That fan base helped during the second set when Nat just couldn't seem to find the court with the ball. Amidst some questionable line calls by her opponent. The most noticeable sending Natalie steaming off the court in search of an official at the sound of our cheers. A trip off the court that was way overdue. Natalie lost the second set.
At the start of the third Nat insisted on a line judge for her court. Our gal started the third strong going up 5-2. Serving for the set and match brought us to the loudest discussion between players. The opponent hit the ball deep but didn't realize Nat called it out, on the next point the gal hit the ball out and Nat called it. The opponent thought it was in so asked for line judge. A good thing. When Nat went to serve and called out score of 40-15 (match point) the opponent went nuts saying its 30 all. We knew Nat was right, with them reviewing each point it was discovered that the gal thought the one very deep behind the baseline wa good. Thank goodness that another ref in the audience had been watching the entire game and confirmed that the ball was clearly out and that Natalie called it out. So Nat served out the set and match to move onto the second round of qualifying tomorrow.
Natalie will play Natalie Suk (USA) in the morning at 9 a.m.
