beernutz
Hall of Fame
I played and lost to a guy in 3.5 who was playing up this season in USTA. I was curious about him so I looked him up in tennis link. Apparently he self rated as a 3.0 last year as there is no record of him before that and his team went to Districts where he was 2-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles. Before Districts he was 3-0 (two doubles and one singles win). The guy he lost to in singles at Districts got bumped to 3.5.
That said, this is his record this year:
http://img10.imageshack.us/i/ustauk.jpg/
1-0 in 3.5 doubles
4-1 in 3.5 singles
2-0 in 3.0 singles
I am not counting the default at 3.5 doubles.
I applaud the guy for playing up as he is clearly not a 3.0 but wonder why he is still playing 3.0 matches and why the USTA algorithm hasn't bumped such a player up to the level where they clearly (imo) belong.
That said, this is his record this year:

http://img10.imageshack.us/i/ustauk.jpg/
1-0 in 3.5 doubles
4-1 in 3.5 singles
2-0 in 3.0 singles
I am not counting the default at 3.5 doubles.
I applaud the guy for playing up as he is clearly not a 3.0 but wonder why he is still playing 3.0 matches and why the USTA algorithm hasn't bumped such a player up to the level where they clearly (imo) belong.

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