Successful Saturday in Bordeaux
Saturday I played the 60 final in Bordeaux against Hildegarde Bruggaber from Austria. We played in the semis in Austria last month, so I knew her game pretty well. It […]
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Playing into the Night Again!
It was a beautiful day in Bordeaux. We took the bus to the club midday and began a day of waiting to play. I was a “2nd match after a […]
Bordeaux Was Sizzling Today!
Today I played my first round match and our apartment adventures continued. My match was not before 5pm, but due to temps in the high 90s my 5pm match was […]
Barcelona Champion: Tennis All Night
Yesterday I won the 60 singles in Barcelona, beating the British Clay Court champion, Kim Reed, 62 61 in the final. I played very consistently, but the match was closer […]
Fact Sheets Posted for Senior Individual World Championships in Miami
Here is the link to the fact sheet: http://www.itftennis.com/media/264238/264238.pdf
USTA Points Awarded for ITF Individual World Championships in Lake Nona and Miami!
The USTA has announced that USTA ranking points will be awarded for the ITF Senior World Championships played in Miami and for the ITF Super Senior World Championships played at […]
Good Bye Bournemouth
There was lots of good tennis played today in Bournemouth though not by me. We lost our doubles 62 63, though we had ads in several games we lost in […]
Drizzly Day at La Jolla Spring Hardcourts
It’s going to be a late night tonight due to morning drizzle and a packed schedule in La Jolla, so here is a late afternoon briefing. I won my singles […]
A Tournament Held in a Paradise Called La Jolla
The 50/60/70/80/90 Women’s Hard Courts began today at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, CA, near San Diego. The club is wonderful, located right on the […]
McDonald, Nichols, Carter & Weber Win Singles at Joanne Russell Cup Sunday
Naples, Florida, 2/19/17 Kris McDonald won the 50s at the Russell Cup Category II today, but not before dropping the first set 60! She rebounded nicely though to win the […]
Finals Set for Sunday in 50/60/70 Singles; Wargo Wins 40 Singles; Joanne Russell Cup
Saturday was another gorgeous day in Naples, warm and humid but neither windy nor overly hot (temperature about 80). I played singles at 12:15 against Frances O’Sullivan. I played well […]
Russell Grandes Dames, A Category II USTA Tournament
There is a new Category II tournament in Naples, for women age 40-80, even divisions for singles and odd and even for 50-80, plus 40 doubles. I am playing 60 […]
2017 ITF Seniors Regulations
The ITF publishes the 2017 ranking, World Team and tournament regulations for seniors on an annual basis. Here is the link to the 2017 regulations, 117 pages (including appendices). This […]
Crawford Cup Saturday: Injuries Plague 55s; Wendy McColskey Impresses in 65s Debut; All California 75s Final
There was a lot of great tennis, particularly in singles on another sunny, warm, gorgeous day in South Florida. With temperatures approaching 80, the play also heated up. Starting with […]
Ronan, Works, Barker, Clay, & Weber Win Singles Titles on a Warm & Windy Sunday at BallenIsles
Canadians won two singles titles Sunday at the USTA Super Category II Tournament in Florida, at opposite ends of the age scale. Sophie Ronan won the five person round robin, […]
Into the Final at BallenIsles on a Warm and Windy Saturday
It was a warm and windy day in Palm Beach Gardens. I played Wendy McColskey from NC today, our third meeting in a year. It was a tough match with […]
Into the Semis in La Manga; Rain in Spain is Likely Thursday
Jenny and I both reached the singles semis. Jenny allowed the #3 seed only one game in “upsetting” her 60 61. I won 60 60 against an unseeded Russian player. […]
Successful First Day at La Manga Seniors
Monday was a nice day in La Manga, cool but not wet, not windy. However, it did rain really hard Sunday starting just before 11:30 (Jenny Klitch and I were […]
Night Tennis
I played my first round match in Barcelona tonight. Checking in was chaos! Players were there early but there was no way the organizers were going to allow players on […]
Rainy, Lazy Day in Helsinki
Today, Monday was an off day for me, but my flat mates all had matches and Susan, Erin, Vicki and Vesna all won today. I hit in the morning with […]
My Tremblant, ITF Regional (Open): Brrrrr!
Link to draws Mont Tremblant is a ski area about 90 minutes outside of Montreal, Canada. It is very French..all the signs in the grocery stores are in French and […]
WINDY Quarterfinal, Semifinal Day at BallenIsles
Yesterday, Friday, was a washout, though it wasn’t super windy or particularly cold. Today was a sunny, cool and very windy day with gusts up to 40 mph (maybe more, […]
Rain Out at BallenIsles
An all day rain prevented any play at the Les Grandes Dames tennis tournament at BallenIsles Country Club today. There’s a full slate of matches tomorrow though, beginning at 10am.
Young Seniors (35, 40 & 45 age divisions) International Team Competition: USA Teams and Results
Age Division Women’s Cup Name Draws Men’s Cup Name Draws 35 Suzanne Lenglen All Draws USA is in RR Group D Italia All Draws USA is in RR Group A […]
Nantes
Sunday Susan Wright, Kathy Vick, Tracy Houk & I took off for Nantes, the capital of Brittany (Bretagne), though I practiced first with Tracy, indoors as it was raining. We […]
Finals Set After Rainy Friday/Saturday in La Jolla: Hurlbut Wins 80 Indoors
Tina Karwasky and Jan Kirkland-Cochran finished their rain delayed 60s semis about 6pm yesterday. It poured til mid-afternoon in the San Diego area but the staff at LJBTC had the […]
Mt Tremblant: Grade 2 Clay Tournament, Canada May 27-31
Here is the link for Tremblant. http://www.tennistremblant.com/ Also to the ITF calendar http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100033412 Note that the entry deadline is MAY 6, 2015 Download the pdf here.
Julie Thu Wins 35s at the Clay Courts (Indoors!); Nancy Hilliard/Kaysie Smashey Win 35 Doubles
The rain in Houston threatened all week…and finally made good on its promise, drenching Houston today and forcing the tournament indoors on the final day at the Galleria Tennis and […]
Cass, Barker, Guerrant, Little and Lutz Take Home Singles Titles From Houston; 35s Final Set for Sunday
There will be no repeat singles champions this year in Houston for the first time in a very long time. Julie Cass avenged her 2014 loss to Jolene Watanabe in […]
BRRRRRRR…The Houston Weather Today Eclipsed the Tennis
Soooo..yesterday it was 81 degrees in Houston, a record at Hobby Airport…today it barely hit 40, and with the windchill it was in the 30s all day. Play was […]
