USTA GEORGIA ROAD TO MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS #5 - GA LEVEL 4

No rain but courts are wet. LAUREL PARK ONLY matches are in a 1hr delay. Lost Mountain will start as scheduled.

We will update in the morning the weather conditions and courts. Please check the site to make sure there is no delay.

If this is your first match in the tournament go ahead and check-in where you are scheduled to play. You may have to go to Laurel Park to get your t-shirts or the special towels for the finalists. (Towels are given to the finalists in the singles draws with 4 or more players entered.)

6 matches that were on court today at 5pm will return to finish at 8am at LPTC. The times should be right on the draws. 6 other matches are scheduled to follow upon the completion of the first matches on Saturday.


Later in the day the 16's & 18's will play some matches at Lost Mountain Tennis Center in order to catch up. The Lost Mountain Tennis Center will be (LM) on the draws.


The 10's - 14's will continue playing at the LPTC. Please check the draws. The Laurel Park Tennis Center (LPTC) is denoted as such on the draws.

The rain came back. We are done for the night. We will take the draws offline and we will begin working on rescheduling for Saturday now. No more play today. Please check the website again later tonight for updates to the draws.

WE NOW HAVE A 3 HOUR RAIN DELAY. WE WILL BE OUTSIDE ATTEMPTING TO DRY THE COURTS DURING THIS TIME. IF YOU WANT TO HELP YOU CAN. WE WILL ATTEMPT TO GET THE MATCHES THAT WERE ON COURT WHEN THE RAIN STARTED BACK ON COURT BEFORE 8PM. WE WILL UPDATE AGAIN AT 715 PM.

RAIN IS ENDING AT LAUREL PARK. WE NOW HAVE A 2 HOUR RAIN DELAY. IF YOU WERE ON COURT WHEN RAIN STARTED COME BACK AT 7PM. ALL OTHERS ADD TWO HOURS TO YOUR START TIMES.

IT IS RAINING AT THE PARK. WE HAVE A 1.5 HOUR RAIN DELAY. ALL MATCHES THAT WERE ON COURT RETURN TO PLAY AT 630 PM. NEXT UPATE WILL BE AT 6PM. PLEASE CHECK HERE AND DO NOT CALL TENNIS CENTER.

The draws and schedules are out Thursday, July 4th, 2019. Please understand there are numerous factors going into scheduling. This weekend there is ALTA concerns, rain and other court limitations we have to work with. Hopefully the rain stays away and we will not have too much waiting for the courts to dry.


We also took into consideration a late start on Friday to compensate for the fireworks happening later tonight for all players. Hope this all works out for everyone.

If you are interested in playing doubles we need to hear from you very soon. We need to be able to make the draws and we need to know if anyone has interest in playing. So please email jp@tennisdynamics.net if you want to see if you can get in the doubles draw and need a partner. WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DOUBLES BEFORE 10 AM JULY 4TH!

The deadline has passed but we can accept late registration into the tournament. We will accept them up until 4PM on Tuesday. We can accept the registration into your age group if the registration does not affect the seeding. Call the tennis center and if no answer leave a message before 4pm and we will call you back to pay and register your player when we are off the courts.

If the registration affects the seeding then we will automatically move the child up to the next age group where the seeding is not affected.

***The additional cost for a late registration is $10.00 per player. You will need to call LPTC before 4PM on Tuesday afternoon at 770-919-8602 and pay over the phone by credit card.

This is indeed a summertime tournament that will be played throughout the day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So if you think you are not going to be able to play any of those days perhaps this is not the tournament for you. There are numerous factors which we have to consider when running these tournaments and how we schedule. Weather can play a huge role as well as the number of entrants. We cannot guarantee the ability to work around any schedule. You can request an avoidance but there is no guarantee we can honor it. Play will start as early as we can on Friday.

There are two park close to Laurel Park where players can go to warm-up.
The link is to Lewis Park and the one on this page is to Tumlin Park.
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This is an intermediate-level tournament sanctioned by USTA Georgia as a Level 4 (Southern Level 5 points). Registration must be completed online. In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 700012519 from the searchable schedule homepage.

Boys and Girls registered for 12 and under division will play on a full court with yellow balls.
Boys and Girls 10 and under that are eligible for green balls in Youth Progression will play on a full court with green dot balls.
Boys and Girls 10 and under that are eligible for orange balls or new to Youth Progression will play on a 60’ court with orange balls.

USTA Georgia tournaments do not offer Orange Level 2 divisions. All players that register for Orange 2 will be automatically moved to Orange 1 before the draws are posted.

Youth Progression (for children ages 7-10)
If this is your child’s first time playing a tournament, please email Eva Marie McCravy (mccravy@ustageorgia.com) or Susan Pierce (pierce@ustageorgia.com) to activate their USTA number in the Youth Progression program. For more information about Youth Progression, visit our webpage.

New for 2019
USTA Georgia is publishing two separate standing lists for 10 and under players: Orange Ball standings and Green Ball standings. Players will receive same level points for this tournament but will be listed in separate standing lists according to their ball color.

Player selection
This tournament is open for junior players regardless of ranking. You will receive an automated email if your player is selected and your credit card is charged. Southern and then Georgia rankings will used for seeding.

Late Entrants
USTA Georgia will allow late entrants to be accepted into all USTA GA tournaments in the event that the draw is not full, provided that such late entrants do not affect the seeding and further provided that late entrants do not prevent timely entrants to be accepted into the draw under any circumstances. Accepting late entrants is at the discretion of the Tournament Committee. Seeds must be posted by 12 noon following close of registration. Once draws are posted, the tournament is closed and can no longer accept late entries.

Draws
Draws will be published by Thursday at 5 pm. It is your responsibility to check this tournament webpage for the players’ draws, match times and any other updates.

Format
Limited draw of 16. This tournament offers a full feed-in consolation to the quarterfinals. There will be a 3/4 playoff for semifinalists. Awards will be provided for 1st through 6th place finishers. T-shirts will be provided for each participant. Scoring format for BG 10 Under use 2 out of 3 short sets (sets to 4) with a 7-point tie break for the 3rd for Main Draw and Consolation. BG 12-18--(MAIN DRAW) 2 OUT OF 3 SETS REGULAR SCORING. CONSOLATION MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED USING A 3RD SET MATCH TIEBREAK. Any draw with fewer than 6 players entered will become a round robin event. This is true even with 2 players. The 2 players will have to play one another two times.

Withdrawals and Refund Policy
There are absolutely no refunds after the entry deadline. If there are weather issues and no matches are played, then your 75% of your entry fee will be refunded in the form of a credit to another Tennis Dynamics tournament: (Note: $3.50 The USTA Tennislink service fee will not be refunded) If there are weather issues and you begin play for a match, we will do our very best to get you back on court.
Withdrawals: Before the entry deadline, withdraw on-line thru TennisLink. After the deadline, withdraw via e-mail.

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