On a Friday, we said good bye to St. Gaudens, France and boarded a train for Strasbourg. The plan was to "sign in" for the WTA tourney in Strasbourg, via phone. Which we would know upon our arrival if Natalie made into the qualifier draw. If she did, we would have stayed in Strasbourg. If not, then she and Melichar would attempt to get into doubles at either the WTA tourney in Strasbourg or the one in Nuernberg, Germany. Two different cities, in two different countries, separated by a 4 hour train ride.
We came up the this plan because both tourneys were VERY weak last year and even had byes. Which would give Natalie a chance at some "big" points for a ranking boost. Unfortunately, everyone else, thought the same thing and Nat did not get into the singles draw of Strasbourg.
Because the Germany tourney started a day earlier, our plan would work. Nicole was already there and monitoring the doubles registration list. She was to let us know via text if they were accepted into the draw. If so, we would leave to Germany immediately. If not, Nicole would head toward Strasbourg in the hopes of them getting accepted there.
Yes, all this jockeying around is nerve racking and a pain in the neck. But until we can get Natalie's ranking up high enough, we have to do it. So, thought I would video what it is sometimes like at the deadline, here you go......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAXFAIERIw&feature=youtu.be
