Sunday/Monday/Tuesday of the ITF World Team Championships consist of Round Robin play in all Divisions.
- Alice Marble Cup (W60): USA is seeded #1 and is in Group A; USA is up 1/0 and up at #1 singles 3/0
- Kitty Godfree Cup (W65): USA is seeded #1 and is in Group A; USA beat Ireland 3/0 to advance to the quarterfinals.
- Althea Gibson Cup (W70): USA is seeded #1 and is in Group A; USA did not play today
- Von Cramm Cup (M60): USA is seeded #4 and is in Group D; USA is up at #2 singles by a set (vs Mexico)
- Britannia Cup (M65): USA seeded #2 and is in Group B; USA had a bye today.
- Jack Crawford Cup (M70): USA is seeded #1 and is in Group A; USA won 3/0 vs the US Virgin Islands
There was a 100% chance of rain today and for once the weather forecasters were 100% accurate…it rained most of the morning (1/0 Mother Nature). However, the rain abated in the afternoon and the courts were dry by 3pm at all venues and play began (1/1 Mother Nature vs ITF). I went around to the various venues…to Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center (mostly because I forgot my water bottle there yesterday…but found it right where I had left it); to Mirasol because I was hanging out with the women’s 60s…there we went to the gym after I learned that the women’s 70s would not play today (we only had 5 days of matches scheduled, so that made sense); then to BallenIsles where the 60s were playing to drop off Christina Kaus after I finished warming her up for her doubles), then back to Mirasol where I had left my phone, then finally home, as it began sprinkling. The sprinkles turned into a deluge and play was abandoned for the day (2/1 Mother Nature vs ITF, final score for today). We also had the players dinner tonight while it was pouring down rain again.
Two matches finished today: Men’s 70s and Women’s 65s.
The Women’s 65s had good luck (ironically against Ireland) on their side: they were able to play #1 and #2 singles simultaneously and then won their doubles, dropping just 2 games all day.
The two games the Women’s 65s dropped were two more than the Men’s 70s dropped against US Virgin Islands (and there was a golden set along the way I heard).
The Men’s 65s and Women’s 70s had the day off, the men because it was a bye day and the women because we had a day off for all teams scheduled for Wednesday already.
The Men’s 60s started play vs Mexico on center court at BallenIsles CC, and were up a set and 1/0 before the rain started…so they will commence again at 8am tomorrow (assuming optimistically that the rain will stop soon).
The Women’s 60s began vs Canada on court 2 at BallenIsles. Vicki Buholz won 62 60 at #2 singles. Jenny Klitch began her match at #1 singles and was up 3/0 when the rain ended play for the day…she will restart her match at 8am tomorrow.
The player dinner for the Men’s and Women’s 65/70s, who are playing at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center & Mirasol Country Club, (a separate event from the one held at BallenIsles) was held tonight at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center.
