Practicing & Practicing
Today was a tennis day…1.5 hours in the morning and in the afternoon with a two hour break in between. I’m getting used to the clay again and how physical […]
Today was a tennis day…1.5 hours in the morning and in the afternoon with a two hour break in between. I’m getting used to the clay again and how physical […]
Today of course I played tennis, training for 90 minutes in the morning. After lunch I drove past Andratx (west from Palma) and up Ma10 along the coast past Estellencs […]
It rained again this morning in Mallorca, though I didn’t see much of it…right outside my airbnb the street is being torn up and pipes put in and this morning […]
This morning I made a quick visit to the Consell market, which was quite small. As is normal in the small villages in Mallorca, it was held in the church […]
It was drizzling yesterday afternoon…last night it poured in Mallorca! I heard the thunder during the night but by morning the sun was shining…mostly. My 11am training session was delayed […]
I arrived Monday afternoon in Mallorca from Vienna. As per usual…the airport in Mallorca was PACKED! No matter the time of day it seems to be full of people coming […]
Draws are here. Today was a pretty long one, as I had matches at 10:30, 1:30 and 4:30! After playing three matches in three days I played three in one […]
Draws are here. The predicted rain arrived today in Feld am See, though for the most part it did not stop tennis from being played. I played Karien Theeuwes, with […]
Draws are here. It was another sunny beautiful day in Feld am See today, but from here on out the forecast is a bit grim, 90% chance of rain each […]
Monday 9/11/23 A moment of reflection on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. I am in Austria today which is where I was during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Many thanks to […]
2024 World Team Championships (Age Divisions – 30, 35, 40)
There are teams from four regions at this competition for over 60 women, Mainz is one, Berlin is one and a team from Bavaria, along with ETUF Essen. The draw […]
ETUF, Essen, Germany Friday Sept. 8 Today after sleeping some I practiced with Luisa, Sabine and Desiree from the ETUF 60s team at high noon. It was in the high […]
2024 World Team Championships (Age Divisions – 50, 55, 60) (Link to USTA Masters Teams Home Page)
Wednesday and Thursday I travelled to Essen, Germany (near Dusseldorf) for the German team finals. My trip to Europe, which was not expected to involve train travel nor a stop […]
The Mallorca 1000 is a two-week tennis extravaganza in Font de sa Cala Spain. This year the second week (age divisions 65-90) are followed by the ITF Masters World Championships […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Draws are here. I beat Carmen Chillida in the final…she upset the #2 seed 60 61 yesterday, and we had a good match, but I came out ahead in most […]
Draws are here. There hasn’t been much to write about since Wednesday (now it’s Saturday). I had a day off on Thursday, was set to play the singles semis last […]
Draws and results are here. Last night I went down to the tournament venue to watch my doubles partner Rosemary Everett and also another San Diegan Debbie Higa. I arrived […]
Draws and results are here. I finally made it to Barcelona…the 1:10 flight on Vueling, though packed, took off and landed on time. It was a long walk from where […]
Sunday was sweltering in Mallorca…98 and humid (so it felt like 105 according to the Weather Channel). Nonetheless, I had a good red clay 90 minute training session, and hopefully […]
I am here in Mallorca to reacquaint myself with red clay and heat, but also to explore more of the island. I trained one on Wednesday for 90 minutes, after […]
Mallorca Team/Individual Information ITF Masters World Championships Home Page
Draws are here. The synopsis: I won the 65 singles and doubles (with Anna Elmore, a club member) in Peru; Toni Novack avenged her loss to Leyla Musalem from Chile […]
Wednesday night I joined Toni & Michael Novack, who were going to dine overlooking a surfing beach at Cala. Tomas Blanno from Atlanta joined us…he was outside trying to meet […]