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Dear Subscriber First Name,

The ITF Seniors World Tennis Tour is restarting and there are updates to the Circuits Rankings. ITF Seniors Grade 2, Grade 3 and Grade 4 tournaments are scheduled to resume on August 31st and higher graded tournaments are cancelled through 2020. Across all ITF Circuit Rankings, players will not be penalized by losing points if they are unable to play due to travel restrictions or health concerns. The new procedure and rankings are further outlined on nsmta.net.

The USTA will have similar but different procedures and rankings for USTA tournaments, which will be released shortly. We will publish this information as it becomes available.

We’ll see you on the court!

NSMTA Board Member,
Mas Kimball
 

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