The third weekend of 2021 USTA League Nationals is complete, and it is time for the summary and check on how the predictions did.
The 55 & Over 7.0 was played in Orlando and for the women, Florida, Texas, Midwest, and SoCal made the semis. Three of those teams were in my projected top-7. Florida and Midwest played in the final with Florida winning 2-1.
The men had Caribbean, Midwest, Southern, and SoCal making the semis, two of those in my projected top-4 and all of them in the top-8. The winners of the semis were SoCal and Southern, with Southern winning the final 2-1.
The 40 & Over 3.5 was played in Oklahoma City and for the women, Florida, NorCal, SoCal, and Intermountain made the semis, three of those in my projection's top-4, and my top-7 including all four teams. Intermountain had to perhaps unfairly play Florida in a semi and lost 2-2 on the sets lost tie-breaker, with SoCal winning the other semi and Florida winning it all.
The men had Middle States, NorCal, Midwest, and Texas in the semis, three of those overachieving from a projected 2-2 record, and again the flawed tie-breaks perhaps got the seeing wrong. Texas and Midwest won their semis and Midwest won it all.
The 40 & Over 4.5 was played in Arizona and for the women, Southern, NorCal, Northern, and SoCal all went 4-0 to make the semis, all in the top-7 of my projection. The semis were won by SoCal and NorCal with NorCal winning the California battle.
The men had Texas, SoCal, MoValley, and Southern make the semis, Southern getting the spot on the games lost tie-breaker, three of these teams in the projection's top-7. Texas and MoValley won the semis, both 2-2 scores, with MoValley "winning" because they won court 1 doubles. In the final, Texas won to take the title.
The 18 & Over 4.0 was played in Arizona as well, and for the women, Florida, New England, Southern, and Middle States made the semis, Middle States winning the sets lost tie-breaker over Texas. All four of these teams were in my projection's top-8. Middle States and New England won their semis, New England taking it all.
The men had Intermountain, Southern, Northern, and Midwest making the semis. Midwest got the last spot winning the sets lost tie-breaker over Southwest. Just two of these teams were in my projection's top-7. Intermountain and Southern won their semis, and Intermountain took the title.
Congratulations to this weekend's champs.
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