The news was fantastic, Fernandez informing Vandeweghe she would be a
member of the U.S. team that will face Italy in next week’s Fed Cup
final at the Sports Arena.
“I screamed,” said Vandeweghe, the 18-year-old from Rancho Santa Fe.
“I was stoked.”
Fernandez will officially announce the U.S. squad today. Joining
Vandeweghe will be singles players Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Melanie
Oudin, plus doubles specialist Liezel Huber . . . .
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/25/rancho-santa-fes-vandeweghe-named-fed-cup-team/
(Coco will likely only see singles play in a dead rubber.)
--
Take a deep breath, take a walk, cool off, plot a bit, and serve
again.
> Driving from the practice tennis courts to her home in Newport Beach
> two weeks ago, Coco Vandeweghe answered her cell phone. Mary Joe
> Fernandez, coach of the United States’ Fed Cup team, was on the line.
>
> The news was fantastic, Fernandez informing Vandeweghe she would be a
> member of the U.S. team that will face Italy in next week’s Fed Cup
> final at the Sports Arena.
>
> “I screamed,” said Vandeweghe, the 18-year-old from Rancho Santa Fe.
> “I was stoked.”
>
> Fernandez will officially announce the U.S. squad today. Joining
> Vandeweghe will be singles players Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Melanie
> Oudin, plus doubles specialist Liezel Huber . . . .
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/25/rancho-santa-fes-vande...
>
> (Coco will likely only see singles play in a dead rubber.)
HmMmm, I hadn't caught that the Fed Cup final is going to be in _San
Diego_, which means that South Californian Coco will be bringing a
heavy home-team crowd in and increasing home-court advantage.
Although I don't think that was determining in her choice as final
team member (her big jump in rank this year and late-season
performances, along with already having been a US Fed Cup team
practice partner twice before, were more than enough for that).