Sunday, October 27, 2019

More 2019 USTA League National Champions Crowned - Week 4 - A 7-way tie!

Week 4 of USTA League Nationals is complete and we have four more champions.

The 55 & Over 7.0 men and women played in Arizona and with nice dry conditions the event went off without a hitch.

The women saw NorCal beat Southern in one semi and Hawaii beat Texas in the other both by 2-1 scores, and then NorCal took the final 3-0.

The men's semis had SoCal beat Southern 2-1, and Northern beat Florida also 2-1, Northern winning by final by the same score.

The 40 & Over 4.5+ men and women was played in Orlando at the National Campus, and unfortunately for the second time in the two weeks the site has been used, there was rain that disrupted matches, this time forcing a short format on Saturday resulting in the majority of round-robin matches using no-ad and starting all sets at 2-2, so first to four sets, and some very late finishes Saturday night.

And for the women, those late finishes had meaning as there was a 7-way tie for 2nd thru 8th at 3-1 to determine the last three teams to advance.  When it was all decided, Eastern had beaten PNW 3-2 and Midwest beat Southern 4-1, and Midwest won the final 3-2.

The men had just 16 teams so fewer matches to get in and didn't finish as late but still had a 5-way tie for 3rd thru 7th, and when all was said and done, Southern beat Texas 4-1, PNW beat Mid-Atlantic 3-2, and Southern won the final 3-2.

Nationals are not done, we still have 55 & Over events and Mixed will get started this coming weekend.

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