Mallorca MT 1000 Singles Champion & Into Doubles Final
Draws/results are here. Today I warmed up early with Patricia Zerdan (no face plants this morning). We had an excellent warm up. I played Pauline Fisher at 10:30…it was our […]
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Singles Final Thursday & Doubles Semis
Draws/results are here. I had an interesting warm up today in Mallorca. There was a sign up sheet for practice courts at the Na Taconara tennis facility just up the […]
Into the Semis in Font de sa Cala
Draws/Results I had early matches today: 9am for singles and noon for doubles. I warmed up a bit t 8am with Chris and Paul French, then served on an adjacent […]
Into the Quarters in Mallorca
Draws/results are here. Monday I played the round of 16 in singles and doubles. In singles I played Zdenka Koch from Switzerland, who clearly had played tennis for a long […]
First Round Success in Mallorca
Draws/results are here. I played my first round in the Mallorca MT 1000 in Font de sa Cala today. I played at the Son Besso Tennis Club which was very […]
Mallorca Masters 1000
Draws/results are here. I am in Font de sa Cala, Mallorca, Spain in the Northeast part of Mallorca for one of the biggest, if not the biggest Masters tournaments in […]
Barcelona Champion on a Stormy Saturday
Draws and results are here. The big news on Saturday was not the tennis, but the big rain/thunder storms that hit Barcelona and Catalonia, the region that includes Barcelona. I […]
Into the Final in Barcelona and a Visit to Casa Vicens
Draws are here. I finally played my first match Thursday night in Barcelona against Carmen Chillida, who played number one for the Spanish Althea Gibson team in Palm Beach Gardens. […]
Palau de la Música Catalana & Barcelona ITF MT1000
Link to Draws I arrived in Barcelona Monday afternoon. I’m still waiting to play my first round. I wasn’t scheduled to play till Tuesday night and I received a default. […]
Mallorca ➡️ Barcelona
Barcelona ITF MT1000 draws It was a busy Monday for me. I trained in Mallorca from 8 to 9:30 in the morning. After tennis, I drove back to my Airbnb, […]
Tennis & Hiking in Mallorca
It was another hot day in Mallorca nearly 100°. I played tennis for an hour and a half in the morning and each day I’m getting better I think. After […]
Bunyola, Mallorca
Yesterday I practiced in the morning. In the evening, after it cooled off from the upper 90s to the , I walked into Bunyola, which is about a 20 to […]
Barcelona Champion; Onto Lugano
Draws are here. Writing from the train from Zurich Airport to Lugano Yesterday involved a lot of tennis! Rosemary and I warmed up around 11:30…a late start because it actually […]
Into the Finals in Barcelona
Draws are here. Yesterday matches began at 6pm and it was cooler than the day before. I played Michelina Valente from Italy and won in just over an hour. She […]
Late Night/Early Morning Tennis Under the Lights: Into the Semis
Draws are here. Yesterday was a late one! Rosemary Everett and I practiced at 10 am for an hour, then I went back to my hotel to prepare for my […]
Barcelona
Draws are here. I arrived late on Sunday into Barcelona, getting to the hotel around 9pm. The sun was still shining brightly though, so it seemed earlier. The airport was […]
Mallorca Seniors Open Champion
Draws are here. Today I played Ulrike Hachmoeller-Eisenbach (Dr.) in the final of the Mallorca championships and it was a tough match…the first set lasted over an hour but was […]
Into the Quarters in Mallorca
Draws are here. I played my second round of singles today against Jenny Cerff from South Africa. We had a good match, playing at noon, but I was lucky to […]
Mallorca!
I arrived Monday afternoon in Mallorca from Vienna. As per usual…the airport in Mallorca was PACKED! No matter the time of day it seems to be full of people coming […]
ITF Masters Tennis Tour: Mallorca 1000 2023: Dates, Entry Information & More
The Mallorca 1000 is a two-week tennis extravaganza in Font de sa Cala Spain. This year the second week (age divisions 65-90) are followed by the ITF Masters World Championships […]
Singles/Doubles Champion in Barcelona
Draws are here. I beat Carmen Chillida in the final…she upset the #2 seed 60 61 yesterday, and we had a good match, but I came out ahead in most […]
Into Singles/Doubles Finals in Barcelona
Draws are here. There hasn’t been much to write about since Wednesday (now it’s Saturday). I had a day off on Thursday, was set to play the singles semis last […]
Tournament Day 3: First Match Success
Draws and results are here. Last night I went down to the tournament venue to watch my doubles partner Rosemary Everett and also another San Diegan Debbie Higa. I arrived […]
Barcelona, Red Clay, Real Club de Polo
Draws and results are here. I finally made it to Barcelona…the 1:10 flight on Vueling, though packed, took off and landed on time. It was a long walk from where […]
Sweating in Mallorca, On to Barcelona…Slowly
Sunday was sweltering in Mallorca…98 and humid (so it felt like 105 according to the Weather Channel). Nonetheless, I had a good red clay 90 minute training session, and hopefully […]
Puig de Maria/Santuari de la Mare de Deu, Mallorca
I practiced at 11 today at Global Tennis Team and it was HOT, and humid as well…hard to breathe weather. But I survived, then returned to Inca for lunch and […]
2023 Mallorca 1000
This is one of the best tournaments on the ITF Masters Tour circuit. It’s really three tournaments in one: the M/W 30-45 from the 23-28 of September; the M/W 50-60 […]
Barcelona Last Day: Montjuic, Boqueria Market & Shopping
October 25, 2022 Barcelona Airport, Spain Yesterday was our last day in Europe, and it was a busy one. We returned the rental car to Enterprise. Sonya got us a […]
Perpignan, France
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 […]
Girona!
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 […]