Southern California Sectional Championships - 18 and Over

Women’s 3.5

As stated in the scouting report, singles play was expected to determine the winner of this flight. The #1 rated team won only 2 of 6 singles matches - #2 won the flight - SFV Party at the Net.

Men’s 3.5

In a very competitive flight with the top three teams within a few hundredths of a rating point, SGV Underdog Aces won three 3-2 matches to take the flight.

Women’s 4.0

In another very tight flight, SGV Chow Fun won the flight.

Men’s 4.0

TLA's #1 won the flight - OC Lower PC.

Women’s 4.5

TLA's strongest rated team did not bring their two strongest rated singles players. SFV Braemar wins the flight

Men’s 4.5

TLA's #1 rated team did not bring two of their top three singles players. OC Lower PC wins the flight.

Texas - 18 and Over - 4.0

Women’s 4.0

Three of the four flight winners were TLA's top rated team in the flight. But Wild Houston wins the section in an upset.

Men’s 4.0

TLA's top rated teams win Flights 1 and 2. Waco wins Flight 4 and the sectional championship in an upset.

Congratulations to the new USTA Section champions.

Strongest Teams by Championship Event and Flight

Southern California Section Championships for Adult 18 & Over - 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 - start August 10, 2018 in Fountain View and Costa Mesa, California. The Southern California District - Area championships were covered 2 weeks ago; we are now down to the final 4 teams in each NTRP level.

All the teams are very good and every team has a chance to beat any other team. Tennis League Analytics ranks the following teams as the strongest.

Women’s 3.5

1. SDNC S1 Lomas Santa Fe Michaels
2. SFV N2 Party at the Net BTC Bruyninx

Singles play will determine which team takes this flight and moves on to Nationals.

Men’s 3.5

1. SDNC S2 Kit Carson Park Warren

SGV N1 Underdog Aces and SGV N2 Racketeers are both just a few hundredths of rating point behind.

Women’s 4.0

1. BC S2 Westchester Perkins
2. SD S1 LaJolla TC Fitzgerald
3. SGV N2 Chow Fun Aye Chow
4. SB N1 Volley Girls

Strong doubles vs strong singles is the story line in this flight. Any one of these four teams could win this very competitive flight final.

Men’s 4.0

1. OC S1 Lower PC Frank
2. BC S2 Alta Vista/Ramirez-Hsu
3. SGV N1 Alley Gators Tang

The top 2 teams are separated by 3 thousandths of a point - it's a toss-up. With SGV not far behind.

Women’s 4.5

1. SDNC S1 Surf and Turf/Sullivan

The top team possesses strong doubles and singles - a combination that will be hard to beat. This flight has a lot of strength spread.

Men’s 4.5

1. SFV N1 Calab Aceholes Calabasas Skuro

The top team is loaded with talent.

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Winning 4.5 Men had 8 self-rated players. All other TLA #1 rated teams win.

Texas Sectional Championship - 18 and Over

Women

4.5 - #1 Dallas won the Sectional over #2 Austin.

3.5 - #1 Wild Dallas won the Championship over #5 San Antonio.

Men

4.5 - In a very interesting result, Abilene, which was not in the Strength Rating top five, finished 2nd in their flight to #3 Dallas and qualified for the knockout stage.

Abilene beat #2 Houston in the semis 4-1. Then beat #4 San Antonio in the final 4-1. Both were very big upsets in terms of TLA Strength Ratings, especially at the 4.5 level.

We looked at other TLA reports and found that 8 of Abilene's 11 players are self rated. A little more research showed that Abilene's roster holds four Division 3 college players (McMurry and Hardin-Simmons), 1 two-time Texas high school state champion, and 1 college assistant coach. It will be interesting to see how the team does at Nationals.

3.5 - #1 Dallas over #2 Houston for the Section Championship.

Congratulations to the new USTA Section champions.

Strongest Teams by Championship Event and Flights

Texas Section Championships for Adult 18 & Over, 3.5 and 4.5, start August 3, 2018 in Dallas. The heat index will rise to over 100 degrees, start hydrating today!

All the teams are very good and every team has a chance to beat any other team. Tennis League Analytics ranks the following teams as the strongest.

Women’s 3.5

15 teams in 3 flights.

Top teams:
1. Wild Dallas
2. NETX
3. Austin
4. NOHO
5. San Antonio
6. Fort Worth

Flight 1 is fairly competitive with Fort Worth as the strongest team. Flight 2 contains 3 of the top 6 teams, Wild Dallas, Austin and NOHO. NETX and San Antonio will battle for the top spot in Flight 3.

Men’s 3.5

16 teams in 4 flights

Top teams:
1. Houston
2. Dallas
3. Amarillo
4. San Antonio
5. Corpus Christi
6. Wild Dallas

Houston should dominate Flight 1. None of the 6 strongest teams are in flight 2; Fort Worth should emerge as the flight winner. Flight 3 contains 3 of the top 6 teams with Dallas the strongest rated team. Flight 4 will come down to San Antonio vs Wild Dallas.

Women’s 4.5

10 teams in 2 flights

Top teams:
1. Dallas
2. Austin
3. Fort Worth
4. NOHO
5. Houston

Dallas, flight 1, and Austin, flight 2, should be in the final. However Fort Worth could upset Austin with a smart line-up to win flight 2.

Men’s 4.5

12 teams in 3 flights.

Top teams:
1. Austin
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. San Antonio
5. Valley

San Antonio should finish on top in Flight 1. Flight 2 is the most difficult with the top two teams, Austin and Houston. That head-to-head match-up should be very competitive and fun to watch. Dallas is the strongest team Flight 3.

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