USA Wins Four Titles in Croatia
The USA ended a successful week in Umag Croatia with four gold and four silver medal winning teams. The USA won the Men’s 65 (Britannia), 85s, Women’s 65 (Kitty Godfree) […]
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USA Goes 8/0 on Day 4 of ITF Tennis World Championships, Umag, Croatia
September 19, 2018 San Diego, California, USA The USA reached the final of all four women’s events in the ITF Super Senior World Team Championships in Umag, Croatia for the […]
USA Sweeps Day Three at ITF World Team Championships, Umag
Tuesday September 18, 2018 San Diego, CA, USA The USA went eight for eight on Day three of the 2018 ITF World Team Championships in Umag, Croatia The Kitty Godfree […]
USA Advances in Eight of Nine Cups Sunday in Umag
Writing from the Munich Airport, Munich, Germany The USA was seeded #1 in eight of the nine cups in Umag. The Jack Crawford Cup team, Men’s 70s, was not only […]
Umag/Umago
Trieste Airport, Trieste, Italy The Super Senior World Team Championships started today; since I finished my tournament on Thursday, I’ve been biking around Umag and taking photos of the players […]
GMP Cup 2018 Champion
Thursday September 14, 2018, Umag, Croatia It was a lovely day to play tennis today in Umag…a bit of cloud cover to make it feel cooler and no wind. I […]
Successful Semifinal Day in Umag
September 12, 2018, Umag, Croatia GMP Cup 2018 I played singles and doubles today; singles against Radomila Martinicova and doubles with Ellen Neumann in the 55s. The singles was actually […]
GMP Cup 2018: Successful Start
I played my first match at the GMP Cup in Umag today, and beat an Austrian player, Ingrid Bruggraber. We played on Grandstand Court, and the match was live streamed […]
Umag, Croatia: GMP Cup 2018
Umag, Croatia, Monday September 10, 2018 Umag, Croatia is in Istria, and is a summer vacation spot for Europeans…it has biking, hiking, tennis, water sports and golf. Umag also has […]
Paris to Rouen to Cabourg (Normandy)
Tuesday September 4, Cabourg, Normandy, France Monday we left Paris after renting a car and buying the obligatory baguette in Paris. First stop was Rouen, a little over an hour […]
Doubles Finalists, Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland, Hallo Austria
Robin Harris and I played Susan Wright and Patricia Medrado and came very close but fell 63 76(5) in the final of the 60 doubles. They made some good shots […]
Into the Doubles Final at World Championships
Robin Harris and I won our 9:30 am doubles semi today over Aussies Susie Ellis/Judy Buzza. We played through intermittent rain showers. Susan Wright and Pat Medrado had just finished […]
Worlds Day 5: Nichols, Barker, Klitch Into the Semis; Waldman, Vines, Into the Quarters
Wednesday August 22, Neu-Ulm, Germany Today was another warm and sunny day in Ulm and a busy one. Susan and I warmed up at 8 for our 11am matches; We […]
Barker, Nichols, Wright, Klitch, & Buholz, Reach Singles QF in Ulm
Tuesday August 21, 2018 The men’s women’s 60s are leading the charge in Ulm, but there are title contenders from the USA in multiple age divisions. Diane Barker took out […]
Monday, Funday: ITF Senior Individual World Championships
It was another early start today in Ulm, Germany. Susan Wright and I had 9am matches, so we left at 7:30. We had a half hour warm up then played […]
Practice Day
Sunday August 19, 2018, Ulm, Germany Susan Wright, Robin Harris and I took Pat Purcell to the bus station for her 7am bus, and the start of a very long […]
USA Women’s 50 Advance to Final; USA Women’s 55, Men’s 55 Fall in Semis
The USA Women’s 50 had a terrific win versus France today. Jenny Klitch got the team off to a positive start with a 75 60 win at #2 singles (against […]
USA Marble Cup Team (W60) Advances to Semis in Ulm, Germany
The USA Alice Marble Cup team concluded round robin play by beating Argentina 2/1 behind strong singles performances of Susan Wright (winning 61 60 at #2) and Diane Barker (60 […]
Practice Day: Tennis & Driving
Today, Monday, all of the USA teams were off, after a successful opening day Sunday for all six USA teams. We were planning on practicing at 3pm till Diane contacted […]
USA Marble Cup Team Beats Norway
The USA Marble Cup team won its first round robin match at the ITF World Team championships today against Norway. Susan Wright won at #2 singles 62 60; Diane Barker […]
USA Alice Marble Cup Team Seeded #1 At World Team Championships
The USA Women’s 60 team (Diane Barker, Susan Wright, Carolyn Nichols, Captain, and Pat Purcell) are seeded #1 in the ITF World Team Championships in Ulm, Germany. Australia is #2, […]
Beating the Rain (and Opponents) on Finals Day in Klosters
My first match today was at 9:30 and my last one finished in the dark as it started to rain sometime after 8pm. I played my singles under cool and […]
Klosters: Into Singles Final; Half Way to Doubles Final
I played Rosemary Everett of Australia today not before 12:30 and we got on at 1:30 which wasn’t too bad. It was fun to play and I played pretty well..I […]
Let the Tournament Begin
Today the 71st Annual Klosters Senior tournament began for me. I had a bye yesterday which was nice, since some of the late matches were rained out. I was the […]
Switzerland is Beautiful
Today started with an early hit with Nora Blom and then another 20 minutes with Haim Ohn who plays in the men’s 60s. Both are lefties. After hitting, icing and […]
Practice Day & Hunting for Ice
I practiced today again with Nora Blom and Annelies Simons from Netherlands. We had a chance to practice with the Prince balls they use here (not for sale in the […]
Klosters, Switzerland: Tennis in the Alps
I’m baaack…in Europe. I traveled pretty much uneventfully from San Diego to Klosters starting at 5:45 Thursday morning: one Lyft, two flights, and three trains later I arrived in Klosters […]
Bordeaux Doubles Success
Lyn Mortimer and I played the 2nd seeds in the doubles yesterday and won 61 61, but the match was a bit closer than that score would indicate. We had […]
Bordeaux Champion (not Champignon) in Three Sets
Today was all tennis in Bordeaux (as opposed to other days which were 90% tennis). I played Lyn Mortimer from Australia (whom I played in the Essen final). In France, […]
Wednesday Final
The Bordeaux tournament doesn’t fool around..Lyn Mortimer (Australia) and I are already into the singles final, and afterwards will play doubles together. I played Sylvie from France today. She’s a […]