USTA National Men's 55 Indoor Championship

Please let me know if you want to share the room. The discount code is set up. Walking distance from the club. Free Shuttle service from airport and club. No need to rent a car.
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Players - Please check your day and time you play. Singles matches start at 9:00 am on Monday, April 30th. You can get on the courts at 8:00 am if you wish to practice. I use a full feed in consolation format. If you win plan on playing one match per day in the morning if you lose you will feed into the consolation. Please let me know if you don't want to play the consolation. Consolation matches start at 8:30 am Tuesday and continue at the time through the week. Consolation matches are best of three sets with a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set with regular scoring. All main draw matches are the best of three sets. I use a regular (switch at six points and every multiple of six) tiebreak method. Not the coman method. Main draw singles matches follow the consolation matches starting at 10:00 am. Doubles starts Tuesday, May 1st. I scheduled doubles for the afternoon. Due to the consolation format singles double rounds are Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th. You may have three matches in one day but I try to avoid it.

Practice courts are available before the tournament starts. If you need courts Friday or Saturday, April 28/29 please contact me at 208-602-1493. I'll get you a court and find someone to hit with if need be (no charge for court rental or hitting partner). If you need a court for Sunday April 29th there will be plenty available especially from noon on (no charge). There is one practice court available for the entirety of the tournament. You can reserve that practice court for 30 minutes (four players to a court). I accommodate Monday scheduled players with practice courts since they are playing that day. Please be aware that we are using seven indoor courts. Courts 9 - 12 in the Founders' Court Building (medium pace surface) and courts 1 - 3 (adjacent to club house). Courts 1 - 3 are newly resurfaced and are playing slower than courts 9 - 12. Make sure you practice in both buildings. You are randomly assigned a court for your live match. Also I do not allow players to practice on a court adjacent to a live match. There needs to be a buffer court for you to practice on a court. We're at 2,600 feet elevation. We have a certified stringer (Bill Gray) on site to string/restring racquets. Eric Deegear 210-617-3399 will set up his massage table. Please get with him on pricing. The player party is Monday, April 30th, 6:00 pm in the clubhouse. Healthy catered free food - bring your spouse and entourage.

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Dear Singles Players, I'm giving you two full days to respond. Please call me at 208-602-1493 or email me at robert@robertsterk.com if you think the seeding should be changed. You have until Friday, April 20th 6:00 pm. I'm making the draw Sunday, April 22nd. The USTA National Seeder and I used the 12 month rolling standing list (April 16), head to head comparison, UTR rating, past performance from a year ago including results from the national indoors,lack of results, recent performance and surface type as factors. Seeding isn't an exact science and can not be 100% objective. There is a bit of tournament director "magic" that is involved and I am confident again this year that we will be seeing quite a bit of red into the quarterfinals. I am passionate about seeding correctly and want to make this tournament the best tournament you have ever experienced. Please consider playing the Men's 50 Indoors which starts Saturday, May 5th and ends May 9th. I would love to have you play. WELCOME TO BOISE IDAHO

I'm working with the USTA National seeder to create the singles seeds. I'll have them posted soon and give you a few days to make comments. I'm making the singles draw with the referee on Sunday night, April 22nd and will have the draw posted by Wednesday, April 25th . We're around 55 players (16 seeded players ) so the top seeded players will have byes. Please plan on playing Monday, April 30th during the day if you don't have a bye.

ITF Sanction - Grade A National Championship. We will continue to use all factors seeding. Foreign players can obtain a free USTA account for entry by going to https://www.usta.com/en/home/account/create-account.html, or register directly with the tournament director. This tournament is sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as a national championship. Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. This tournament is a USTA CAT 1 National Championship and fulfills the eligibility requirement for USTA CUP selection.
The Coman tiebreak will be used.

For Adult & Senior National Rankings:
This tournament will calculate as a Category I (10x).
Champions will receive 1000 points.

DISCOUNTED LODGING AVAILABLE -For your convenience, we have made arrangements for special tournament rates with the: Ø Hyatt Place 208-375-1200 (offering a discounted rate to players) Free shuttle to airport & BRSC, continental breakfast $104/night single/double http://boisetownesquaremall.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html?corp_id=G-NMEN
Ø Residence Inn by Marriott: 208-385-9000 at 7303 W. Denton St. Within walking distance $115/night single/double
Ø Candlewood Suites: (extended stay suites) 208-322-4300 at 700 N. Cole Rd Within walking distance $95/night single $110/night double

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