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 […]
Today was a tennis day…1.5 hours in the morning and in the afternoon with a two hour break in between. I’m getting used to the clay again and how physical […]
Today of course I played tennis, training for 90 minutes in the morning. After lunch I drove past Andratx (west from Palma) and up Ma10 along the coast past Estellencs […]
It rained again this morning in Mallorca, though I didn’t see much of it…right outside my airbnb the street is being torn up and pipes put in and this morning […]
This morning I made a quick visit to the Consell market, which was quite small. As is normal in the small villages in Mallorca, it was held in the church […]
It was drizzling yesterday afternoon…last night it poured in Mallorca! I heard the thunder during the night but by morning the sun was shining…mostly. My 11am training session was delayed […]
Monday I drove to the Klagenfurt airport for a flight to Vienna. I stayed the Monday night in Vienna before flying to Mallorca I checked into my hotel after landing, […]
Saturday a group of players and I took a day trip to the Landskron Castle outside of Villach, to see the views. MJ Pachl (USA/CAN) was with Wanda Howes and […]
Draws are here. The predicted rain arrived today in Feld am See, though for the most part it did not stop tennis from being played. I played Karien Theeuwes, with […]
Draws are here. I thought I had a day off today, as my name was not on the schedule last night to play. I received a message from my doubles […]
Draws are here. It was another sunny beautiful day in Feld am See today, but from here on out the forecast is a bit grim, 90% chance of rain each […]
Tuesday Sept. 12, 2023 Spoiler alert…this is being written from Feld am See, Austria. Sunday and Monday: Travel from Essen to Feld am See: more “learning experiences”. My travel […]
Monday 9/11/23 A moment of reflection on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. I am in Austria today which is where I was during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Many thanks to […]
There are teams from four regions at this competition for over 60 women, Mainz is one, Berlin is one and a team from Bavaria, along with ETUF Essen. The draw […]
Wednesday and Thursday I travelled to Essen, Germany (near Dusseldorf) for the German team finals. My trip to Europe, which was not expected to involve train travel nor a stop […]
Draws are here. Eoin Collins (USA) won the men’s 55 at the ITF Masters World Tennis championships in Portugal on Saturday, beating #1 seed Bart Theelen in the final. It […]
Draws are here. Germany was too tough in singles for the USA Women’s 60s team, with Kirsten Garcia and Helga Nauck taking out Vicki Buholz and Fran Chandler respectively to […]
Draws are here. USA Marble Cup team, W60s vs Netherlands: Vicki Buholz won at #2 singles; Fran Chandler fell to Lisa Prechtel in three sets at #1 singles. Doubles point […]
Draws are here. The USA Women’s 55 (Connolly Cup) advanced today over South Africa 3/0, not dropping a set but enjoying a competitive doubles match. USA faces Germany next, which […]
The Mallorca 1000 is a two-week tennis extravaganza in Font de sa Cala Spain. This year the second week (age divisions 65-90) are followed by the ITF Masters World Championships […]
Draws are here. To see previous posts click here. The ITF Masters Tennis World Team Championships are taking place August 13-18 in Lisbon, Oeiras and Estoril Portugal. The Men’s and […]
All USA teams will play Sunday in Portugal. Click on the Cup and then on the “Matches” tab to see when and where USA teams are playing each day. There […]
Click here to view results on ITF website (coming soon) Article previewing ITF Masters Team Championships in Portugal Draws (coming soon, see list of players from all countries in order […]
Draws are here. Saturday Rosemary and I played our first doubles match, against Ellen from Germany and Yvette from Switzerland, at the Marzo TC again. It was scheduled right in […]
Draws are here. The day started early with a short warm up with Ellen Neumann at 8am (short because 10 minutes in there was thunder and then lightning, so we […]
Draws are here. I was not scheduled to play a match today (one of our opponents in our 3-team RR tried to schedule a match, but Rosemary was already touring…and […]
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 […]
Draws are here. I am in Lugano for the ITF Masters 700 here. According to the website there are 58 events and 254 players (that total might go up a […]
Draws are here. I beat Carmen Chillida in the final…she upset the #2 seed 60 61 yesterday, and we had a good match, but I came out ahead in most […]
Read more on itftennis.com. Note the update from the ITF: The 50-60’s individuals are to be played after team, not before. 30, 35, 40 World Team Championships Lisbon, Oeiras and […]