USA Medals in Women’s 35, 40 & 45s in Miami Beach
The USA women’s teams fell to tough opponents on the final day of play of the Young Seniors World Team Championships in Miami Beach on Friday. The Lenglen Cup dropped […]
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USA Women’s 45s Edged by Great Britain; Men’s 45s Advance in Miami Beach
The USA Margaret Court team faced Great Britain today at Flamingo Park. Julie Cass led off proceedings and lost 75 61. Nancy Hilliard, playing #1, fought valiantly but fell in […]
USA Women’s 35s Team Reaches Final in Miami Beach
The USA Suzanne Lenglen (35) team beat France decisively to advance to the final at Flamingo Park Wednesday. Anda Perianu at #1 and Julie Thu at #2 dropped only six […]
USA Wins in Five of Six Cups on Day 1 in Miami Beach
The USA teams went 5-1 on Sunday in Miami Beach. The women’s teams swept their opposition, winning three matches without dropping a match, while the men’s 35 and 40s teams […]
Super Seniors Individual World Championships: Americans Win Seven Titles in Umag
Saturday September 29, 2018, Reporting from San Diego, CA The ITF Super Senior Individual World Championships finished in Umag today and American players can back with seven titles including one […]
USA Wins Four Titles in Croatia
Posted from San Diego, CA The USA ended a successful week in Umag Croatia with four gold and four silver medal winning teams. The USA won the Men’s 65 (Britannia), […]
USA Wins Doris Hart Cup; Other Finals are Ongoing
Friday September 21, 2018, Palm Desert, California, USA; 5:15 am PDT A second article will be written tomorrow, or earlier to recap all matches. The USA Women’s 80s team, the […]
USA Wins Men’s 85s; Will Play for Seven Cups Friday; Teams Go 4/0 on Thursday
Thursday, September 20, 2018 San Diego, California, USA The USA will compete in seven finals on Friday in Croatia. Matches in Center, Grand Stand and Court 1 at ATP Stadium […]
USA Goes 8/0 on Day 4 of ITF Tennis World Championships, Umag, Croatia
September 19, 2018 San Diego, California, USA The USA reached the final of all four women’s events in the ITF Super Senior World Team Championships in Umag, Croatia for the […]
USA Sweeps Day Three at ITF World Team Championships, Umag
Tuesday September 18, 2018 San Diego, CA, USA The USA went eight for eight on Day three of the 2018 ITF World Team Championships in Umag, Croatia The Kitty Godfree […]
USA Goes Three for Three on Day 2 in Umag
Monday September 17, Los Angeles, CA The USA Men’s 85, Women’s 80 (Doris Hart Cup) and Men’s 70 (Jack Crawford) teams won today in Umag. The Crawford Cup team beat […]
Umag/Umago
Trieste Airport, Trieste, Italy The Super Senior World Team Championships started today; since I finished my tournament on Thursday, I’ve been biking around Umag and taking photos of the players […]
Draws for Super Seniors World Championships
Please click on the following links below to view the draws and order of play for the 2018 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships. Kitty Godfree Cup (W65) Althea Gibson Cup […]
GMP Cup 2018 Champion
Thursday September 14, 2018, Umag, Croatia It was a lovely day to play tennis today in Umag…a bit of cloud cover to make it feel cooler and no wind. I […]
Successful Semifinal Day in Umag
September 12, 2018, Umag, Croatia GMP Cup 2018 I played singles and doubles today; singles against Radomila Martinicova and doubles with Ellen Neumann in the 55s. The singles was actually […]
GMP Cup 2018: Successful Start
I played my first match at the GMP Cup in Umag today, and beat an Austrian player, Ingrid Bruggraber. We played on Grandstand Court, and the match was live streamed […]
Umag, Croatia: GMP Cup 2018
Umag, Croatia, Monday September 10, 2018 Umag, Croatia is in Istria, and is a summer vacation spot for Europeans…it has biking, hiking, tennis, water sports and golf. Umag also has […]
USIC Tennis Presidents’ Cup
The International Club (IC) is a tennis organization originally founded by the United States and Great Britain…today it consists of about 30 countries. It’s a way for mostly high level […]
Beuvron-En-Auge and Seeing Caen
Cabourg, Normandy, France, Thursday Morning August 6, 2018 Good morning! Yesterday was a busy one…tennis, sight-seeing, meeting up with IC friends and dinner. It was a drizzly Wednesday, but on […]
Cabourg, Normandy, France,
Cabourg, Normandy, France, September 4, 2018 It was back to tennis today for Erika and me. We had a long practice session (focusing on serves). I then introduced Erika to […]
Paris to Rouen to Cabourg (Normandy)
Tuesday September 4, Cabourg, Normandy, France Monday we left Paris after renting a car and buying the obligatory baguette in Paris. First stop was Rouen, a little over an hour […]
Paris! Bon Jour and Au Revoir
Champs d”Elysee ✔️ Eiffel Tower at night ✔️ Notre Dame at sunset ✔️ Arc d’Triomphe 7 Walk to Roland Garros ✔️ Bois de Boulogne ✔️ Moules Frites ✔️ Carrot Salad […]
Rainy Friday in Munich
Today I bid adieu to Robin, going with her to the airport and seeing her off (after a too long wait at check-in…Lufthansa has the baggage check-in completely automated, but […]
Munich/München
Marienplatz ✔️; Vikuelmarket✔️; Glockenspiel✔️; St. Peter’s Church ✔️; Theatine Church ✔️; Shoe 👠 shopping ✔️; Chocolate 🍫 shopping ✔️ We had a busy day in Munich yesterday. We took the […]
Praha/Prague!
It was another early start for our group as we actually are staying two nights in the same city! We left early, Susan, Robin Erika and I, before 9am to […]
Cesky Krumlov
Cesky Krumlov in Czech Republic is a Unesco World Heritage site (castle and old town) and is really picturesque. The town is dominated by the castle which dates back to […]
Doubles Finalists, Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland, Hallo Austria
Robin Harris and I played Susan Wright and Patricia Medrado and came very close but fell 63 76(5) in the final of the 60 doubles. They made some good shots […]
Into the Doubles Final at World Championships
Robin Harris and I won our 9:30 am doubles semi today over Aussies Susie Ellis/Judy Buzza. We played through intermittent rain showers. Susan Wright and Pat Medrado had just finished […]
There’s Always Doubles!
Today I played Diane Barker and it was a Groundhog Day situation…I keep playing her and the outcome never varies…Diane wins. This time it was 63 61. I played ok […]
Worlds Day 5: Nichols, Barker, Klitch Into the Semis; Waldman, Vines, Into the Quarters
Wednesday August 22, Neu-Ulm, Germany Today was another warm and sunny day in Ulm and a busy one. Susan and I warmed up at 8 for our 11am matches; We […]