My division has seven players, so there are two round robin groups, one of 3 […]
Draws are here. Today was our first full day in Barcelona and it was pretty busy. After a late breakfast (quite a bit different in some ways from an American […]
What: An ITF 1000 tournament or all age divisions, singles/doubles/mixed (two events only) Where: Beach Club Font de sa Cala, Mallorca, Spain Dates: Young Seniors (30-45): Oct 3-8 Seniors (50-60): […]
Draws are here. Photos are here. The good news Saturday was that the sun made a determined appearance in Mont Tremblant, and LOTS of tennis was played, albeit in the […]
Draws are here. Photos are here. Surprise, surprise, it rained in Mont Tremblant today! Eventually it led to a complete cancellation of play today. As a result, tomorrow there are […]
Draws are here. Photos are here. A weather forecaster is somewhat like a good baseball hitter…hitting .333 or forecasting correctly 50% of the time will let the hitter/forecaster keep one’s […]
Draws are here. Photos are here. I actually hit tennis balls today…not as much as I’d have liked, but that wasn’t the weather’s fault, but rather because I received a […]