USTA Announces M/W 30/35 Teams Selected to Play in World Tennis Masters Team Championships in Japan in November.
Click here to view table on USTA.com. Fact sheets will be posted by mid-August on the World Tennis Masters World Championships page.
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USTA Announces New Timeline for 60/65/70 Teams for Turkey; Applications Now Open, Close August 2, 2026
The USTA has announced a new timeline to apply for the 60/65/70 teams for the rescheduled Masters World Tennis Team Championships. The link to apply is here. Note these important […]
60/65/70 World Tennis (ITF) Masters World Team & Individual Championships Rescheduled for November 2026
Click here to view the TEAM factsheet. Click here to view the INDIVIDUALS factsheet. The new dates are: Venue: Ali Bey Manavgat; details are in the factsheet. Note that anyone […]
USA Takes Silver in W50 in Rome; USA M/W 55 Take 5th; M50 Finish 9th; France (2), Spain and Great Britain Won the Cups; Individual World Championships Draws
Draws are here. (Team) Draws are here. (Individuals) The USA W50 team put it all out there but Spain, especially on the slow red clay in Rome was too tough […]
USA W50 Advance to the Bueno Cup Final; M/W 55 and M50 Win in 5-8 and 9-12 Draws
Draws are here. The USA W50 team won 3/0 over Switzerland today with Amanda Parson-Siegel winning a four hour marathon and Julie Thu also advancing in three sets. They play […]
USA W50 Advances to Semis; M/W 55 Fall in Quarters; M50 Win in 9-16 Group
Draws are here. The USA Women’s 50 (Maria Bueno) Cup team advanced with a 3/0 victory over France today in the quarterfinals today in Rome. Amanda Parson-Siegel won in three […]
Rome 50/55 Cups Day 3: USA M50 Fall to Denmark 3/0; Remaining Teams Start Knockout Rounds on Wednesday
Draws are here. The Men’s 50 team fell to a tough Danish team 3/0 today in their final round robin match. They now will play in the 9-16 bracket starting […]
Draws for World Tennis Masters World Championships 50/55) in Rome, Italy
Draws are here Format of play: The first three days of play, Sunday/Monday/Tuesday are round robin group play at the end of which the top finishers in each group always […]
USTA Announces 75/80/85 Masters Cup Teams for World Tennis Masters Team Championships in Greece
The USTA announced the 75/80/85 Cup team members who will participate in the World Tennis Masters Team championships in Crete, Greece. The event will take place the 18-23 of October […]
A Northern California Weekend
On Memorial Day weekend I flew up to San Francisco, where I played tourist and went to a wedding there, then out to our farm to visit family and friends […]
Applications are Open to Apply for USTA M/W 30/35 Cup Teams: Close June 12, 2026
Click here to apply Dates: Sunday, November 15th – Friday, November 20th, 2026 Location: Tokyo, Japan The team selection will be posted no later than July 12th, 2026. The Team […]
Thu, Archibald, Davis & Pisani Win Singles in La Jolla
Draws (for those with USTA accounts only) are here. The USTA National 50-90 Hard Courts (USTA Level 1/ITF MT 1000) finished a week in beautiful La Jolla, CA at the […]
Applications Open for USTA Masters Teams in the 75/80/85 Age Divisions: Close May 17th.
Click here to apply. 75, 80, 85, 90 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CRETE, GREECE The 75, 80, 85, 90* World Team and Individual Championships will take place in Crete, Greece on the […]
USTA M/W 40/45 International Tennis Teams Selected for Portugal & Fact Sheets for this Event
The 40,45 World Team Championships will take place in Lisbon and Oeiras, Portugal on the following dates: Sunday 2 – Friday 7 August 2026 The Individual World Championships for the […]
Back in the USA
One last post to round out my Turkey/Italy/Spain/Italy/France trip! My trip back to the USA was long but uneventful. I walked from my Citizen M hotel (past all the bikes […]
Nice Day in Nice
Today was my last day in France. I ate carrot salad (my favorite), and baguette (so good…and cheap here), had a relaxed morning sleeping in, working out and packing up, […]
Antibes Coastal Trail
Sunday is a rest day mostly in France…some grocery stores and many restaurants and patisseries are open but most shops are closed. I did some computer work and a workout […]
Alassio ➡️ Ventimiglia ➡️ Nice
Yesterday I left Alassio by train. I had a nice workout at the club. I found a good spot up by the padel courts to use bands and the artificial […]
Alassio Day 3: Arrival of the Sun!
Draws are here. Day three for me in the tournament semifinal day. It was Groundhog Day since I warmed up again with Ellen at 7 AM. She played first match […]
Alassio MT700 Day 2
Draws are here Today I warmed up at 7 AM again with Ellen Neumann. I didn’t play until 2:30 and Ellen played at 11:30. We both won and both play […]
Alassio, Italy & a Tennis Tournament
Draws are here. Today started early…as dawn broke…with a 7am warm up with Ellen Neumann from Germany, who is playing in the W65s. We had an excellent warm up…Ellen does […]
Spain ➡️ France ➡️ Italy by Plane, Train & Automobile (& Bus)
I had my last day of training in Mallorca yesterday, and today is supposedly a “rest” day…if one considers a 9 hour trip to my tournament venue a”rest”. Yesterday I […]
Ciao Italy, Hola Espana
Monday Susan, Tim, Tracey and I left our apartment in Florence well before dawn…at 3:45 am for our 6:30 flights…Susan, Tim and Tracey were off to Orlando via Frankfurt and […]
Florence: Uffizi Gallery
This morning we visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, after walking past the Duomo one last time in the calm of the morning. The Uffizi building houses a collection of […]
Roma ➡️ Firenze
Thursday we left Rome on a rainy day. Traffic in Rome was crazy but we had allotted more than sufficient time to wait for the taxi (Freenow app is very […]
A Visit to Another Country in Rome; the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica & More
Tuesday we visited the smallest country in the world, Vatican City, with a population of under 1000 people (no children) and a size of around 100-110 acres In size it […]
Roma!
Sunday we took trains from the Cinque Terre to La Spizia to Roma Termini, where Susan and I picked up our stored baggage (after a quick trip to Uniqlo…don’t ask). […]
La Spezia, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Levanto, Monterosso al Mare: Cinque Terre Day 2
Saturday was our second and last day in Cinque Terre. We bought a day train pass (discounted for 70+)…about 23 euros for adults and 18 for 70+. It included the […]
Cinque Terre Hiking
There are five, centuries old seaside villages in this part of the Italian Riviera in Liguria: Cinque Terre means “Five Lands” and the villages are a UNESCO World Heritage site. […]
Venice to Cinque Terre via Train
We left Venice yesterday early to train to Cinque Terre via Verona. I put together this trip pretty quickly and booked the tickets during our flight from Turkey…and didn’t really […]