With five tennis players, it is extremely difficult to win at team tennis. For those that don't understand the team scoring, there are six singles matches following three doubles matches.
The doubles matches are for one team point. You need to win at least two of the three matches for the point. Each doubles match is just one set. With ISU having to forfeit one match, it requires winning both of the others for the team point. We did just that today to take a 1-0 lead going into the singles matches.
There are six singles matches with each counting for a team point. You need to win two sets in a single match to win the point. If you split the first two sets, it goes to the third to break the tie. With only five competitors, ISU forfeits a singles point right away.
So the team score was 1-1 at the start of the singles matches. Much better than our typical 0-2 score to dig out of. ISU won three of the singles matches with Houston taking one plus the forfeit. The third ISU singles victory clinched the fourth point which usually ends the meet, although they do occasionally play out the remaining matches.
ISU was leading in the third set of the unfinished match 6-5. As I was typing this post that unfinished match did finish with ISU taking that point also with a 7-5 third set score. So ISU wins 5-2.
I'd appreciate if someone can tell me the rules or guidelines they use to determine when they play out the unfinished matches once a team victory is assured with 4 team points. It seemed to me that generally would happen early in the non-conference season, but not at this point in the season. It must be by mutual agreement.
The doubles matches are for one team point. You need to win at least two of the three matches for the point. Each doubles match is just one set. With ISU having to forfeit one match, it requires winning both of the others for the team point. We did just that today to take a 1-0 lead going into the singles matches.
There are six singles matches with each counting for a team point. You need to win two sets in a single match to win the point. If you split the first two sets, it goes to the third to break the tie. With only five competitors, ISU forfeits a singles point right away.
So the team score was 1-1 at the start of the singles matches. Much better than our typical 0-2 score to dig out of. ISU won three of the singles matches with Houston taking one plus the forfeit. The third ISU singles victory clinched the fourth point which usually ends the meet, although they do occasionally play out the remaining matches.
ISU was leading in the third set of the unfinished match 6-5. As I was typing this post that unfinished match did finish with ISU taking that point also with a 7-5 third set score. So ISU wins 5-2.
I'd appreciate if someone can tell me the rules or guidelines they use to determine when they play out the unfinished matches once a team victory is assured with 4 team points. It seemed to me that generally would happen early in the non-conference season, but not at this point in the season. It must be by mutual agreement.
