Like clockwork? Are you making assumptions that my teams won due to underrated players or players who misrepresented themselves when they self-rated? Please clarify your remark, because your comment comes across as snarky. If that is what you meant, you are barking up the wrong tree.
You can look on the USTA Mobile app to verify my post about the 4.0A and 4.0S players' numbers on each team. LCTA 55+ and LCTA 18+
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Never let facts get in the way of a false narrative right?
Here are some facts
My 55+ team just came in second place to a team with five 4.0A (appeal down) players. Both teams have 11-1 records. We beat them in the first match of the season because they had multiple players show for a 9 match at 930 am. Our captain didn't default them. They had 4 players there before the 915 default time period. Our team all agree to allow them to play all three lines in the match late instead of defaulting them. It was the first match of the season and the standard times of 930 am Sat were moved to 9 am. Isn't that the spirit of how rec tennis should be played? Our team won that match 2-1 in three 10 Point TB. They have 5 players who appealed down from 4.5. We have one player who appealed down from 4.5. All of these players are 60+ They are simply much stronger than our team. Our team won seven of 12 matches with 2 wins to 1 or 2-0 (the last match was a double default end of season match that was rained out on Sat wihh my team up , but the other team couldn't play this week. Unable to be made up by this Sat, with the fact the last court help or hurt any team, the 4 players including myself agreed to a double default which allowed the Local League Coordinator close out our 55+ season and declare the other team the winners and advance them to the state playoffs. There is no wildcard for our 55+ 11-1 team and we were a team of players that weren't recruited by the super team that beat us. The first-place team included my fall 55+ Captain who abandoned his teammates to join the recruited team of five 4.0A down players.
On our 18+ team:
We won the local league title without the use of a 4.0S teaching pro who played collegiate tennis and is currently playing 4.5 leagues in addition to 4.0. The team who just got the Wildcard to 18+ states added the 4.0S teaching pro and one other player trying to get to second place and earn a wildcard. The team with wildcard has five (5) 4.0S and three (3) appeal-down players.
We have one 4.0S on our 18+ team who is 6'4", 26 years old. As an old guy, I beat him and his 4.0C partner (whose was a 4.5 lady two years ago) 8-1 with my older 4.0C partner who has never been a 4.5. So the 4.0S on our team is clearly rated at the correct level. His best singles win was 2&3 and 4&1 and he has gone to a 10 point TB with another 4.0C , and has a loss at doubles. He isn't blowing anyone off the courts and loses to 55+ year 4.0 men in our team practices. FWIW, the 4.0S had a 4.0C partner who was a 4.5 lady two years ago.
@MisterP is on the team and was hit with our group of 8.0 Mixed team and can verify the status of our one 4.0S player. We do have two 4.0A players on the team. We beat the team who got the WC during the regular season, so the other Captain went out and added two players to his team to give him what he couldn't do without them and that is win.
People on those forums can make assumptions and throw shade at people, but it's really not appreciated especially when they make assumptions and they don't have a clue what they are writing about.
