As said prior, Natalie will only be playing doubles this week. Too hard on the body to do four tourneys in a row. Therefore, she will practice and do dubs. For some reason the "make up" of the draws for these four tourneys in Florida is really tough. This Orlando tourney is a 10K and the cut off for the main is around 140.....crazy good for a 10K. The wild card one seed for the qualifier is 155....sooo tough a draw. Side note: she's a wild card cuz she just showed up and asked to play because she's in Florida for another tourney next week and didn't want to sit idle. Many weren't happy bout that chain of events. Not sure if this is rumors or facts.
Most of the time 10K tourneys have many non ranked players in the qualifier. So, to see these draws so tough is very unusual to say the least. Next week, is a 25K in Innisbrook. Natalie isn't even in the qualifier yet, she is 5 out. The main draw cut off is around 140. Again, really tough for a 25K. And the following week is Osprey 50K....Natalie is 151 out of the qualifier. Just as a point of reference, by all "theories", Nat should be in the qualifier of both tourneys. The tennis world is buzzing about these tourneys being jammed with top players and as to why. If you figure it out....let us know....cuz most of us are just baffled by it.
The lil yellow ball will begin to bounce in dubs match play either Tuesday or Wednesday, we will find out tonight.....until then....Love and Blessings.....Sherry!
Marilyn and Natalie
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