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 […]
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Individual World Championships Day 1 and Market Day in Cala Rajada
Today was a day off from tennis for me, but the Individual World Championships began in earnest for many of the players, including Susan’s husband Tim Wright & Tracey Thompson […]
Into the Semis in Font de sa Cala
Draws are here. Today I played the quarters of the semis of singles and doubles in the ITF Masters 1000 in Mallorca. I played Lisha Gu in singles and won […]
Barcelona-Zurich-Lugano and Walk to Gandria
Yesterday I took a very early flight from Barcelona to Zurich (6:05am), quite a shock to the system after the late nights of the tournament in Barcelona. However, early flights […]
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 […]
Dentelles de Montmirail and Gigondas, Vaucluse, Provence
Wednesday October 19, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Today, Day 4 of the Cousins 2022 Trip, Sidney, Sonya and I went hiking, visited the village of Gigondas and went to a […]
Goodbye Finland, Hello Germany
Draws from Bad Breisig tournament are here. Sunday I traveled from Finland to Bad Breisig, Germany. It took a while. The Helsinki airport terminal is new since I was last […]
Exploring Hanko, Finland
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Today I hit with Rosemary Everett and Peter Gard for an hour in the morning before matches began. None of us played today but we all […]
Barcelona Practice Day 2
Draws are here. Today was our first full day in Barcelona and it was pretty busy. After a late breakfast (quite a bit different in some ways from an American […]
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 […]
Rain in Spain (Thunder and Lightning Too)
Inca, Mallorca, Spain Wednesday Morning, August 28th Monday it was nearly 100 degrees in Mallorca and sunny. Then yesterday, Tuesday, a “cota fria” hit Mallorca (a cold front) and it […]
Tennis on the Spanish Clay & Seafood is Popular in Mallorca
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain Today I trained twice and in between went to three grocery stores (they were adjacent to each other). In other words, it was a fun day! I […]
Cabourg, Normandy, France,
Cabourg, Normandy, France, September 4, 2018 It was back to tennis today for Erika and me. We had a long practice session (focusing on serves). I then introduced Erika to […]