Kudos to the USTA, there is a plan for the rain this weekend!

The forecast for Arlington, TX where the 40 & Over 3.5 men and women are playing this weekend has not changed, a lot of rain on Friday with clearing Saturday and Sunday.  In light of that, a contingency plan was in order and a plan the USTA has.

From what I've heard, matches will be played Friday at indoor facilities in the area on a different schedule than originally planned, but using full match formats.  This will hopefully get all of Friday's matches complete by end of day.  This is great news and good to see the USTA respond to what happened last weekend.

While the forecast looks good Saturday with just AM clouds, it appears the USTA is playing it safe in case there are lingering showers, or just giving players some time to sleep in after playing late as that schedule has changed too, but the plan is to play outside and play full match formats.  Play will start late morning and as a result go later into the evening than planned, but still good to see a plan that gets all the matches in without abbreviated formats.

For those of us following from afar, we won't be able to trust the schedule we see on TennisLink for when matches should be played, but who cares, full matches will be played!

Thanks to the USTA and specifically the staff working this event for working hard to get the plan in place and to the facilities for stepping in to help.  I've heard SMU and Los Colinas CC are at least some of the facilities, but please let me know others so I can give the well deserved credit.

Let the matches begin!

Update: I learned that some teams are not scheduled to play two matches on Friday but just one, and then three on Saturday.  That is likely the reason for the late start for some teams on Saturday as some Friday matches will be finishing up Saturday morning.

Update 2: As can be seen in the comments, my understanding is that Brookhaven, Lifetime Fitness, and TCU are helping out with courts too.  Thanks!