Soooo much is going on in our lives...exhaustion does not even begin to describe it. Natalie made it safe and sound to Gainesville, Florida on Sunday. Her coach Jason is there, so practice has been productive. Much different when your coach is with you, your game doesn't suffer on the road. Hopefully one day soon Nat will be sponsored so that Jason can travel to most if not all tourneys with her. Our gal played her first singles match in the main draw today. She lost a solid three set battle to Alejandra Cisnerois of Mexico. 6-3. 2-6, 2-6.
Tomorrow will begin the double draw for our number one seeded team of Pluskota and Peers (AUS) who are tourney ranked 454. The opponents are Steffie Cerruthers (SAM) and Domineque Covington (GBR) who are tourney ranked 2369. Don't know either of the opponents for Natalie hasn't played either to my knowledge. The ladies will play third on after nine ....which of course is code for 1ish. They will play on centre court and there will be live scoring, here is the link:
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-calendar.aspx
Sorry for the delay in blogging, but as I said much going on here. Just got home around three o'clock after being at the hospital via ER with Nana since yesterday. After spending the last seven days begging two different ER doctors to give her a certain medicine via IV....I and her doctor finally got through one of their thick skulls around midnight. And by 2 a.m. the IV was going. Now we are home, thank GOD!
As far as the bully dads go....since there is a minor buzz about the issue. Natalie has 30 days to submit a grievance with the Southern Section Office. She will continue to consider it and pray bout it, for she/we would not want them to treat anyone else the way they treated her and her players. Especially when we are talking about personal safety....let alone the cheating issues on the court. And let not forget one of the bullies claimed to be a USTA official. Help us pray about this!
Since my eyes are heavy with exhausted I will end this blog....until they open rested...Love and Blessings....Sherry!
