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Ekolu (which means 3 in Hawaiian) is still around for 2018. Format is: 3 doubles: 1 men; 1 women & 1 mixed -- must be 18 and over. Hawaii has a social league for ages 18 - 49. Here's the link https://www.usta.com/en/home/play/programs-for-everyone/hawaiipacific/SocialLeagues.html There's been...

Not that I don't trust my league coordinator's word o_O, but can someone ask their league coordinator if there are no longer any restrictions on the number of championship players who play at a lower level in the same division and age group (i.e., six 2017 8.0 mixed 18 players on a 2018 7.0...

I guess what doesn't make sense is that it allows for "super teams" comprised of championship players playing in the same division and age group, but at a lower level. Thought the rationale for move up/split up was to prevent "super teams" from forming the next year. It's highly likely this team...

Thank you for responding. She's allowing the 2017 Mixed 18 8.0 championship player to play on a 2018 Mixed 18 7.0 team that already has three 2017 Mixed 18 7.0 championship players . I can see if it was Mixed 40, but it's the same division and age group. Not sure what to do since she says she...

Our league coordinator said the 2018 move up/split up rule allows any number of championship players to play together in the same division and age group but at a lower level, if their rating allows. This means any number of 4.0 or 3.5 players who went to 2017 Mixed 18 8.0 nationals, can still...

I thought Championship Players cannot appeal their rating. I just noticed an on-line appeal was granted for a woman whose team went to 55 nationals. The woman played 11 matches for the championship team -- 2 matches were at nationals. Is there a glitch in Tennislink appeals since "B"...

According to my Section Coordinator, the Mixed Exclusive rating was changed in 2012 to deter players from using the Adult leagues to "sandbag" in order to maintain their ratings for play in the mixed leagues. Here's the rule from the 2012 USTA League Regulations "THE USE OF THE NATIONAL TENNIS...

I just heard head-to-head will be the second procedure used when there is a tie in TennisLink team standings. 1) Most individual wins, if a tie still exists 2) Winner of head-to-head match, if a tie still exists 3) Fewest sets lost, if a tie still exists 4) Fewest games...

Cover me, I'm going in.

If he's a self-rated 3.5 and plays up on a 4.0 team, then he'll just be "promoted" to 4.0 and his 4.0 matches stand. If later in the same league season he gets more strikes and is moved up to 4.5, then the matches played will be DQ'd. A player can get DQ'd twice in the same league season.

The League Coordinator is supposed check the Duplicate Player report to see if a player has registered for more than one team at the same playing level. TennisLink doesn't stop a player from registering on more than one team in the same league.

Hi everyone. Need your opinion on how a retired match should be entered into TennisLink. If anyone is a league coordinator, sure would appreciate your input. This just happened in two District playoff matches: 1) Second Doubles - Team A v. Team B. Team A won the first set 6-4, then retired...

Hi everyone. Need your opinion on how a retired match should be entered into TennisLink. If anyone is a league coordinator, sure would appreciate your input. This just happened in two District playoff matches: 1) Second Doubles - Team A v. Team B. Team A won the first set 6-4, then...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Don't agree to do anything the other captain suggests. Tell him: "Fuggetaboutit!".

When your captain prints the scorecard for the match it will list the team roster and should show the 3.5 rating for the player. This is how captains can check to see if the combined ratings of partners are correct before the match begins. It's weird that the coordinator didn't change the...

This is from the USTA League Regulations that apply to all Sections. The deadline to file the NTRP grievance against the self-rate player is 48 hours after the Section Championships. So if the Section Championships ended Sunday 7/29 at 1pm, you have until 7/31 1pm to file the grievance. You...

What a rotten thing to do. If the local rules recommend notification of defaults, then file an administrative grievance against the league coordinator and a sportsmanship grievance against Sarah. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with this.

Tennis Divas!

In our district, captains are expected to settle on-court disputes if the players can't come to an agreement. I would've told her that she can only call a let/hindrance before or immediately after (before the ball bounces in the opposite court) she hits the ball. She can't wait to see if her...

Yep, spectators say she couldn't have seen the ball rolling to our side of the net because she had her back turned. If the point stood as played, the score would've been 9-6 -- up from 9-4. and we would've had the next two serves. I think the opponent figured my team was "coming back"...

That's a good point. Since the net touch applies to anything the player is wearing or carrying. But I think in this case, the initial cause was the ball falling from the player's shorts then her hand onto the court, which should result in a "let" if called immediately by the opposing team.

We had that happen in a recent doubles match. The ball was falling out of a player's shorts so she caught it and tossed it to the net (she was 2 ft. away from the net). The opponent, at the same time had her back turned to the net running down a lob. The opponent hit the lob -- and it went...

Check this out from the recent USTA Super Seniors National Championships: http://www.usta.com/Play-Tennis/USTA-League/National-Championships/60-80-Super-Seniors/wheelchair_tennis_makes_its_mark_at_super_senior_nationals/

This happened in a league match where the 3rd doubles team played 1st doubles team & vice versa. The "wrong courts" were discovered after the first sets were completed. Our dopey league coordinator, who was waiting for her match, had the correct players come in to finish the match -- leaving...

Check out this archived (2007) TT thread on the algorithm used for dynamic ratings. http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/archive/index.php/t-116331.html

This is from the USTA website http://www.usta.com/Play-Tennis/USTA-League/Information/Dynamic_ratings/ How Dynamic Ratings are calculated for a specific match In matches where all players have previous ratings the procedure is as follows: 1. The system looks up the current dynamic rating...

The "credit" of number of additional games is shown in the Team Standings "Individual Wins", "Sets Lost" and "Games Lost". TennisLink adds to actual games/sets entered in the scorecord for the retired match.

TennisLink adjusts the team standings with the additional games. So even though the scorecard shows unfinished sets, the team standings will show full sets and games being lost. But I think if the retirement occurs in the first set, the combined number of games played in the first set has to...

Forgot to include that TennisLink only accepts scores by sets and games. So since the retirement occurred in the first game, no games were completed in the first set. If the first game had been completed, then player retired before the start of the second game, then the score input would be...