schmke
Legend
I got an e-mail from the USTA today, I imagine many folks did, touting the ITF on-boarding more federations, and also updating the WTN algorithm, the implication being it has improved.
My initial look is that it has changed, but I'm not sure it improved. More details on my blog, but personally and for those players I've partnered and played against, it simply appears all the rating got higher (worse rating) but sort of uniformly so. For example my WTNd went from around 22 to around 29 and my partners/opponents went up similarly. A teammate had been in the mid/high teens and is now at 25. And relative ratings between men and women are not noticeably different, meaning it is still broken.
So it appears all they did was a major shift up to make more room for high level players by getting us recreational players out of the teens and into the 20s and 30s.
What are you seeing?
My initial look is that it has changed, but I'm not sure it improved. More details on my blog, but personally and for those players I've partnered and played against, it simply appears all the rating got higher (worse rating) but sort of uniformly so. For example my WTNd went from around 22 to around 29 and my partners/opponents went up similarly. A teammate had been in the mid/high teens and is now at 25. And relative ratings between men and women are not noticeably different, meaning it is still broken.
So it appears all they did was a major shift up to make more room for high level players by getting us recreational players out of the teens and into the 20s and 30s.
What are you seeing?