So you think you've played sand baggers in USTA...ha!
For those who don't know a sand bagger is someone that through various means is playing at a lower competitive ranking than they should be. This season I played 3.5 WTT, I encountered numerous players that should playing a higher level. One player could play 5.0 or higher tennis in my opinion, his technique was perfect and he generated racquet head speed like a professional player. Playing against someone like this isn't fun, it's embarrassing. Under WTT rules if you don't have a USTA ranking you can self-rate, or like various players do, they play USTA 7.0 mixed doubles once or twice and this gives them a 3.5 ranking.
I'm off the WTT National Qualifiers this weekend in DE, I wonder what the competition will be like.
For those who don't know a sand bagger is someone that through various means is playing at a lower competitive ranking than they should be. This season I played 3.5 WTT, I encountered numerous players that should playing a higher level. One player could play 5.0 or higher tennis in my opinion, his technique was perfect and he generated racquet head speed like a professional player. Playing against someone like this isn't fun, it's embarrassing. Under WTT rules if you don't have a USTA ranking you can self-rate, or like various players do, they play USTA 7.0 mixed doubles once or twice and this gives them a 3.5 ranking.
- WTT has no ranking system
- Players can self-rate
- At the start of a season, players can use last years ranking
- Also WTT's team ranking is based on the average ranking of all the players on a team, so it's possible to have a 4.0 on a 3.5 team, or a 3.5 on a 3.0 as long as you have players to balance it.
I'm off the WTT National Qualifiers this weekend in DE, I wonder what the competition will be like.
