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Matt Fuchs | June 2021
After a big break in competitive play from our favorite sport, how do we get ready to return to tournaments? Our senior tennis friends and a few NSMTA Members share what they did throughout the pandemic to stay as tournament-ready as possible.
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Mas Kimball | June 2021
After a long week enduring chemo #13, Mas updates us with how he’s been feeling… not so great. But with the warm weather and sunny days here and the excitement of traveling to Louisville for a Level 3 tournament, he can’t throw himself a pity party for too long!
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Keiko Kimball Gouty | June 2021
The USA rosters for the 2021 Senior International Teams have been released. After a year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Senior Worlds will take place beginning at the end of August 2021.
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Ed Trost | June 2021
In this substantive and amusing piece about Paul Fein, Ed Trost writes about his new tennis instruction book, The Fein Points of Tennis, his long and varied career as a tennis writer, the ways he’s served and promoted tennis, and his interesting and exciting experiences as a senior player starting in 2007. And one more thing—Paul’s unusual addiction.
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David Linebarger | May 2021
Toupie Lowther was a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 1903 and 1906 and was believed to be the first openly lesbian player in the sport. She was also a keen fencer, motorist and jujitsu player, and held a science degree from the Sorbonne University a public research university in Paris, France.
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Jeremy Wachtel | May 2021
With a heavy heart, we share the news of the passing of George Wachtel, an NSMTA member and blog contributor to NSMTA.net. George was also the author of Senior Tennis: Strokes, Strategies, Rules and Remedies, a tournament-level senior tennis player, a family man and friend to many. He will be sorely missed.
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Jimmy Parker | May 2021
A giant of senior tennis recently passed away. In this appreciation piece, Jimmy Parker recalls how John Powless contributed mightily to our sport both on and off the courts for decades.
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Mas Kimball | May 2021
This month, Mas updates us on what’s new since his last medical update. While there have been some downs like scan results and mouth sores, there are lots of ups including traveling to South Carolina for the NSMTA Hilton Head Cup and quickly selling his RV.
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Keith Richardson | May 2021
The pandemic changed the tennis world for better and for worse. We lost several months of tournaments in 2020. But some players, like super-senior Keith Richardson, used the time off the courts to ensure they’d bounce back better than ever. Besides being better dressed and equipped, Keith put better fuel in the body. In this personal story of late-career evolution, he reveals how pre-match, on-court, and post-match recovery fueling have energized him and re-ignited his game.
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Steve Duffel | May 2021
In the most recent President’s Letter, Steve Duffel celebrates the return of competitive tennis and updates us on what’s happening with the NSMTA and in the world of tournaments. From the Invitational Team Series Events to new pro shop items, there is no shortage of new news from the NSMTA.
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