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I am curious, can playing up actually hurt your ratings? I am looking at the TLS website. I understand the rating or algorithm on the site is not 100% accurate, but just as a guideline, it seems a lot of people who chose to play up actually got their rating hurt? For example, I am a 3.5C...

From what I understand the USTA memberships are renewed every year on May 31st, have any first year players found that they are asked to self-rated a second time when they renew?