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Hi guys! Hi 5 from Brisbane! with a Victory! i won my first round of qualis vs Pivovarova. of course was not a good match, a lot of ups and downs but it’s very normal after the break that we had. I won it and this is too important at the moment, need matches, need time on court and to have another chance tomorrow…is the best!!! I hope u had a great Christmas and I wish u all the best!! Eleni

Dear friends, I lost today in the last round of qualis here in Luxembourg vs Knapp, 6-1 7-5. She is a dangerous player, I knew this as I know her from the past. The first set went quite fast, with not many chances. 2nd set I had it in my hands but I lost all the opportunities but that’s tennis and I just need to learn from it and do it better the next time. Of course I was very down and empty after my match. It was a very hard and difficult situation for me to be playing here after Osaka. I arrived on friday afternoon from Osaka via Frankfurt. The trip was long like hell and to be playing on Saturday here, it was just crazy. Not only from the trip but the worst for me was the time change from Asia to Europe. I knew that I will suffer but I just wanted to give it a try and I did my best!!! Schedule for tmw?? Back on court for our first round of doubles with Anna-Lena. We are playing first time together, she is a great player and thank God she is on fire at the moment, she played the final doubles in Linz, I need her help, that’s for sure!!!!!!!!!!!I am looking forward to enjoy the match and give my best. Best regards and a good sleep! Your Eleni

Hi to all of you! I am still in Osaka as it is going really good. I won first round in singles vs Pivovarova,the match was not the best tennis wise but it was very solid from the first game until the last!I was very happy about it because it’s really good to go out of this matches like that! Me and Mandy (Minella) won also our first round doubles match. It was not an easy one, we started with 3-0 up in the first set and we lost 2 very close games and in the end we lost the set, 2nd set was similar situation but the other way..thank god!! we were 0-2 down and we turned it around and we got the set.At the tie-break??we played really good all the points!! we played first time together but I really enjoyed!! it was a lot of fun!! i am looking forward for Thursday, I will be playing singles and doubles, big and long day but somehow I like it!! today I will take it easy…I had a short run already before breakfast! hit a bit later on and take care of the body with massage & treatment to be ready for tomorrow!! I love to watch some matches too so I will take my coffe and enjoy it!! Thumbs up and looking forward to update u as soon as possible!! bye for now…

Last week in Asia..I am updating you from Osaka!! Has been a long week in Beijing as I didn’t play the week before in Tokyo. Honest..china it is not my favorite country..first of all because of the communication. Most of them don’t speak english, it’s very hard to even ask for basic things. It makes u very tired but it’s done and I am very happy to move on!!! first time in my life to be in Osaka, it’s very nice somehow to play new tournaments. I will be focusing only in singles this week. The draw is coming out on Saturday by noon, my first match will be on Monday or Tuesday depends of the schedule and the draw. Until then..few more times on court just to get the feeling! Enjoy the weekend guys!

Hi, i lost today vs Daniela 6-4 6-2. I mean she is a good player with a lot of experience and she saw it on court today, no doubt about this. I knew it’s gonna be a tough one for me as we played in the past but still I had my chances…didn’t use them, a bit unlucky in the end of the first set but that’s it…sometimes goes your way and sometimes not. In the second set she was playing much better tennis and I lost my focus after a long 2nd game, I couldn’t keep it up…she deserves to win, that’s for sure!! straight after the match I had to do a doping test. so as always it took a couple of hours until I was done. I kept drinking but?? I did it after more than 2 hours. Tomorrow I will have the doubles, it’s gonna be another long day as we will be playing 4th match after 12.30. hope u all enjoyed your weekend!

Hi everyone, from Beijing this time..hahahahahaha crazy life but too good somehow! Can’t complain as far as I am healthy! We lost our doubles with Eva on Friday in a very close match. this tie break is a lottery but we could win the first set already. we had so many chances but as I am very realistic I didn’t play good. Of course was sad to lose it from our hands but we tried our best. it was not meant to be…maybe for a reason…I was sick this week and very empty as I couldn’t eat regular, I got the time to rest a bit until I had my flight here! Saturday and Sunday had days off and a lot of fun too! Across the hotel was the famous “Lotte Park”, one of the big attractions in Seoul. as we were all out of the tournament we arranged to do it finally…with the Spanish girls! We had soooooo much fun!!!!! Roller coasters are not my favorites…but with all this energy that the girls had, impossible not to do it. I was sooooo chicken u can’t even imagine. I was sweating..was just closing my eyes..and I was taking big breath just to calm down.helped a bit!!!! And the worst?? They decide to start with the toughest one..to jumb from 50meters, at least was a very nice view from up there!!we spent 2-3 hours at the park,we even went 2 times of course to which one?? the scary roller coaster that was going full speed!!!!!! Sunday thank god was a bit more calm. I went to a spa to relax a bit and watched a movie, ending up with a calm dinner at the mall next to the hotel. From today, back at the courts and the gym as I have to get ready again for my first match that will be on Friday! Hope u all had a greet weekend and I wish a great upcoming week too!