Plano Officials School: May 13, 2012

Just a reminder that the Plano Officials Schools will be held on May 13th beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the Southfork Hotel in Plano, Texas.

The Sectional school will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m. and then will be immediately followed by the ITA school and then the Referee school.

If you are interested in attending, you need to register at:

http://www.tx10isofficials.com/

There is no charge for the school and this year's instructors are Myron Krueger and Stephanie Burnam.

Scenes From UT vs A&M Men's Dual Match

One of the most exciting nights of Big 12 men's tennis was on Saturday evening, April 14th, at the University of Texas when the 'Horns played Texas A&M.

Pictured above are the Longhorn players after their 4-3 victory over Texas A&M.

Aggie players watching as the match comes down to the #6 singles match.

Officials Myron Krueger, Rick Gabel, and Glen Whitaker hard at work after the match.

Referee Vickie Wright in action during the match.

Tom and Vickie Wright enjoying a fellowship lunch with the other officials.

Ty McDonald and his girlfriend, Nicole, after the match.

How Would You Rule? MTO

SCENARIO

During a Division I Men's Dual match player A receives a medical timeout for cramping and treatment. He had received a time violation warning the game before taking the medical time out. He then resumes play and plays four more points. He then begins to cramp again and takes 45 seconds before the chair umpire intervenes.

What would you do? Be sure to note that there are a lot of little twists and turns in this one.

A. Give him a time violation point penalty (since he had already received a time violation warning) and then a code violation if he does not resume play in 20 seconds.

B. Give him a code violation saying that the cramping reverts back to the previous medical time out.

Final Word From Texas On The Recovery Rule

Here is the text of the rule passed by the Texas Section Adult and Senior Tennis Councils as of April 2, 2012:

In the USTA TX Adult, Senior or Super Senior divisions, the regular format of full two of three sets will be used unless there are any singles draws large enough to require 3 singles matches on one day. Those 3 singles matches should be scheduled on the first day of play with the Round 1 in singles scheduled as a 10 point match tie-breaker in lieu of a final third set (which does not require a two hour rest period to be offered before the next singles match). All other Ad/Sr/SS matches will be the full two out of three sets, with a two hour rest period offered for any consecutive singles matches. If both players agree, the 2 hour rest period can be shortened. Doubles matches are not under this 2 hour recovery requirement, and if a doubles match is played between any 2 singles matches, the 2 hour rest period is not required to be offered.