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BTA QUADRUPLES TOURNAMENT 

Saturday April 16, Beach Tennis Aruba will try out a new tournament format in which people from different levels play together, and tactical choices must be made!

TEAMS

Each team must register 4 players (4 men, or 4 women, not mixed) from 4 different levels.

The men’s and women’s doubles levels of the Spring League 2022 are deciding, if a player is currently not playing a league, the last played league is the deciding.

The men’s tournament has 2 categories, the women’s tournament has 1 category.

MEN’S TOURNAMENT CATEGORY 1

-        1 player from level 1 (A)

-        1 player from level 2 (B)

-        1 player from level 3 (C)

-        1 player from level 4 (D)

MEN’S TOURNAMENT CATEGORY 2

-        1 player from level 5 (A)

-        1 player from level 6 (B)

-        1 player from level 7 (C)

-        1 player from level 8 (D)

WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT

-        1 player from level 1 (A)

-        1 player from level 2 (B)

-        1 player from level 3 (C)

-        1 player from level 4 & 5 (D)

If a team is unable to find a player from a certain level, he/she may be replaced by a player from a lower level.

For example: if a team can’t find a level 2 player, he/she may be replaced by a player from level 3 or lower.

FORMAT OF PLAY

Teams will be placed in groups of 3 or 4 (depending on the number of registrations). Groups of 3 will play on one court, groups of 4 will play on 2 courts.

Matches consist of best of three sets till 6, with a tie-break till 7 at 6-6 (3rd set always in group play, if necessary, in knock-out rounds).

The first team of each group will play semifinals, with the same format.

GROUP PLAY MATCHES

1^st set: Player A & B

2^nd set: Player C & D

3^rd set: Any combi that has not played yet (A & C, A & D, B & C or B & D)

In groups of 3 teams, each player is allowed to play only ONE 3^rd set.

In groups of 4 teams, two players are allowed to play a SECOND 3^rd set in the last match of the group, but in a combi not previously used so far!

SEMIFINAL AND FINAL MATCHES

1^st set: Player A & B

2^nd set: Player C & D

3^rd set: Only if necessary! By any combi that has not played yet (A & C, A & D, B & C or B & D)