View Single Post
Old 02-28-2019, 03:23 AM   #881
Brian Swartz
Grizzled Veteran
 
Join Date: May 2006
National Rankings

1. Ireland - 2604
2. Argentina - 2372
3. Sri Lanka - 2219
4. France - 2195
5. Spain - 2038
6. Sweden - 2037
7. United States - 2012
8. Thailand - 2000
9. Italy - 1876
10. The Netherlands - 1869

Look how far we've fallen; Ireland remains a dominant force, and we were thrown into the once-unthinkable position of being in a relegation playoff. Kasaravalli made his WTC singles debut, and we beat Morocco 3-2 ... but have started the new year off wrong with an indoors loss to Russia (3-1 pending the final rubber). Russia is ranked 15th, and we also have #6 Sweden and #8 Thailand in our group. We could very easily fail to escape the group round again. Sri Lanka is only a shadow of our former selves. We will rise again, but man is this ugly.

Also, the Americans are definitely down a lot further than I'm used to seeing them; always a Top-4 or 5 nation most of the time.

Last edited by Brian Swartz : 02-28-2019 at 03:24 AM.
Brian Swartz is offline   Reply With Quote