Good Evening! Spoke to Natalie earlier via Skype....what a wonderful invention. Anyway, a loss in dubs today means she will be coming home soon. Our team lost 4-6 in the first. And was up 4-2 in the second when our serve was broke and so was the back of the camel. Our team lost the second set 4-6.
After the Skype session I went right to work on getting her home. For some reason we had it in our heads that her return flight wasn't till Tuesday. But once the ticket was reviewed, realized it was for Sunday. So, didn't spend any extra funds to change the flight. She will stay in Marseille till Saturday, where she is sharing a hotel room cost. Then she will ride the train to Paris and stay at a hotel at the airport which has a free shuttle. And at only 55 Euro for the night a good hotel. All of which is way cheaper then changing her flight. A win ...win....she can go to the beach for a break too!
Meanwhile, been trying to decide what to do in July. She will play the US Open Series tourney here in Atlanta. This tourney will be June 23-29. She will play both singles and mixed doubles. Please come out and watch her play. Many of you may remember her playing this tourney two years ago. She was the singles champion and the mixed dubs finalist. The unique thing about this tourney is the winners are advanced to the National US Open Series tourney. That tourney is a draw of sixteen with only 13 entrants, winner gets a wild card into the US Open qualifier draw. She will team up with the same partner....Hunter Reese....fellow Atlantan and UT Tennis player. Who by the way just won the NCAA National Championship in Doubles, last week in Athens.
Following that tourney, Natalie will head to Sacramento, California for a 50K. After that, we haven't decided yet. With the changes the ITF made to the schedule, hard to decide the best bang for the buck. Was nice last year when we could do an upper west tour and do three tourneys in a row. Getting a big bang for our airline ticket buck.
Hopefully, I will adjust to the time change sometime soon. My late afternoon nap has me up now at 1 a.m. Not a good thing! Let me try to wind down ....Love and Blessings....Sherry!
