MONTERREY, México - Roberta Vinci had a banner year in 2011, winning three WTA titles and breaking into the Top 20 - now, fresh from her first WTA quarterfinal of 2012 in Paris, the Italian is seeded No.1 at this week's Whirlpool Monterrey Open. She also brings us this week's WTA Player Blog... read on!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Hello everyone, it's Roberta and I'm writing from Monterrey... this is my second time writing the WTA's blog and I'm very happy to do this!!!
I arrived to Monterrey on Friday night. I was at home in Italy for practice and it was so cold!!!!! Here it's better :) I went from Palermo to Rome, then Rome to Atlanta, then Atlanta to Monterrey. What a trip - it was so long! It was 11 hours to get to Atlanta, then we stopped for four hours there, and after three and a half more hours I was in Monterrey... and now I have seven hours of jet lag!
It's a great tournament here. The organization is great and the food is great too!!! ;) Tonight I played my first match against Coco Vandeweghe. It was a tough match and she played well - she is so strong and has such a good serve. The court is really fast too. But I won, 75 75, and next round I will play against Bratchikova - I've never played against her. But I don't play that match tomorrow, because tomorrow I just have doubles with my best friend Sara (Cichi)!!!
I just finished my press conference and everything and now I'm going to the hotel. I'm a little bit tired, I need to rest. I'm not so young anymore... two days ago was my birthday, 29 years!!! Oh mamma mia!!!
Ciao ciao, see you tomorrow!
Robi
