Helsinki, Finland by Car, Train, Plane & Van

The draws are here. Monday, July 22, 2024 Yesterday, Sunday, I took and early taxi to the Lugano Main Station, then the train to Milan-Malpensa airport (yes, there’s more than […]

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Doubles Finalists, A Last Walk Through Lugano

Draws are here. Leanne and I lost our 55 doubles final to a good team, Anna Benzon who won the 55 singles over Scola and Monica Giamberini, a doubles specialist […]

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Monte Bre on a Steamy Friday

I had the day off from the tournament in Lugano, but we finished so late last night that I slept late and didn’t get started very early today. I first […]

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Lugano Singles Champion; Midnight Madness Doubles

Draws are here. I played Carola Kluzer of Italy in the singles final and played very well…though she was not at her best, and won the 65 singles title. We […]

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Into the Final in Lugano; Late Night Tennis Ahead

Draws are here Thursday July 18, 2024 I played my second round robin match yesterday evening in Lugano and it was pretty quick. The match in the other round robin […]

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Locarno, Switzerland

Wednesday July 16, 2024, Lugano, Switzerland I had the day off from matches in Lugano today, so decided to take a half day trip to Locarno, on Lake Maggiore in […]

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First Round Success in Lugano

Draws are here. Lugano, Switzerland, Tuesday Morning I had my first match yesterday in Lugano. I practiced around 3:15-4 with Leanne Swaysland, then waited for my “not before 5:30 (pm)” […]

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Lugano

Draws are here. Today I started by leaving the hotel at 3:30, took a taxi to the airport, then a flight to Zurich then a train (2 trains to be […]

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Barcelona Champion; Onto Lugano

Draws are here. Writing from the train from Zurich Airport to Lugano Yesterday involved a lot of tennis! Rosemary and I warmed up around 11:30…a late start because it actually […]

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A Trip to Lake Como After Winning Rain Interrupted Singles Final

Draws are here. The day started early with a short warm up with Ellen Neumann at 8am (short because 10 minutes in there was thunder and then lightning, so we […]

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A Day Off: Monte San Salvatore & Paradisio, Lugano

Draws are here. I was not scheduled to play a match today (one of our opponents in our 3-team RR tried to schedule a match, but Rosemary was already touring…and […]

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Into the Lugano Final on a Steamy Wednesday

Draws are here Today I was scheduled to play my match at noon, and since we weren’t following a match we got on around 12:15 after the court was swept […]

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Lugano: Into the Semis in the Evening

Draws are here. I am in Lugano for the ITF Masters 700 here. According to the website there are 58 events and 254 players (that total might go up a […]

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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 […]

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Boat Trip to Gandria

Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Today, Friday, started pretty early, since I warmed up Isabel Gemmel for her 50s final (she won!) at 8am. I walked from […]

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Lugano Singles Champion: Is it Switzerland or Florida?

Draws for the ITF S700 tournament in Lugano are here. The record high temp in Lugano was set in July of 1945, around 100 degrees F. That’s the expected high […]

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Into the Final in Steamy Lugano

Draws for the ITF S700 tournament in Lugano are here. On a day where the temperatures felt like 97, I was happy to play before 10:30. I played Teresa Lisci […]

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First Round Success in Lugano

Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Yesterday, Monday, was hot and muggy in Lugano, Switzerland. Not Palm Desert or Florida hot, but here there’s no reprieve in most […]

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Adios Barcelona, Ciao Lugano

Draws for the tournament in Lugano are here. Yesterday, Sunday, we had a really early start, leaving the hotel at 4:30am (after returning to the hotel after 9pm). We avoided […]

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