I posted a couple of months ago to ask if I was in danger of DQ. This is my first year playing USTA as I had taken a 20 year hiatus from tennis since high school. Anyhow, just to briefly recap, I had joined a 3.5 team first intending to play singles when it became apparent that I was at risk for DQ by winning my matches too easily. I joined a 4.0 team and played only singles on that team. My 3.5 captain was aware of this and in an effort to have me continue playing on the 3.5 team (her decision), she put me only in doubles, and usually with the weakest players on the team.
My win-loss record at 4.0 was 5-2, with both losses occurring over 3 sets. I went undefeated at 3.5. The last match of 3.5 for me was on a Monday while the 4.0 match was that Thursday. The 3.5 team was in 2nd place and we were scheduled to play against a tough team, including someone at #1 singles who had gone undefeated all season by beating her opponents 6-3,6-2 or better. The 3.5 captain decided to have me play her at #1 singles, which I won 6-2,6-0. We won that match 3-2 but the scores were not entered for a week because the #2 singles had to reschedule.
In the meantime, I played my last 4.0 match of the season and won 6-3,6-1. I was DQ'ed the following day. This dropped my 3.5 team from 2nd place to 9th place (out of 11 teams). Any wins I had at 3.5 was reversed by having *DQ placed next to those matches but people could see the scores still (meaning it didn't show up as 6-0,6-0). I expected that the last match at 3.5 level would be in the other team's favor but I was surprised to see it entered as 2-2 win in my team's favor because the #1 singles got put in as a double default.
This 2-2 "win" did not improve my 3.5 team's standing and may have dropped the other team a bit lower (they ended at 5th place) so I'm curious as to why this was done? Is it so my opponent from the last 3.5 match can still claim to be undefeated because the results from our match was not recorded on tennis link? She is a very good singles player that I'm sure will get bumped to 4.0 next year. I won the match by that big of a margin because she was a hot head and could not handle it once she started losing. Had she held on in the beginning, the match would be a lot closer.
My win-loss record at 4.0 was 5-2, with both losses occurring over 3 sets. I went undefeated at 3.5. The last match of 3.5 for me was on a Monday while the 4.0 match was that Thursday. The 3.5 team was in 2nd place and we were scheduled to play against a tough team, including someone at #1 singles who had gone undefeated all season by beating her opponents 6-3,6-2 or better. The 3.5 captain decided to have me play her at #1 singles, which I won 6-2,6-0. We won that match 3-2 but the scores were not entered for a week because the #2 singles had to reschedule.
In the meantime, I played my last 4.0 match of the season and won 6-3,6-1. I was DQ'ed the following day. This dropped my 3.5 team from 2nd place to 9th place (out of 11 teams). Any wins I had at 3.5 was reversed by having *DQ placed next to those matches but people could see the scores still (meaning it didn't show up as 6-0,6-0). I expected that the last match at 3.5 level would be in the other team's favor but I was surprised to see it entered as 2-2 win in my team's favor because the #1 singles got put in as a double default.
This 2-2 "win" did not improve my 3.5 team's standing and may have dropped the other team a bit lower (they ended at 5th place) so I'm curious as to why this was done? Is it so my opponent from the last 3.5 match can still claim to be undefeated because the results from our match was not recorded on tennis link? She is a very good singles player that I'm sure will get bumped to 4.0 next year. I won the match by that big of a margin because she was a hot head and could not handle it once she started losing. Had she held on in the beginning, the match would be a lot closer.
