Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd!
The big pro tournament on now is at Key Biscayne (Miami), which starts its second week today; and meanwhile, the men’s USTA 65 Clay Court Championships are being played at the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club.
You are playing doubles and have a high forehand volley. Do you crush it at the opposing net man? According to Naples pro, Pete Minarich, you should not.
During the recent Davis Cup doubles match, America vs. the Serbs, there was a very interesting ruling by the Chair, Pascal Maria (France) that came at a critical, set-point during a tie breaker.
Watch out for this young American! Some of us saw him at Newk’s Camp a few years back, when he played with his younger brother and now, at age 17, he is winning ATP tour matches.
Even though I got blasted by the unknown Stewart Jackson in the Pelican Bay singles round robin, I had given some thoughts to how you should play a short format match.
Marc VanDam writes: “Yesterday I got to play in the singles final of the club championship. In the open division there were not that many entries, so on Saturday they played a type of round robin set up, with the winners of the most games meeting in the finals on Sunday.
This weekend was the singles section of the Pelican Bay Club tournament; and I entered the “Open” Division. There were six entries; so the tournament committee divided us into two groups of three players, seeding Marc VanDam in one group and me in the other.
After a practice session yesterday with Tom McCune, we walked by a court with a ball machine session going on. But the thing that struck me was the guy who was hitting balls was about 5’ 2” and looked to be in his 80s!
This past weekend was the Pelican Bay Club doubles competition. There were MANY men’s and women’s divisions; so the tournament format was a round-robin on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. But this ended up being tricky… and tough to play.