What a gorgeous morning to play Fed Cup! Perhaps very appropriately, USA was victorious in Fed Cup heading into the July 4th weekend. Over 40 women competed and scores were close. England and Israel tied for second and third place with 275, with USA capturing first place with 6 more points. Monday Match play will…
Despite a slightly wet start, the first summer Fed Cup was held with matches reassigned on the indoor courts and then additional matches were able to play outside as there was a break in the rain. Thanks to the 40 women who adapted quickly and participated. Congrats to the “Winners” of the indoor Fed Cup,…
The moto “every point counts” for Fed Cup was evident today as 10 points separated the fourth place team from the first place team. Usually, teams represent countries but we adopted the French Open theme today at 9:30 am. Congratulations to the Allons-y! – scores were 198, 199, 202 and 208! More exciting…
Congratulations to the Gigi’s who were victorious in the French Open Fed Cup at 11:00 am today. Merci to everyone who participated.
Seldom is a tennis match just a tennis match. On Friday, one may have noticed two tennis matches being played, side by side, on the indoor courts. On court 4, Mia and her daughter, Maddie, had the opportunity to team together against Linda and Francine, who was celebrating her birthday. On court 3, Elaine, who celebrated…
The Friday morning match play was cancelled due to Thursday evening’s heavy rains and wet courts, Due to some sunshine and lots of effort by Maria and Den, the Memorial Fed Cup was held at 11:00 am. Congratulations to the Veterans: Rosemary, Min, Betty and Debbie who won the team competition. Thanks to everyone who participated…
There has been an effort at PRC to provide more drills and match opportunities for people who are interested in playing singles. Often, players either don’t know singles tactics or the court time isn’t available. Coach Judy is running several singles drills on Mondays and Fridays and matches with coaching are offered on Wednesdays and…
The Berger Open got off to a great start as everyone was motivated to play aggressively and hit winners to earn Berger points. Because of the rain, the matches were held indoors and the points were quick. Suddenly, the chocolate on the cookie wasn’t the only thing dark on the courts! A power outage in…
The warmer temperature brought out the best in everyone today on the outside courts. Excellent points and matches were enjoyed during the USTA match between the PRC Cosmos and PRC Spin Girls, and participants of the Singles and Doubles leagues. Good luck to the PRC men’s team this weekend- who actually will play in dry…
The motto of Fed Cup is “every point counts” and that was true today as the Denmark team edged Ireland by one point, 112 -111. Fed Cup is a fun round robin team format, where matches are played to 21 points and players earn points for their team. How many times have you played a…