Biking Around the Wörthersee
June 15, 2019 While on the train to Munich..(highly recommended, beautiful scenery, especially from a Poertschach to Salzburg). Today I biked around the Wörthersee. The lake is about 10 x […]
Category Archives: Poertschach am Worthersee
European Singles Champion; Auf Wiedersehen Austria
June 14, 2019, Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria I played and won the 60 singles here over Karien Theeuwes of the Netherlands 61, 60. My dropshots worked well when Karien wasn’t […]
Successful Semis in Poertschach
June 13, 2019, Poertschach, Austria The order of play here was posted pretty late yesterday (about 9:30pm), due to the thunderstorms which delayed play. I was scheduled for 9am which […]
Sunny Morning, Donner & Blitzen Afternoon
Today was a tale of two different weather patterns: in the morning and early afternoon it was quite warm and muggy, but by mid afternoon it was cloudy and thunder […]
Practice Day in Warm and Sunny Austria
While it’s raining in England….it was warm (upper 80s) and sunny on the “Austrian Riviera”, and it’s supposed to hit 90 by Friday. I had a hit set up today […]
Werzer Cup Final Matches; European Regional Championships Draws
Rafa, 12 French Opens; Dominic Thiem…fought so hard. I enjoyed listening the to the French Open final on Radio Roland Garros (Via Tuned In’s ATP Radio station, it’s great), while […]
Werzer Cup Singles Champion
I didn’t get to catch much of the French Open today because I had three matches…but did catch Thiem’s third (and final) match point and the first five games of […]
King Van Nostrand Sweeps 85s; San Diegans Win 75 Doubles
While in a rain delay during Thiem/Novack (and the Barty/Anisimova semi was…streaky). I won my singles semis against Gundi Wieland from Germany. She beat the #3 seed yesterday; I won […]
Let the Tournament Begin
So the French Open ended early on a delayed quarterfinal day…so I’m writing without that distraction! Who will reach the final: Konta vs Vondrousova; Anisimova vs Barty; Fed vs Rafa; […]
Last Practice Day
While NOT watching the French Open…. Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Unlike Paris, where it rained all day, it was a warm, sunny day in Poertschach, and even a bit humid. […]
Biking Around
Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria While watching Wawrinka play another classic, this time against Federer….well, now in a rain delay at 3-3 in the fourth. Today was another warm and sunny […]
Werzer Cup: Hitting With a Legend
Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Today I had a chance to hit with King Van Nostrand. King is aptly named…he’s a king of senior tennis, and is true tennis royalty. From […]
Practicing on the Dirt
While everyone is glued to Tsitsipas/Wawrinka…practicing was going on here in Poertschach (Eurosport switched to cycling in the middle of the match but came back, only to go away to […]
Poertschach, Austria…Planes, Trains and Tennis
Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria Thursday and Friday were travel days…I left California around 11:30am Thursday and two planes and three trains later ended up in Poertschach (with a nine hour […]
Austrian Champion
I played the final today against another American, Veronica Lima De Angelis. She plays a lot of tournaments in Europe, so many that I thought she lived in Europe! But […]
All American Final in Poertschach
It was a beautiful day In Poertschach, Austria today. The lake sparkled and it was sunny and 80ish, i.e. warm. I played Hildegarde Bruggraeber from Austria and won 60 61, […]
Beating the Rain in Poertschach
The tournament began in earnest for me today, as I had both singles and doubles matches. My match scheduled for noon actually started about 1pm as there were a lot […]
Successful Start in Austria
I played my first round today against Cornelia Diem from Austria, a very nice lady. She moved well and got a lot of balls back and she’s a lefty which […]
Practice Day
No one in the 60s had a match today, so I just practiced a bit and rested up for tomorrow. I hit in the morning with Vladimir Etoj an Aussie […]
Auf Wiedersehen Germany, Hallo Austria
Yesterday was a relaxing day in Baden Baden. I warmed up Carole, packed up and wandered around the old town and down Lichenthaler Allee and did a bit of shopping. […]