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 […]
Category Archives: Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Day 5: Waiting to Play; Singles/Doubles champion
Draws are here. Saturday July 27, 2024 Helsinki, Finland Yesterday I played the singles and doubles finals in Finland. The scheduling here is similar to that in Lugano and other […]
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, […]
Travel Day 1: Adios Mallorca, Buenos Tardes Barcelona
July 30, 2022: Yesterday, Saturday was busy one…I checked out of my airbnb, gassed up the car, trained for 90 minutes at Global Tennis Team, had lunch in the car, […]
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 […]
Rainy, Lazy Day in Helsinki
Today, Monday was an off day for me, but my flat mates all had matches and Susan, Erin, Vicki and Vesna all won today. I hit in the morning with […]
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 […]
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 […]
USA 2016 Senior Teams & Results: Finland
The 2016 ITF Seniors World Team Championships will be held June 19-24 in Helsinki, Finland, indoors on hard courts. The ITF Seniors World Individual Championships will be held the 25 […]