You'd think we'd be waiting for the 18+ 4.0 matches in Arizona to complete, but alas that isn't the case as there was a 5-hour rain delay in Florida for the 40+ 3.0 and seven matches are still not recorded on TennisLink. As far as I know, they are still being played tonight so I expect the scores will show up soon.
Note that because of the rain, my understanding is that the USTA preemptively shortened matches to start each set at 2-2 and also go to no-ad rather than playing the deuces out as is normally done at Nationals. I do not know if this will continue tomorrow or was just to try to get today's matches in, but with more rain forecast, there is probably a good chance matches remain shortened.
But on to how teams have done.
In Arizona, the women has every team with only wins or only losses. Each flight has two 2-0 or 1-0 teams and two 0-2 or 0-1 teams. Caribbean didn't make the trip so there are four four team flights and Southern and Northern California won twice each in flight 1 as expected, Intermountain and Northern each won in flight 2 as expected, flight 3 also had the favored teams win in Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, and form also held in flight 4 with Missouri Valley and Florida winning twice each. So the head to head matches between the winners today will decide things tomorrow.
The 4.0 men also had Caribbean not make the trip so the four four-team flights exists here too. Several teams did go 1-1 though, not quite the "chalk" of the women. Flight 5 had Texas upset Florida to lead at 2-0, flight 6 had Hawaii and Middle States win as expected, Southern leads flight 7 as expected, and flight 8 has Midwest and Southern Cal leading.
In Florida, for the women, Caribbean and Texas lead in five-team flight 1, Middle States and Midwest in flight 2, Mid-Atlantic and Southern in flight 3, and no scores are recorded for flight 4 yet.
The men have three five-team flights, and have Southern and Middle States leading flight 5, Northern and Pacific Northwest undefeated in flight 6, and Texas and Intermountain leading flight 7.
Good luck to all!
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