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 […]
Practice Day 4 & Sineu & Petra
So Sineu and Petra are towns in Mallorca in the center of the Island. I had an early practice session…9:30 (remember that it doesn’t get light till about 8am and […]
Mallorca 1000 Wednesday: Into the Final
Draws are here. Photos are here. Wednesday was semifinal day in Mallorca. There were some ominous looking clouds in the not too distant sky as we waited for our court […]
ITF S1000, Font de Sa Cala, Mallorca: Into the Semis
Draws are here. I played the quarters of the ITF S1000 in Font de Sa Cala, Spain today, against Katrin Dippner. I warmed up early (8:30) with Dagmar Sperneder of […]
Mallorca, Font de Sa Cala ITF Seniors 1000
Font de sa Cala, Spain I arrived in Font de sa Cala at around 9:15, checked in (my room was to be ready at 10:30, had a bit of breakfast, […]
Chandler, Smashey, Fales Win Singles at National Women’s 40-89 Clay: Palm Beach Gardens Day 5, The End
Draws are here Fran Chandler won another marathon battle today, this against Vicky Buholz, 57 61 75, rallying from 0-3 down in the third to win the 3-hour match. In […]
Bramlette, Cass Reach Singles & Doubles Finals in Palm Beach Gardens: National Women’s Clay Courts Day 3
Draws are here. Today was another nice warm day in Palm Beach Gardens, though a lot windier than it had been…but that kept the temperature feeling nice. Late in the […]
Chandler Survives Battle with Wright; Carruth edges Alcini: Palm Beach Gardens National Clay Day 2
Draws are here. The popcorn match on Wednesday started at 9am on the center court at Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center. It did not disappoint. Fran Chandler, the second seed, […]
Palm Beach Gardens National Women’s 40-80 Clay Courts Day 1
Draws are here. The 40-80 Level 1 Women’s Clay began today in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center is a fantastic public facility with 20 Har-Tru […]
Rivera, Tammen Win Men’s 55/60 Grass
Draws are here. The Men’s 55/60 Grass had a new venue, the Agawam Hunt Club in Rumford, RI. Despite some rain and big draws in the 60s, the tournament finished […]
National 40-80 Clay: Practice Day
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Draws are here. The women’s tournament season in the USA basically skipped most of the summer for higher level tournaments (only 2 from June-mid-September), but now […]
Houston Day 7: Smashey Wins 35 Singles; Morris/Toney Win 45 Doubles
Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. Sunday was the final day of the 2021 Clay Courts in Houston, which was the 50th anniversary […]
Houston Day 6: Julie Thu Blanks Field to Win 45 Clay; Kaysie Smashey/Thu Win 35 Doubles
Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. Last night I flew to Florida for the 60 national clay but the Houston tournament is still […]
Houston Clay Nationals Day 5: Klitch, Nichols, DeVries, Price Win Singles Titles; Buholz/Prejean Take 55 Doubles
National Women’s Clay Courts, Houston, Day 5 Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. It was another beautiful, sunny warm (but not humid) day […]
Houston National Clay Courts Day 4: Carter Takes 75 Singles Crown (corrected); Jackson/Savitt Win 65 Doubles; Castell/Kimball Win 75 Doubles; Devries/Wood Win 85 Doubles
Houston, Texas Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. Brenda Carter mounted an impressive comeback in the second set to win the 75 singles […]
National Women’s Clay Courts Day 3: Jones/Kuckhahn Win 90 Doubles
Houston, Texas Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. The weather changed from torrid to delightful overnight and today it was breezy, sunny, warm […]
National Women’s Clay Courts: Torrid Tuesday in Houston
Houston, Texas, USA Click here to see the draws and results. Click here to see photos. It was sweltering, torrid, hot, humid, oppressive, sultry…air temps around 100 with high humidity […]
Houston, National Women’s Clay Courts Day 1; Practice Day 2
Houston, TX Today was my last practice day here in Houston. I practiced early (7;30!) with Jenny Klitch. It was HUMID (and warm) … by 9am I was soaked. After […]
Travel Day: Houston!
Today, Saturday, I flew from Florida to Houston got the national (Level 1, gold ball) 65 clay courts. I drove to Ft Lauderdale from Palm Beach Gardens, and parked my […]
USA Women’s 45 Takes Bronze in Umag; Men’s 45s Take 4th (Copper)
Click here to see the Team Draws and the Individual Draws. The USA Women’s 45 team took bronze over Spain on Thursday. Sophie Woorons won the #2 singles 60 62; […]
USA Men’s 45 Advance to Semis, Remain in Gold Medal Contention; Men’s 40, Women’s 45 Fall
View the team and individual world championship draws here (plus a link to photos). The USA Men’s 45s team, led by Chris Groer, beat France 2/1 to advance to the […]
USA Advances To Medal Rounds in M40/45 and W45; M35, W35/40 Play for Fifth
Click here for a link to draws and photos. The USA Men’s 40/45 and Women’s 45 were unbeaten in the preliminary round robin play Sunday through Tuesday. Women’s 45: USA […]
USTA Removes USA Super Senior Teams from ITF World Championships in Mallorca
Several people have asked why I didn’t write anything about the USTA removing the USA Super Senior teams from the ITF Super Seniors World Team Championships in Mallorca, Spain. So […]
USA Men’s Teams and Women’s 45 Remain Undefeated in Round Robin Play in Young Seniors World Championships, Umag, Croatia
Monday, August 13, 2021 Draws and a link to photos (provided to me by various players…I am not in Umag) can be found here. The USA Women’s 45 team remained […]
USA Goes 5/1 on First Day of Play in Umag
Draws and a link to photos are here. The USA Young Seniors overall had a good start on Sunday the 12th in Croatia. Women’s 35s: The Lenglen Cup team fell […]
Young Seniors World Championship Draws (35/40/45)
Italia Cup (M35) Tony Trabert Cup (M40) Dubler Cup (M45) Suzanne Lenglen Cup (W35) Young Cup (W40) Margaret Court Cup (W45) Photos will be here. See draws for individual “world” […]
Klitch Wins 55 Singles; Coulton, Prejean/Buholz &Tammen/Fedderly Win Doubles Titles in Umag
Jenny Klitch saw an opening this year, she trained hard and smart for the team and world championships and is now the 55 singles world champion. She beat Rosa Bielsa-Hierro, […]
Tammen/Fedderly & Klitch/Coulton Advance to Final
Photos by Denise Saiki Mike Fedderly and Mike Tammen advanced to the Men’s 60 doubles final in Umag. Stu Saiki fell in three sets in the semis but earned his […]
Klitch (55) & Buholz (60) into Singles Finals
Draws are here. The American players who stayed to play the individual world championships have adapted well to the slow red clay and are starring in the second week. Jenny […]