Lang had different loyalties"it was her job to shepherd the Americans through the preliminary round. And the United States drew closer to a {berth} in the quarterfinals with a five-set victory.
A berth, literally, is a section of a dock or harbour where a ship may tie up. Figuratively, to be in a berth is to have safely, securely or definitively arrived somewhere.
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