U.S. Tennis Assoc – Midwest Seniors Sectional

 by Wayne

USTA Tennis Sectional Tournament in Oklahoma City in August 2008

Wayne’s senior tennis team represented Nebraska at the sectional tournament for USTA in August.  Interestingly all 5 teams (IA, MO, KS, OK, & NE) ended up with a 2 win-2 loss record in the round robin. Our Nebraska team had a slow start losing to Kansas and Oklahoma.  Then on late Saturday afternoon, we took on Iowa and won 3 to 0 then beat the Missouri team on Sunday morning.  The Iowa matchup was particularly satisfying since they were the team that advanced to regionals following the tie-breaker scoring.  Wayne teamed up with Jake, the team captain, and after losing the first set in a tie-breaker, we won the second set and the thrid set which was a 10 point tie-breaker.  It was great fun and competition.  Check out the photo gallery.