All of the play was in Florida this weekend, 40 & over 3.5 in Ft. Lauderdale and 55 & over 6.0 and 8.0 in Orlando.
Yes, there was rain again in Ft. Lauderdale, most of Saturday was washed out, the rain arriving just after noon, but thanks to rescheduling some Saturday matches to Friday and shortening matches on Saturday (each set started 2-2 and they played no-ad) just a few matches from flight play remained to be played Sunday morning. Alas, one of those was to decide a women's semi-finalist, and with play delayed in the morning to get the courts ready things did go long.
But champions were determined averting the disaster in Mobile a week earlier when five more teams than expected were given co-champion labels.
The 3.5 women had Eastern, Southern California, Midwest, and Caribbean make the semis where it took 3-2 wins for Eastern and Caribbean to advance and another 3-2 win for Caribbean to take the title.
The 3.5 men had Texas, Eastern, Intermountain, and Mid-Atlantic all go undefeated in flight play, and then every match in the semis and final had a 3-2 score with Texas winning it all over Mid-Atlantic.
The 55 & over 6.0 women saw Florida, Northern California, Northern, and Pacific Northwest in the semis with Florida and NorCal facing off in the final with NorCal coming out on top, all 2-1 wins.
The 6.0 men's results had Southern California, Southern, and Texas winning their flights with Northern joining as the wildcard. And Northern as the wildcard won it all, taking out Southern Cal in the final, Texas getting 3rd.
The 8.0 women had Florida, Hawaii, Eastern, and Mid-Atlantic in the semis with Florida over Hawaii for the title with Mid-Atlantic getting third.
The 8.0 Men had Mid-Atlantic, Southern, Southern Cal, and Middle States in the semis. Mid-Atlantic took the title over Middle States, Southern Cal getting third.
More Nationals are still to come, next weekend the 18 & over Mixed gets into gear.
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