World Championships 2023: Mallorca, Ages 65-80: Oct 8-13 (Team); 14-21 (Individuals)

Teams: Oct 8-13. The National Governing Organization (for USA players it is the USTA) selects and nominated the team players. Individuals: Oct 14-21. Individuals are open to all players with […]

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Singles Finalist & A Trip to Nadal Academy

List of players/teams finishing 1-4 are listed here. I lost to Lisa Prechtel in the final of the Mallorca 1000 today…she played very well (she is the current 60s world […]

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Timeline for USTA Masters Tennis 65/70/75/80/85 Team Selection (Mallorca, Spain), Guidelines and Dates

Important Dates: Applications Open: April 3, 2023 Applications Close: May 3, 2023 Results from May 11, 2020-May 10 2023 will be considered Players selected will be posted June 15, 2023 […]

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World Championships, Mallorca: The End: Waldman, Fales/Corley Win Gold on Saturday

Sunday Oct. 24, 2021 Draws are here.  Photos are here The 40th ITF Super Senior World Championships ended with a whimper more than a bang as the final mixed doubles […]

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Silver Medalist (x2); Fales Dominates 80s in Mallorca; Dittmer/Grossman, Liana Bryson, Dorothy Wasser Also Win Gold

October 22, 2021 Draws are here.  Photos are here The good news today was that the weather forecasters were wrong about the rain today…it never came (80% chance of rain […]

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Survived Doubles Semi; Finals Friday (Weather Permitting); Semis Results

Thursday October 21, 2021 Draws are here.  Photos are here Today was a day off for singles but Sabine Schmitz and I played Hildegard Bruggraber/Christiane Deryckere. In contrast to our […]

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ITF Super Senior World Championships; Into the Semis; American Results Update

Tuesday October 19, 2021 Draws are here.  Photos are here Today I warmed up again with Sabine Schmitz even though I didn’t play till 2pm…it was good to hit early […]

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Two Matches! Successful Start in World Championships

Monday October 18, 2021 Draws are here.  Photos are here Today I played my first singles match at the ITF Super Senior World Championships, ten days after my last match […]

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Practice Day 6/World Team Championship Medal Ceremony

Friday October 15, 2021 Yesterday, Thursday was a rest day from tennis..I watched a bit of Spain vs France in the 65 Women’s division ( France won but only in […]

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Practice Day 5, Wednesday

Writing Thursday Morning 10/14/21 Yesterday was my last practice day at Global Tennis, in Marraxti. I drove over in the morning, over the now familiar route, past the small agricultural […]

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Draws Posted for Individual World Championships

The singles draws have been posted for the ITF Super Seniors Individual World Championships. View draws here. The doubles draws should be posted tomorrow. Play begins Saturday. Women’s draws begin […]

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