A recap of week 3 of 2024 USTA League Nationals Mixed

Week 3 of this year's USTA League Nationals is in the books, and we have nine new Nationals Champions.

The USTA started Nationals later than normal this year but is still wrapping up the 2nd weekend in November, so the schedule is more compressed with all of the 18 & Over Mixed being played this weekend, plus a few 55 & Over events.  A recap of 55 & Over will follow, here are the Mixed recaps.

The 18 & Over Mixed 6.0 was played in Surprise and three 4-0 teams made the semis in Florida, Hawaii, and Southwest, and they were joined by Middle States, perhaps fortunate to get in ahead of PNW on the broken standings tie-breaker as they were tied on sets lost and PNW won more sets, but the USTA doesn't consider won sets.  Middle States won their semi over Flordai 2-1 as did Hawaii over Southwest, and then Hawaii won the title.  The simulation had Southwest and Middle States as the top-2 favorites with Hawaii and contender and Florida just outside that group.

Also in Surprise was the 18 & Over Mixed 8.0 and they also had three 4-0 teams in PNW, Hawaii, and SoCal with New England joining the group at 3-1 winning the courts tie-breaker.  In the semis PNW beat New England and SoCal beat Hawaii before PNW took the title.  The simulation had Hawaii as a favorite and the other three semifinalists as contenders.

Last in Surprise was the 18 & Over Mixed 10.0 and with just 10 teams competing, fourth place was a 2-2 NorCal team that joined 3-1 SoCal and MoValley and 4-0 Intermountain.  NorCal pulled the upset over Intermountain in one semi while SoCal won the other, and no winner is listed on TennisLink although the 3rd/4th match does show a winner.  The simulation had SoCal, Intermountain, and NorCal as the top-3 favorites, just MoValley the surprise to make the semis.

Orlando also hosted 18 & Over Mixed with the 7.0 there and Caribbean and SoCal advancing as 4-0 teams joined by 3-1 Hawaii and Mid-Atlantic.  Mid-Atlantic pulled the upset in the semis to face SoCal with SoCal coming out on top.  The simulation liked SoCal as the top favorite, but also Hawaii there too, and Mid-Atlantic and Caribbean as contenders so it did pretty well.

And in the 18 & Over Mixed 9.0, three 4-0 teams advanced with Florida, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern, which were joined by solitary 3-1 New England.  Florida and Mid-Atlantic won their semis and Mid-Atlantic took the title.  The simulation had Florida and Mid-Atlantic as two of the favorites with Southern and New England both as contenders, so again a good prediction.

Congratulations to all the champions.