Natalie will be taking the court first on today, at ten o'clock. And again, will face fellow American Litvak. We will know about doubles after the deadline at noon. Nat will be playing dubs with Nicole Melichar. You may remember Nic from Dothan and Midland, for they teamed up in those tourneys too.
As for the first tourney in France. They released the initial lists on Friday. At that time, Natalie was 173rd alternate to the qualifier. Today, she has moved up to 150th alternate. Not to panic....this is a normal happening....nerve racking....YES! There are several things to consider, first how many have the tourney as their second, third or even fifth in priority. Meaning they signed up for many tourneys the same week and will be placed in one of them. I counted bout 130 players, put a priority other then one for this tourney. Which means at the freeze deadline, this coming week.....most ...if not all of those players will fall off the lists. Moving Nat up to about 20th alternate. All of that plus the fact that most players can't afford to purchase an airline ticket on the "hope" of getting into a draw, leads us to believe she will get into this tourney. And of course she shouldn't have a problem getting into doubles due to her high ranking.
Well, time to go watch the live scores on court four....for the lil yellow ball is about to bounce....Love and Blessings....Sherry!
