Over 55 sectionals start tomorrow. Here's a quick look at the draws. Dallas had more teams in its 4.5 over 55 league (4) than the
sectionals event has teams (3). Should
that alone qualify Dallas for a wild card?
It will be Wagon Wheel/Rubel representing Dallas. The only other teams there are San Antonio
and Houston. Since I don’t see Freeman’s
name at the top of this roster, I’m not as worried. San Antonio has a big roster but it’s just
three lines of doubles so that could end up hurting them. I like Dallas.
Dallas sends two teams to 55 and over sectionals at 8.0 this weekend, the Greenhill/Kaiser team as the Dallas champion and the Brookhaven/Bartlett team as the wildcard. Both teams are stock full of recognizable names. The Dallas champion is in flight 1 with San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth and Valley. Dallas Wild is in flight 2 with Austin, NOHO, Houston and SETX.
In flight 1, San Antonio looks to field two solid lines in
this three lines of doubles format.
Corpus has been pretty weak in sectionals so far this year and Valley is
always a mystery since they only had to beat one team to advance. I like Dallas and Fort Worth in this
flight.
The NOHO team in flight 2 has several players from their
team that made the finals of 40s last weekend so they should be tuned up and
ready to go. Austin had the most
impressive city record in this flight, going 21-3, while SETX advanced with a
modest 7-8 line record. I like NOHO and
Austin in this flight. And I’ll say Fort
Worth and NOHO in the final.
While there were only three Dallas teams at 7.0 (we are
represented by the High Point/Bender team), there are actually three flights of
7.0 at sectionals. Fight 1 has Dallas,
NOHO, San Antonio and SETX. San Antonio
has done extremely well at 3.5 sectionals this year with a semi (18s), a
finalist and a winner (40s). Normally
that would be hard to pick against but I’ll go with Dallas.
Flight 2 has Waco, NETX, Houston and Wild Fort Worth. Every team but Waco has a player DQ’d so this
one is a mystery. Flight 3 has Austin,
Corpus Christi, Fort Worth and Lubbock.
Who am I kidding? I don’t know
any of these players at 7.0. I’ll take
Bob Somabut and Steve Kemp to lead the Dallas team to victory since they are
the only people I actually know.
Fall is more interesting than 55s. Come on Murray.
ReplyDeleteActually, I believe anyone that gets to sectionals deserves a moment in the spotlight. Even if its just from a bic lighter. Once the fall gets a few weeks in I'll give some thoughts and predictions. It's like the college football system. The big poll doesn't start after the first game.
DeleteSo far, Dallas and Wild Dallas is rolling.
ReplyDeleteCan we get an update on relevant tennis
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke. Most people on here post nothing relevant to the thread, why does it stop you? And why should Murray or CF post a fall thread so you can feel good about bitching again? These are the playoffs and they are what's relevant.
DeleteLook at the number of posts here and subject matter and then think about what your saying
ReplyDeleteSo you think constant blabbering about Kelly or more idiocy about mixed is the answer? Maybe you should have thought about what you were saying. At least these matches matter.
DeleteMixed playoffs are this weekend. I like Kelly to bring home an 8.0. Oops, that ain't gonna happen. Hahahahaha!
DeleteIf that's the case, then mixed is the most important. There's more comments there then any other posts.
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