Copenhagen!
Yesterday I flew to Copenhagen, Denmark, I had never been to Denmark, and loved the photos of the colorful houses lining the canal (Nyhavn harbor area). I flew from Helsinki […]
Category Archives: Finland
Helsinki Day 5: Suomenlinna & Helsinki
Today I had a chance to take the tram into Helsinki, though I did hit for about 40 minutes with Debra Schmidt from GBR who asked me to hit this […]
Helsinki Day 4: Into the Singles/Doubles Finals
Draws are here. It was another beautiful day in Helsinki, weather in the mid-70s, slight breeze and sunny. There are towering trees surrounding the six courts at the main venue, […]
Helsinki: First Round Success
Draws are here. I warmed up today with Luisa again. She is great to warm up with! The variety of tools used to groom the courts (and the different ways […]
Helsinki Day 2: Practice Day
Draws are here. Tuesday July 23, Helsinki, Finland Today was a practice day. I practiced with my ETUF Essen teammate, Luisa Gouveia (from Portugal) at 8am and again at noon […]
Helsinki Day 1: Practice & A Trip to the City Center
The draws are here. Today we did hit early, I hit with Luisa from Italy (the carry on passenger coming from Rome), and Leanne, her husband Wayne and her doubles […]
Helsinki, Finland by Car, Train, Plane & Van
The draws are here. Monday, July 22, 2024 Yesterday, Sunday, I took and early taxi to the Lugano Main Station, then the train to Milan-Malpensa airport (yes, there’s more than […]
Hanko Success
Draws are here. It’s after 11 pm here in Hanko and the music from the party below me is making my room shake! But winter is coming…last few weeks here […]
Successful Semifinal Day in Hanko
Draws are here. Today started early with a long warmup as usual with Peter Gard, Rosemary Everett and me. Then I played my second round robin singles match with Heli […]
And Let the Play Begin: First Round Success
Draws are here. Here’s the link to photos from this European trip, with the most recent ones first. I played my first round match today against Elina from Finland (a […]
Exploring Hanko, Finland
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Today I hit with Rosemary Everett and Peter Gard for an hour in the morning before matches began. None of us played today but we all […]
Travel Day 2 to Hanko, Finland
Sunday was travel day #2 on my journey from Mallorca, Spain to Hanko, Finland. I arrived about three hours before my flight and though there was a long line, it […]
Doubles Finals Day in Helsinki: Tammen/Fedderly; Karwasky/Persons & Sherri Bronson Win Gold Medals
Today in Helsinki all the doubles finals were played. Amongst the USA players, Mike Tammen and Mike Fedderly won the 55 doubles; Ross Persons & Tina Karwasky won the 60 […]
Semifinal Thursday in Helsinki: ITF Seniors World Championships
The semis were played in all divisions today in singles, doubles and mixed, which made for a long day for a few players here, including Tina Karwasky from the USA. […]
Semifinals Set in Helsinki
The quarters were played today at the Talin Tennis Center in Helsinki for the ITF Seniors World Championships and several Americans are amongst the winners. I played Sue Ellis from […]
World Individual Championships Day 4, Helsinki: Vesna Goes Down
The Individual World Championships Round of 16 were played today in Helsinki. There were winners and losers among the Americans today. Draws: http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100035781 Vesna McKenna was playing a great match […]
Week Two at the Seniors World Championships: First Round Success
The Individual World Championships began yesterday in Helsinki, but there were no women’s matches. Today, Sunday, the bottom half only of the 60s began along with the out rounds of […]
Island Hopping in Finland
Saturday was a day off for all the women players in Finland though I still practiced for several hours in the morning, mostly playing doubles. Then Susan and I took […]
USA Wins Alice Marble Cup & Medals in Five Cups
We won the Alice Marble Cup today 2/0 but it wasn’t easy against France. I started at #2 singles against Caroline Glazmann. It was good to have the same first […]
USA Advances to Final in Men’s & Women’s 60s; USA Men’s 50s Advance to Semis; USA Women’s 55 Fall to Australia: ITF World Senior Team Championships Day 4
I am writing this after 11pm and it’s starting to get dark…dawn will happen before 3am! Hard to figure out when to sleep, fortunately our practice tomorrow is late in […]
Sightseeing in Helsinki/Official Dinner
All but one of the USA teams had the day off at the ITF World Team Championships today. The USA Men’s 60, Von Cramm Cup team advanced with a 3/0 […]
USA Senior Teams All Advance on Day 2 of ITF Seniors World Team Championships
All six USA senior teams were in action today in Finland and all six won their ties. All USA women’s teams won 3/0 to advance to the semis which will […]
USA Goes Undefeated in Day 1 of ITF Seniors World Team Championships in Finland
The USA went undefeated on Day 1 of the ITF World Team Championships in Helsinki, but the teams’ routes to victory weren’t all routine and none were routs. Results click […]
Opening Ceremonies at the ITF World Seniors Championships, Finland
The draws are up and can be found here for the ITF Seniors World Team Championships: https://seniortennisblog.com/2016/02/03/usa-2016-senior-teams-finland/ The opening day of the ITF World Team Seniors Championships were held today […]
Indoor Practicing in Helsinki
Today I practiced for the first time in Finland at the Talin Center. The courts aren’t bad, though being indoors it is pretty fast and low bouncing and not super […]
Takeoffs, Landings and Arrival Helsinki
Hello from rainy Helsinki, Finland. We flew via Iceland and flew over Greenland which was beautiful (but not too green!). Iceland looked flat and treeless. Both flights on Iceland Air […]
Takeoff …Destination Helsinki
After leaving Mont-Tremblant I flew from Montreal to Toronto to train indoors with Erin Boynton, who plays for the Canada 55s team, the Maureen Connolly Cup. Erin also plays a […]
Players Participating in Teams in Finland on Teams
Men’s 60 Player’s in M60’s Team’s.WELCOME TO FINLAND MORENO QUINTANA Gonzalo ARGALVAREZ DIEZ Eduardo ARG…LARA Juan Carlos ARGBOIDI Carlos ARGBUSBY Glenn AUSPACKHAM Steve AUSDANCE Stephen AUSHENNING John AUSPORTER Keith CANBETTAUER […]