WTT is fun for about three matches. Then it gets really old really quick.
(1) There is a whole lot of sitting around. They don't play the matches concurrently. First it's dubs, then singles, then mixed. So half the time you're sitting around waiting for the women's court to finish up.
(2) The scoring format blows. You only play one set...and it's no-ad, playing lets. I can get used to the let courts, but no-ad scoring just sucks.
(3) Because of the scoring system, they tally up the number of games won and that's how they determine the winner.
(4) The "money" court is dumb. This a your #1 mixed doubles court. In order to win the duel, you have to win the money court. If you're up by, say, 5 games as a team but you lose the money court, you keep playing games until you win one more game, or the other team catches up and wins...whichever comes first.
There is a lot of drinking, which makes it fun. But the format isn't my cup of tea.
+1.
I didn't like WTT at all.
1. Too much standing around. There is zero standing around waiting during a USTA team match. But with WTT, you are waiting for another court to finish or waiting to be subbed in (see below).
2. Scoring format blows. Before you get into a match, it's over. Part of the challenge with USTA play is figuring out your opponent's weaknesses and finding a way to turn it around. No time for that in WTT, especially given the subbing (see below).
3. I don't care how they determine the winner, so long as I get to play.
4. I don't understand the scoring or even the need for different scoring.
5. The subbing sucks. Totally sucks. Here you are in the middle of a match and thinking of what you might do next and . . . yank. Gotta go stand around some more. Or worse, here you are standing around, your muscles tightening up, and before you know it you are running onto a singles court where your teammate was down 0-3 and you're supposed to save the day?
6. Singles when you don't play singles. There I was on the sidelines, minding my own business, and my captain says, "Cindy, do you play singles?" "No, I do not play singles." "Well, Becky is getting smoked; can you go see if you can do anything? In a flash, I was out there against a 4.0 singles player when I hadn't played more than five singles matches in 10 years. By the time I got out of the habit of hitting into the doubles alley and remembered to serve from the center hash, the match was over. If you want me to play singles in USTA, then I need to go practice because, like I said, *I don't play singles.*
Yep, WTT is not for me.
