Monday, August 3, 2020

Is USTA Tennis back for 2020? Where league matches are being played during the COVID-19 pandemic

When COVID-19 hit the US this Spring, tennis was hit hard with play at all levels and disciplines suspended or impacted.  The USTA suspended all sanctioned play for several months and canceled USTA League Nationals, but even upon resumption left it up to sections on how and when to resume.

This has led to varying degrees of resumption, so I thought I'd take a look to see where league matches are being played.  In rough order of matches played since May it is:
  • Southern
  • Intermountain
  • Midwest
  • Texas
  • Missouri Valley
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • <the above all over 1000 team matches played>
  • Southwest
  • Florida
  • Eastern
  • Northern
  • Middle States
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Southern Cal
  • New England
  • Hawaii

The only sections missing are NorCal and Caribbean, my understanding is NorCal is looking to resume league play in September.

So play has resumed, Southern and Intermountain are each over 4,000 team matches played.

How is play where you are?  Are you playing league matches?  Are you holding off to be safe?

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