Semifinals Day in Bad Breisig
Today was semifinal day in Bad Breisig. I warmed up early again with Heidi, at 8am then chilled for a while as I didn’t have to play again till 1:30…or […]
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Bad Breisig, Cologne and Tennis
The interruption in this blog was due to technical difficulties…basically my computer didn’t like the last place I was staying and refused to connect to the internet, as did my […]
Panoramaweg: Hiking in the Alps & Swiss Champion
Today was really nice. It started early. I warmed up with Haim Ohn from Israel. He is a lefty and the 4th seed in the 55 men’s here and gave […]
Klosters: Into the Final and a Trip to the Top of the Mountain
Today was a gorgeous day, sunny and warm, not hot. I played second match on Center Court, about 10am as I followed Mr. Althaus in the 80s and he won […]
Klosters Tuesday: Americans Successful on the Red Clay
There were only three Americans in the draw Monday and so far all of us are still in the running. I beat Bridget Harrer of So Africa and Austria on […]
Klosters Tournament Day One
Klosters began today. I had a bye, but all others 60s played. I watched the #2 seed, Nora Blom and #3 seed Encarnacion Gomez Ruiz play and also Bridget Harrer. […]
Practicing in the Sun
First of all the draws are finally posted: http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100033255. I am in a round robin group of three players; the #2 and #3 seeds, Nora Blom and Encarnacion Gomez-Ruiz are […]
Rainy Saturday and a Trip to St. Moritz
Klosters is up in the mountains, at about 1200 meters (about 4000 feet) and so gets a lot of rain normally (though till now this has been a warm and […]
Practicing on the Clay
Friday was a beautiful day in Klosters. It was sunny and while Klosters is beautiful in any weather, when the sun shines it’s spectacular. I had arranged a hit in […]
Swiss Senior Championships, Klosters
I am playing the Swiss Open Seniors in Klosters, about two hours by train from Zurich, starting Monday. It takes a while to get here from California…I left at 4:30am […]
Wimbledon!
Monday and Tuesday I was lucky enough to go to Wimbledon, which is a wonderful slam to attend. There are various ways to get in, the most obvious is to […]
Czech Champ
Today was the final day of the Karlovy Vary tournament. I had a 10 am match, and had to take a bus from the hotel to the club. It’s walkable […]
Into the finals in Karlovy Vary
I played my final round robin match today and won over a very nice recreational player. As she said, she plays for fun, not seriously, though she was playing mixed […]
Karlovy Vary Wednesday
I had a day off today from tennis, since it’s a round robin of three players. I will play the second round robin match tomorrow.I did hit for an hour […]
Karlovy Vary
After checking in for the tournament yesterday, I ran into a couple of Americans who were playing in the 75s and Wayne Crowly, from Australia, the top seed in the […]
Another Day, Another Tournament, Another Country
I woke up in France, flew through Germany and landed in Czech Republic today…the scenic route, as I didn’t look at Nantes-Prague flights. The CDG airport is complicated. The shuttle […]
Saturday in France: Doubles Champions!
Saturday was finals day for our division in doubles. Lyn Mortimer and I played a South African team which was unseeded, but they won three matches to get to the […]
Semis and Finals of the Bueno Cup
Semi finals started off with a light rain, which had us begin our 9:30am match, at 10:30, #2 player Fran Chandler, going up against Sue Webb of Great Britan. Fran […]
Leisurely Friday
I had the day off today but otherwise play was heating up and the three setters were abundant. In the women’s 50s, Gretchen Rush came one point away from making […]
Americans Find Success on the Red Clay on Thursday
Thursday was quarterfinal day in most events. I played Caroline Glaszmann from France. She played #1 on the bronze medal winning French Marble Cup team. She’s a lefty with a […]
Wednesday: Into the Singles Quarters and Doubles Semis
Wednesday was another beautiful day in La Baule and Pornichet. I warmed up early with Fran Chandler (she won her 50 singles, as did Gretchen Rush); then biked over to […]
Individual World Seniors Championships: Tuesday
Today I started the individual world championships with a win in singles over a Dutch player, Sylvie. We had a nice match, some good points as she’s improved since I […]
Nantes
Sunday Susan Wright, Kathy Vick, Tracy Houk & I took off for Nantes, the capital of Brittany (Bretagne), though I practiced first with Tracy, indoors as it was raining. We […]
USA Wins Three Cups in ITF Seniors World Team Championships and One Silver
The USA did well in the ITF Seniors World Team Championships, winning three of the four cups in which they were the top seed and finishing second in the Von […]
Official Dinner in La Baule at ITF Seniors World Championships
Last night there was the Gala Dinner at the ITF Seniors World Team Championships. All the players were invited and so we had a chance to see the men’s teams, […]
Off Day in La Baule
Today the Marble and Connolly Cups have an off day, before the knockout rounds begin. As usual it’s extremely windy so it’s nice to have a few hours out of […]
USA Marble Cup Team Beats Australia 3/0
USA Marble Cup team played Australia on a blustery day in La Baule. Sand was flying everywhere..it was ugly, gusts up to 30 mph. The USA won 3/0 behind singles […]
Opening Ceremonies
Opening Ceremonies were tonight, at the Country Club in La Baule, which seemed very nice. It was nice to see old friends on other teams, especially the men’s teams (all […]
Paris!
On Wednesday in France, Susan Wright and Kathy Vick from the USA Bueno Cup team arrived in Paris at about the same time…at which time they realized both had sent […]
Roland Garros
Tuesday I was lucky to be able to attend Roland Garros via a friend of a friend. It was definitely on my bucket list for many years to go to […]