Munich, Munchen, Sunday Vibes
June 16, 2019 Munich, Germany I arrived late in Munich after a longer than expected train ride (the train stopped for about half an hour just before my stop…but the […]
June 16, 2019 Munich, Germany I arrived late in Munich after a longer than expected train ride (the train stopped for about half an hour just before my stop…but the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wednesday June 12, 2019, Poertschach am Worthersee, Austria This morning was beautiful and sunny here in Carinthia (the sun rises at 5am!). I hit midday with Laura DiVittorio (Italy, W55), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Today, Sunday, we spent in Salzburg, Austria. We (I) drove Saturday evening from Neu-Ulm to Salzburg in the rain and it rained all night but stopped around 10am. We checked […]
Vienna is a beautiful city. Like Paris, it has a fairly low skyline, though there are some buildings taller than seven stories. The architecture is similar to that in Paris […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Roz King upset #2 seed and defending champion Inge Weber today in Villach, Austria, putting her into the final against Germany’s’ Elisabeth Von Boemmel, her conqueror in the team event […]
Today was a day of practice for the players…I saw the women’s 75 and 80s practicing twice and the men’s 80s once at least. The Aussies were also very keen […]
Link to World Individual Championships For links to all Cup draws go to carolynnichols.wordpress.com. Munich and Arrival in Villach Villach Saturday: Getting Ready USA Seeded #1 in Seven Cups and […]