4.0 Nationals

[Angle Queen]

Originally Posted by downs_chris

hey...i was on the Mid-Atlantic team...

Woot! Woot! CD!! Y'all did us proud!! (many times over)

Did you meet up with any of the female-folk that represented from our section?

[KFwinds]

Originally Posted by Fuji

May sound silly, but with all this sandbagging, could I being a Canadian and 17, come down next year, and self rate at 3.5 not having a computer rating at 4.5, and play?

That's just crazy!

-Fuji

Short answer Fuji, is yes.

And it's just as shocking to me that this can be done and I've been involved in USTA league tennis for going on 9 years now.

[Fuji]

Originally Posted by KFwinds

Short answer Fuji, is yes.

And it's just as shocking to me that this can be done and I've been involved in USTA league tennis for going on 9 years now.

Oh wow! They really need to fix that!

What are the prizes for these National tournaments and all that? It must be fairly decent for these people to sandbag so low???

-Fuji

[tennismonkey]

[kylebarendrick]

I have seen people win ratings grievances by finding the foreign experience of players and using that as the basis for a grievance. One example that immediately comes to mind is a player from India that self rated at 4.0. After the grievance he became a 5.0. I agree, though, that it is much harder to find out what kind of experience foreign players have.

[kelawai]

Originally Posted by downs_chris

hey...i was on the Mid-Atlantic team...which team were you on? we definitely didn't bring our "A game" for the hawaii match and came up a little short...texas and the pacific nw looked tough...we actually got to practice some with the pacific nw team before the tournament started...somehow, their captain got our captain's info...

What a small world. We met in our first doubles match on Friday. I shaved my head. No, actually I am bald : ))

[Eightmarky]

Originally Posted by kelawai

What a small world. We met in our first doubles match on Friday. I shaved my head. No, actually I am bald : ))

I was there too with Downs. Are you the guys from Queens? We rooted for you hard on Saturday!

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by kelawai

What a small world. We met in our first doubles match on Friday. I shaved my head. No, actually I am bald : ))

haha...very small world...but yeah - that was tough for you guys to fly in at 1am the night before, then hit in that thin hot Tucson air! i'm glad we at least had a day to practice...pacific nw was there 3 days before us...haha

but yeah, we were all really rooting for you guys against hawaii...i saw you and your doubles partner were playing singles on that last day and played tough against those guys...i lost to the hawaii pusher that you played in a tight 3rd set tie-breaker...i had to get the ref a few times to explain a few basic rules that he didn't understand...haha, this one time (not in band camp), he hit a serve, and i hit the return in the net and lost the game....i noticed that something felt weird about that shot, and i went up to the ball at the net, picked it up and noticed it was popped...i was like, hey man - you just served a dead ball, take two...he threw a HUGE fit...especially after i called over the ref...haha, we ended up playing two...

but yeah, the way he kept score was a bit strange too...did you notice that? did you pull out your second set of your singles match?

[Fedace]

Where is that little Silver Plate that is given to winning team manufactured ??

[kelawai]

Originally Posted by Eightmarky

I was there too with Downs. Are you the guys from Queens? We rooted for you hard on Saturday!

Are you the one in Bright Orange Shorts? Sorry, I tried hard but that kid kill me with his sharp down the line volley.
Nice to see you guys here.

[kelawai]

but yeah, the way he kept score was a bit strange too...did you notice that? did you pull out your second set of your singles match?[/quote]

Downs, I respect him as a pusher and still able to win at the Nationals. Thanks for bringing up about keeping score. It happened once to me when I serves.

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by Angle Queen

Woot! Woot! CD!! Y'all did us proud!! (many times over)

Did you meet up with any of the female-folk that represented from our section?

thanks! actually, one of the richmond ladies randomly gave me a beer without talking to me...it was a little strange, but she was like, "it's ok...i'm from virginia too..." haha

[JoelDali]

Originally Posted by KFwinds

But the question still, is: if these guys have previously played 4.5, what are they doing playing on a 4.0 team?

Because they shunned the Eagle and chose the dark side. Seriously though, former 4.5s playing 4.0. Thats a mega LOL.

[Fuji]

Originally Posted by JoelDali

Because they shunned the Eagle and chose the dark side. Seriously though, former 4.5s playing 4.0. Thats a mega LOL.

Same????

-Fuji

[Xisbum]

Originally Posted by tennismonkey

Nice to see that you "get it," my young fast friend.

[JoelDali]

A little baby eagle bird told me that Darcy Cobb is investigating a few of these teams and there might be an eventual forfeit of titles, towels and pens.

The sandbaggery must be squashed. Dammit.

[kimbahpnam]

where are the sandbagging ringers

[Matt H.]

DQ'ing people at Nationals doesn't sit right with me because at that point it's a ton of tennis and a ton of money laid out over the course of the season to get there.

The local and sectional level needs to address it better.

There's plenty of easy fixes too. They can start with the people who register using their middle name or re-registering and purposefully rating themselves lower than their computer ranking.


Nationals was still a blast and awesome experience, but it was a tad ridiciulous watching a couple teams win every match 5-0 with some bagels sprinkeled amongst the set scores. That should not be happening at the National Level.

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