The second weekend of 2018 USTA League Nationals will be busy!

The first weekend of USTA League Nationals completed with generally positive feedback on the new format.  Despite a team DQ and flawed tie-breaker coming in to play, National Champs were decided for the 18 & Over 4.0 and 5.0+ levels.

The second weekend only speeds up with a full 7 champions to be determined.

The National Campus in Orlando hosts the 18 & Over 2.5 women and 3.5 men and women.  New site Las Vegas hosts the 18 & Over 3.0 men and women.  And Arlington, TX hosts for the second week in a row, the 18 & Over 4.5 men and women playing there.

I've done simulations and predictions of most of the events, see the links in the paragraph above.

As always, given weather issues of the past, we must check the weather report.

• Las Vegas - Sunny, 0% chance of rain, highs in the upper 70s to low 80s
• Arlington - Highs in the upper 60s, 50% chance of showers Friday, 80% Saturday, 50% Sunday, does not look good :(
• Orlando -  Partly cloudy to Sunny, highs in the low 80s, just a 20% chance of showers Sunday

The concern is obviously in Arlington as that is a foreboding forecast.  Lets hope the rain stays away, but it looks like there is a good chance of disruptions and perhaps shorten scoring formats.

What about the weather in the Southwest where arguably all Nationals should be?

• Indian Wells - Sunny, upper 80s, just 20% chance of a shower on Saturday
• Phoenix - Highs around 80 and 60% chance of thunderstorms on Saturday

So Phoenix is actually not ideal this weekend, but still not as bad a forecast as Arlington.

Good luck to all the teams