Beating the Rain (and Opponents) on Finals Day in Klosters
My first match today was at 9:30 and my last one finished in the dark as it started to rain sometime after 8pm. I played my singles under cool and […]
My first match today was at 9:30 and my last one finished in the dark as it started to rain sometime after 8pm. I played my singles under cool and […]
I played Rosemary Everett of Australia today not before 12:30 and we got on at 1:30 which wasn’t too bad. It was fun to play and I played pretty well..I […]
Today started with an early hit with Nora Blom and then another 20 minutes with Haim Ohn who plays in the men’s 60s. Both are lefties. After hitting, icing and […]
I practiced today again with Nora Blom and Annelies Simons from Netherlands. We had a chance to practice with the Prince balls they use here (not for sale in the […]
I’m baaack…in Europe. I traveled pretty much uneventfully from San Diego to Klosters starting at 5:45 Thursday morning: one Lyft, two flights, and three trains later I arrived in Klosters […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]