Monte Carlo Open Monday
Things I learned I did watch some players practicing Monday, especially Sinner but also saw Dimitrov, Novak, and doubles players. After watching the practices, I watched Cressy/Berrettini (Cressy was funneling […]
Things I learned I did watch some players practicing Monday, especially Sinner but also saw Dimitrov, Novak, and doubles players. After watching the practices, I watched Cressy/Berrettini (Cressy was funneling […]
I attended the Monte Carlo Open, ATP 1000 for the first time yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. It’s been on my bucket list for a long time, […]
Saturday I left Ali Bey midday to go to the Antalya airport. I changed my flight to an earlier one…and the travel agency working for the tournament said I could […]
October 23, 2022 Just over the Spanish border en route to Barcelona Today we are driving to Barcelona from Avignon. We said good bye to Avignon this morning and to […]
October 23, 2023 Somewhere between Avignon and the French Spanish border. Yesterday we drove to Les Beaux France which is officially (1999) one of the most beautiful villages in France. […]
October 21, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Today was a bit rainy and a bit slow but a lot of fun. Sidney and I went to the market halle while Sonya […]
October 21, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Yesterday my cousins Sidney, Sonya and I visited the Pont du Gard and the city of Arles. Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct […]
Wednesday October 19, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Today, Day 4 of the Cousins 2022 Trip, Sidney, Sonya and I went hiking, visited the village of Gigondas and went to a […]
Tuesday October 18, 2022 Avignon, France Today started with a trip to the market hall and grocery store. The market was interesting and we bought delicious bread, some nice apples […]
October 17, 2022 Cousins’ Trip Day 2, Girona, Spain Monday we toured Girona, Spain. We started by crossing the Eiffel Bridge a red bridge that is picturesque and also has […]
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain Today was another travel day. I flew from Bordeaux (did you know that in Europe, some airlines…looking at you Vueling…charge for bags by the leg, not by […]
Bordeaux, France Sue Bartlett and I played the 60s final today and finally played on Court 1, which was a good court! We were the 4th match after 9am (and […]
Bordeaux, France It was another lovely day in Bordeaux. Sue Bartlett and I were rescheduled to the 6th match after 8:30 (not before 2pm)…we got on around 5pm. We played […]
Bordeaux, France I played my second round robin match today against Carmen Lang, who just won the Spanish closed nationals in the 60s. We were the 2nd match after 11am […]
Bordeaux, France Today was a pretty relaxing one since I only had one doubles match, 2nd match on court 9 after 2pm. We started around 3:30 or so I think […]
Bordeaux, France, Wednesday (WiFi was down Tuesday….) After a long weekend watching my nephew getting married (The Carmel Mission Church is beautiful as was the wedding), I drove to SFO. […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today started off well. I woke up early and went to the club to run wind sprints. I almost didn’t since I was supposed to get to Frankfurt at 4pm […]
Lyn Mortimer and I played the 2nd seeds in the doubles yesterday and won 61 61, but the match was a bit closer than that score would indicate. We had […]
Today was all tennis in Bordeaux (as opposed to other days which were 90% tennis). I played Lyn Mortimer from Australia (whom I played in the Essen final). In France, […]
The Bordeaux tournament doesn’t fool around..Lyn Mortimer (Australia) and I are already into the singles final, and afterwards will play doubles together. I played Sylvie from France today. She’s a […]
The 8th Annual Villa Primrose ITF Grade A Seniors Tournament began Monday July 16th.
My third and last tournament on this trip starts tomorrow at the Villa Primrose in Bordeaux. I flew early to Bordeaux from Barcelona on Vueling, a discount Spanish airline. The […]
The Barcelona tournament came to an end yesterday, with finals played in most divisions followed by an awards ceremony. I won my singles over Carmen Chilleda from Madrid and was […]
I arrived in Paris early Monday after a couple of uneventful flights (the best kind). I took the bus from the airport…in retrospect I’d advise the train, I always forget […]
Sunday morning, Erin Boynton, her daughter Hannah and I packed up our rental car, thankfully left our nightmare of a rented apartment and took off for the Dune of Pilat. […]