First, it is important to note that despite some rain on Friday, all the matches were played in their full format as the USTA did have a plan to get enough matches played indoors on Friday. Good move and I think the players appreciated it even if they had to play late Saturday night.
The women did end up with three teams undefeated in Pacific NW, Southern, and Texas. Then there was a 3-way tie for the 4th spot between Florida, Midwest, and Caribbean.
Caribbean was one court back on the individual court record so they were out, and for the first time I believe this Nationals, the head-to-head came into play, and Florida had beaten Midwest 4-1 in the last match each team played. This meant Florida advanced and the tie-breaker didn't go to sets lost, which is a good thing for Florida as they lost one more set than Midwest.
So Florida was very clutch as they needed to not just beat Midwest in the last match but do it at least 4-1. And one of the courts was a match tie-break so I bet it was close.
But, with the semi-finalists, who is the pick to win? Pacific NW is the pick over Florida, and Southern is the pick over Texas. The final has Southern the pick to win.
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