USTA rule change to NOT change ends after set w/odd games???

[naturallight]

There is a guy going around my league telling everyone that there has been a USTA rule change this year and players are not to change ends or take a break after a set with an odd number of games (i.e. 6-1, 6-3, 7-6). His reasoning is that you get to take a break at 1-0 anyway, so this is a way the USTA is speeding up the game.

Is this true? I have searched but have not found anything definitive.

This sounds bogus for the following reasons:
- I thought at 1-0, you weren't supposed to take a break--just change ends--anyway.
- It would let one player play 3 games in a row on one side, which could be a big advantage.
- The pro's don't do this, and if anyone really needs to speed up the game, it's those guys

Does anyone do this? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Particularily any links to where the rules talk about this would be a big help.

thanks

 

[slice bh compliment]

In the words of the great Billy Blanks,
"Y'all been lied to."

 

[OrangePower]

There is a guy going around my league telling everyone that there has been a USTA rule change this year and players are not to change ends or take a break after a set with an odd number of games (i.e. 6-1, 6-3, 7-6). His reasoning is that you get to take a break at 1-0 anyway, so this is a way the USTA is speeding up the game.

Is this true? I have searched but have not found anything definitive.

This sounds bogus for the following reasons:
- I thought at 1-0, you weren't supposed to take a break--just change ends--anyway.
- It would let one player play 3 games in a row on one side, which could be a big advantage.
- The pro's don't do this, and if anyone really needs to speed up the game, it's those guys

Does anyone do this? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Particularily any links to where the rules talk about this would be a big help.

thanks

You are right. The other guy is either misinformed, or is feeding you BS.

Here is a link to the official USTA rulebook for 2011 - give it to this guy to read, with my compliments

http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/2011FAC-Kaufman.pdf