Oakland2002 wrote:

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Its not from a supporters perspective, when its close ie the teams well matched the match builds to quite a climax generally you start watching the best players but as things evolve the support begins to move between courts with the players who have won or lost their games moving on to support their team mates in the one that matters. A very different spectacle to going to a singles or doubles tournament particularly if you can go to a conference tournament and watch the teams progress, with the seeded teams coming in later.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Monday 28th of January 2019 06:11:18 PM

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I guess it's a bit like the Ryder Cup final day ( if not quite the scale of event! ) which is very much about the team result for both. 

But the remaining American players on course have at times seemed particularly willing to virtually concede asap, I think maybe have on occasions before the natural end of their match.

And to be fair, after the match result is known, with again similarly loads of people trying to get to the decisive matches, and the instant celebrations, the remaining matches are a bit of an anti climatic after the Lord Mayor's Show.

A lot of French team tennis doubles doesn't get finished - hardly ever the singles because the result is usually still in question until the doubles and players want their singles point.

But the doubles almost automatically stops as soon as the match itself is won (i.e. if the dubs on the other court wins and that's it).

Travel is one reason but the other is everyone goes into manic party mode - they've won (or lost)! So no one wants to hang around slogging out a match that doesn't matter when they could be celebrating/commiserating in the bar.....

Paul Jubb was South Carolinas player of the week at the AO, they lost 4-0 but not Paul at the No1 slot honours even in his match up with Brandon Holt and walked off in Doubles. Looks like he is worth his no 16 ranking!

National Indoor Championships R16

 

#15 Texas Christian bt #3 Mississippi State 4-1

2.  #75 Alastair Gray (Texs Christian) led #66 Giovanni Oradini (Mississippi State) (ITF=1915 Ch= 1181ATP) 6-2, 3-6, 3-2 susp

Dubs

1.  Alex Rybakov / Alastair Gray (Texas Christian)  bt #34 Strahinja Rakic / Nuno Borges (Mississippi State) 7-6(5)

 

#2 Ohio State bt #19 Tulane 4-0

2.  #62 John McNally (Ohio State) (ATP=549 CH=548) led #63 Ewan Moore (Tulane) 6-2, 5-6 susp

3.  Hamish Stewart (Tulane) led #12 Kyke Seelig (Ohio State) (ITF=1318 CH=1357ATP) 7-5, 4-2 susp

Dubs

1,  JJ Wolf / Martin Joyce (Ohio State) bt Ewan Moore / Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 6-4

3.  John McNally / Hunter Tubert (Ohio State) bt Hamish Stewart / Tim Ruetzel 6-3

 

Just noticed that Old Dominion women are playing Louisiana State today - and the top singles match is Holly Hutchinson v Eden Richardson.
ODU have been in fine form recently, and have made the NCAA top 20 for the first time in their history.

It just shows the gulf between the different conferences. Great for Eden getting to play such a tough schedule. Georgia and Vandy being the two standout teams in conference, along with Texas and Stanford out of conference stand apart.

Your post Oakie reminded me that I hadn't put up the latest rankings:

Women

15 - Eden Richardson - Louisiana State

19 - Emily Arbuthnott - Stanford

77 - Emily Smith - Vanderbilt

Dubs

6 - Lauryn John-Baptiste - Arizona State

11 - Eden Richardson - Louisiana State

15 - Emily Arbuthnott - Vanderbilt

34 - Megan Davies - South Carolina

Men:

4 - Paul Jubb - South Carolina

24 - Charlie Broom - Dartmouth

42 - Dan Little - Utah

62 - Alastair Gray - Texas Christian

64 - Tom Hands - Drake

66 - Barnaby Smith - Texas A&M

72 - Vinny Gillespie - Drake

72 - Ricky Hernandez-Tong - New Mexico

88 - Ewan Moore - Tulane

98 - Millen Hurrion - Gardner Webb

124 - Dominic West - New Mexico

Dubs:

1 - Henry Patten - North Carolina-Asheville

1 - Oli Nolan - North Carolina-Asheville

19 - Charlie Broom - Dartmouth

28 - Piers Foley - Washington

42 - Jack Molloy - California

48 - Millen Hurrion - Gardner Webb

59 - Chris Edge - Middle Tennessee State

So we haven't lost anyone since the last rankings but have gained a number of men: Dan Little, Tom Hands, Vinny Gillespie, Dominic West