Does anyone here play in a USTA tennis league? And a question for any So. Cal peeps

TheKinz · Aug 24, 2009

My local mens tennis team won regionals and sectionals and are playing in the nationals tourney in Palm Springs in October! Pretty cool that there has not been a team from our club to make it to nationals in over 10 years. We will be the 2.5 mens representative for Florida (just started playing this year). Anyways, we are flying into LAX and driving to Palm Springs. We arrive in LA around 3:30 pm on a Thursday. Travelocity has us going 60 and connecting into 10 and I was thinking taking 10 the entire way..If anyone can shed some light on which way will be faster please let me know..I am sure you LALA peeps have made this trex.

TIA

HAT · Aug 24, 2009

Any reason you are not flying into Ontario? Or Orange County at least?

ONT to PS is a straight shot down the 10...only an hour (and not much traffic).

SNA to PS is about 1:45 normally but figure 2.5-3 hours for 91 east at that time of day

LAX is about 2:15 normally but you are looking at 4+ hours most likely.

I wouldn't want any part of the 10 or 60 Eastbound through LA at that time of day.....I'd take 105 E to 605 S to 91 E to 60 E. The 105 E is no treat at that time but if you're lucky the 91 E through Corona & Riverside may have lightened up by the time you get there.

TheKinz · Aug 25, 2009

Thanks HAT. The flight to LAX is direct from Orlando. 4.5 hours compared to changing planes and 7.5 hours (with layover) to Ontario. If I can fly direct anywhere I will. I have a meeting in Burbank Mon and Tues so we fly out of LAX anyways on Wed. I will check your directions..So would you definitely stay away from I-10 and take 60 at the worst case?

WorldNumberOne · Aug 25, 2009

is this doubles ? or both ?

where do you play ?

i was getting pretty good until i quit playing. was up to a 3.5 after a year. love to start up again

TheKinz · Aug 26, 2009

Each match is 2 doubles and 1 singles. I (and most of the team) just started about a year ago. We are 2.5 but the entire team just got re-rated 3.0. We also received the draw for the tourney. We have the tougher regions in our bracket (Caribbean and California) and we play 7:30am and 10:30am Fri and Sat and if we make it to final 4 Sunday plays at 7:30am and the championship at 9am..talk about no rest..I play in Ocala out of Ft King Tennis Center.

TheKinz · Aug 26, 2009

World Number One said:
is this doubles ? or both ?

where do you play ?

i was getting pretty good until i quit playing. was up to a 3.5 after a year. love to start up again

Great sport to get some good excercise and also have heated competition. Get back into a league. The combo league is starting in 3 weeks across the state..We play 2-3 times a week. The only bummer is that the nationals is on hard courts which absolutely kills my shins. We normally play on clay..Let me know when you get signed up you should never have stopped :103631605

HAT · Aug 26, 2009

The Kinz said:
So would you definitely stay away from I-10 and take 60 at the worst case?

It really doesn't matter mileage wise...10, 60 or 91.

Best thing to do is take a look at this link at around 4:00 PDT today. No accounting for accidents but it will give you a pretty good idea of normal mid-week traffic flow at the time you will be leaving LAX.

http://www.sigalert.com/Map.asp?Region=Greater+Los+Angeles#lat=33.98417&lon=-117.44261&z=2

TheKinz · Aug 26, 2009

thanks HAT!:toast:

TheKinz · Aug 27, 2009

HAT- what a great link..Holy crap is the 10 a disaster 5-7pm and 60 for that matter. Your route is the ONLY way to go. You saved me some time and I really appreciate the response..:toast: