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Tennessee Scores At 2011 USTA Southern
Mixed Doubles Section Championships

Tennessee had three champions and three finalists as 10 teams were crowned champions in the 2011 USTA Southern Mixed Doubles Section Championships Sunday.

Click here to see a complete list of our champion and finalist teams.

Click here for photos of our champions and finalists.

Four Photo Galleries On Facebook

Click here to see action and feature photos from Saturday, including the Player party and Sunday, taken by two photographers.

First Champion Crowned

Tennessee's Seniors 6.0 team scored a 3-0 victory over Alabama in the final to take the first championship of tournament.

Top Writer Covers Tournament Twice
For Macon Telegraph

Our tournament makes the news -- twice! Robin Bateman, USTA Southern's Mark Kaplan Media Excellence Award winner, wrote a two great articles for the Macon Telegraph.

Click here to read the results story. Click here to read the preview story.

Bateman, who also writes for Racquet Sports Industry magazine, is scheduled to cover the finals on Sunday.

A local TV crew also visited our tournament.

Weather Looks Great, Sites Are Ready

The 2011 USTA Southern Mixed Doubles Section Championships are set to begin this Friday.

We have more 765 players registered on 89 teams. Four sites are ready to go and last minute preparations are being finalized to support the nation's largest USTA section and its fantastic group of excellent mixed teams.

Weather forecast is for excellent weather!

Finals will be begin late afternoon on Saturday and run throughout Sunday.

Coman Tiebreak Procedure To Be Used

The Coman Tiebreak procedure will be used at these Championships. View the rules.

To download these rules as a Word document, click here.

Social Media Sites Started

USTA Southern has added Facebook and Twitter pages for the  tournament. Our goal is to get more info to our captains and players quickly in a contemporary and informal style. You'll find our videos and photo galleries on Facebook. 

For those who aren't Facebook members, some of our videos will also be available on the USTA Southern YouTube page.

Return to this page for links to all our stories, photos, galleries and videos when the tournament begins.