Palm Beach Gardens Day 4: Doubles Champions
Dateline: Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Jan 28 2022 Draws are here Most of the finals were played today in Palm Beach Gardens at the ITF S700/USTA Level 2 Women’s tournament. […]
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Palm Beach Gardens Day 3: 77 Degrees, Humidity and Long Matches
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 1/27/22 Draws are here It was a long day today on court Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens. I warmed up with Susan Wright at 8am, played […]
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 […]
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 […]
World Championships Day 6: Americans Dominate Women’s 60s on a Sunny WINDY Day in Portugal
Thursday August 15, 2019 Lisbon, Portugal Today I played two matches in one day, doubling the amount of matches I’ve played in the tournament to date. I warmed up again […]
World Championships Day 5: I Played (and Won) a Singles Match
Wednesday August 14 Lisbon, Portugal 9pm update: Diane/Jack Barker upset the top seeds, Mark Pepin/Julie Fiedler in straight sets to advance to the quarters; Vicki Buholz won her mixed; Danny […]
USA Goes 6/0 on Tuesday in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal All the USA teams won today 3/0 to advance to the knockout portion of the draw. We beat Spain. I played #2 singles and won 64 61 against […]
Fishy Business in Portugal on an Off Day for USA Teams
Lisbon, Portugal Luisa Gouveia told me a few weeks ago that seafood was the specialty of Portugal. So far we’ve tried salmon, squid and a white fish. Today we were […]
Team Practice, Sim Cards and Pasteis de Nata
Lisbon, Portugal Today we had our first complete team practice, as Robin arrived too late yesterday to practice. We played some singles and doubles and stayed from about 10-1. The […]
The Team is Coming Together in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal Today, Thursday, all of the USA Marble Cup team members have arrived in Lisbon. Susan, Jenny and I met Diane and Jack Barker at the CDN Jamor (National […]
Let the Practice Begin, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal The ITF Seniors World Team Championships begins on Sunday morning. Yesterday I met Jenny Cerff from So Africa and Susan Wright, one of my Alice Marble Cup teammates, […]
Finals Day, National Women’s Hard Courts, La Jolla: Two Marathons in One Day!
Friday was finals day at the USTA National Hard Courts at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. I didn’t get to see much tennis because I was on court […]
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 […]
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, […]
Klitch, Rice, Barker, Hahn Claim National Singles Titles Saturday in Naples
There were four singles finals on Saturday (Roz King claimed the 80s title on Friday). One match stood out though, which was the nearly two and a half hour battle […]
Alligator Alley…but no Alligators
Susan Wright and I left Fort Lauderdale today for Naples via I 75, aka “Alligator Alley”. We went a little south then straight west across the Everglades. We made one […]
USA Wins Men’s 55, Women’s 60s in Miami
The USA women’s 60 team cruised past Great Britain to win the Alice Marble Cup. Diane Barker lost 2 games, Susan Wright 8, in 4 matches over 6 days. Germany […]
Carolyn Nichols Blog from Florida Cups & Individual World Championships
Link to all Team Draws: Draws for Cups in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Photos from Cups Parting Thoughts World Doubles Champions!!! May 3, 2014: Rain Delay, […]
Rainy Thursday Leads to Retail Therapy Session.
It was another rainy day today in Fort Lauderdale, but I was lucky to get in a solid hour + of drilling before noon when the rain started falling in […]
Simona Bruetting and Susan Wright Named to Senior International Cup Teams
Simona Bruetting (Highlands Ranch) and Susan Wright (Grand Junction) have been selected to represent the USA in the 34th ITF (International Tennis Federation) Senior World Team Championships in Boca Raton […]