I had done a preview of the 9.0 men and it turns out three of the semi-finalists were teams I picked in Southern, Texas, and Eastern, but Southern California spoiled the perfect prediction taking out Intermountain 2-1, although it wasn't an upset based on who played in the match, it went as expected.
In the semis, Texas and Southern won as expected, but Southern pulled the upset in the final winning 2-1, although again, based on who played on which courts, Southern was favored to win 2-1.
So now that Nationals is over, we anxiously await the publishing of year-end ratings. I've been telling folks for about a month that ratings would be published on December 1st, and sure enough, the USTA now has a countdown timer on TennisLink that shows ratings should be published at 12 am EST on 12/1.
If they hit that date, as I write this, we have less than 11 days to wait!
Of course, should anyone not be able to bear the anticipation, I can always generate a report that will give you a very good idea of where your year-end rating will be. At this point I am doing year-end calculations and not only will the report tell you what level you are likely to be at year-end, but you'll get all sorts of details on how your rating changed during the year, how you did in different leagues and NTRP levels, how you did with different partners, and much more.
For some, I know in my area this is the case, you need to sign up for leagues just days after year-end levels are published. With this, having an idea of where folks will be rated is important so you can make sure you are recruiting and retaining the right players and getting them before another team does. To that end I can also do lists of ratings or other types of recruiting lists to help captains get the best and right players.
Should you be interested in any reports, don't hesitate to contact me.
Under 11 days and counting!
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