Kitty Godfree Cup Friday: Day Off for Team USA
The Women’s 65s Kitty Godfree Cup team had the day off today. Actually a lot of teams had time off due to heavy rain. We took this opportunity to see […]
Category Archives: Croatia
Sue Bramlette Blogs for USA Kitty Godfree Cup Team: Sunday 9/11
It’s Sunday evening in Umag, Croatia, where the Kitty Godfree team had a good practice in the morning and then enjoyed a trip into the village of Umag. It was […]
ITF Moves Super Senior World Championships to Croatia
The ITF has moved the Super Senior World Championships to Croatia from Turkey. The new dates are Sept 12-17 (team) and Sept 18-25 (individuals). Read the ITF announcement here: http://www.itftennis.com/media/232583/232583.pdf
USA Young Senior Cups Wrap: USA Finishes Out of Medals
The USA Young Seniors (35, 40 and 45+) fought very had but finished out of the medals (1st-3rd) in all six cups for the first time. For all results and […]
USA Young Cup & Court Cup Advance Thursday; Lenglen Cup Falls 2/1 in Semis
All draws and results can be found here including updates on the progress of today’s matches in the Trabert and Italia Cups. The USA Lenglen Cup team lost 2/1 to […]
Update: USA Young Cup Team Beats Germany Tuesday, To Play for Fifth
The USA Young Cup team did not have a day off on Tuesday as previously reported. The USA beat Germany, a 6-8 seed, 2/1 and will play for fifth in […]
USA Advances to Medal Round in Lenglen Cup
The USA advanced to the semis of the Lenglen Cup despite a 2/1 loss to Great Britain today. Great Britain lost to Slovenia who lost to USA…so a tiebreaker format […]
USA Advances to Quarters in Dubler Cup Tuesday and Semis of Lenglen Cup
The USA Dubler Cup team, now a two person team after injuries to two players, beat So Africa 2/1 to advance to the QF. They remain in medal contention. The […]
USA Lenglen and Dubler Cup Teams Advance in Croatia on Day 2; USA Young, Italia and Trabert Cup Teams Fall on Monday
The USA had a tough day on the court on Day 2, Monday, in Croatia. But in the ITF team competitions, a team is never done till the last day […]
USA Young Seniors Teams Go Undefeated on Day 1 in Croatia
Four of the six USA teams were in action today in Umag, Croatia (the men’s 35 & 45 teams had byes today). The first three days of this competition consist […]
ITF Young Seniors Cup Team Competition Underway in Umag, Croatia
The ITF Young Seniors International Team Competition is underway in Umag. Today, Saturday, the opening ceremonies were held. I was able to see a bit of it via live streaming […]
Young Seniors (35, 40 & 45 age divisions) International Team Competition: USA Teams and Results
Age Division Women’s Cup Name Draws Men’s Cup Name Draws 35 Suzanne Lenglen All Draws USA is in RR Group D Italia All Draws USA is in RR Group A […]
And it’s a Wrap: USA Wins Three Cups in Umag, Medals in Seven of Eight Cups
US Teams Strike Gold in Croatia USA Super Senior Teams were Super Duper in Croatia during the ITF Super Senior World Championships. Super Seniors encompasses age divisions 65-80 in five […]
USA Britannia Cup Team Finishes Second in Croatia; Spain Wins Cup 2/0
The USA Britannia Cup team fought valiantly against Spain but fell in singles to the tough Spanish players. Padg Bolton won the first set of #2 singles and said he […]
USA Wins Three Cups Saturday in Umag; Britannia Cup, Men’s 65s, Into the Final
The USA won the Kitty Godfree, Queens and Doris Hart Cups in Umag today, for women’s 65 75 and 80 and over respectively. The USA won the Doris Hart Cup […]
USA Advances to Final in Kitty Godfree, Hart and Queens’ Cups on a Soggy Friday in Umag; Crawford Cup Semi Down to the Doubles Point
The story of the day in Umag was rain. It rained during the night, stopped for a while then resumed around 7:30 am and really never stopped all day. However, […]
USA Teams Go Three for Four in Umag on Thursday; USA Bitsy Grant Cup Team Reaches Final
It was men’s day for the USA teams in Umag…all the women’s teams had a bye today. It was cold and windy in Umag. Some matches had a late start […]
USA Queens Cup an Men’s Bitsy Grant Cup Teams Reaches Semis on a Stormy Wednesday in Umag
The USA women’s 75s, the Queens Cup, beat France 2/0 behind the singles play of Donna Fales and Lyn Little. Fales, playing first at #2 singles dropped only a game […]
Netherlands Upsets #2 Seeded USA in Althea Gibson Cup; USA Clinches playoff spots in Godfree, Hart, Britannia and Mulloy Cups
USA’s Altheat Gibson Cup team (women’s 70) fought their hearts out on the red clay at Camp Umag today, but fell literally short of the Netherlands. (The Dutch team had […]
USA Men’s 65s Survives a Scare to Beat Sweden
Top seeded USA Britannia Cup team beat Sweden 2/1 today, dropping #2 singles (Padg Bolton) in straight sets before veteran Brian Cheney won at #1 singles and teamed with Michael […]
ITF Super Seniors World Championships: Captains’ Meetings, Opening Ceremonies and Draws
The ITF Super Senior World Team Championships were declared open by ITF Rep Elsie today in Croatia. The opening ceremonies went off smoothly (Thank you Petra Martic and team). There […]