It's Friday now and I can't believe I have been here a week already!! We play Great Britain in the Semis today, a very tough team. I am playing singles today and will play a player I played last year in Mallorca, Spain on the dirt. It will be a different match today, because these courts are lighting fast and it suits her game very very well. She uses a tremendous amount of slice and has a big lefty serve. I got down early in the first set 5-1. I just could not get my timing or any rhythm but kept fighting to get it to 5-4. Long game with multiple deuces and ads but I eventually lost the set 6-4. I started strong in the second set breaking her the first game then holding. I got up 4-2 and thought I was playing better. But on these courts it is so easy to lose focus confidence because someone can just hit some big shots and before you know it they are back in the match. Unfortunately, that happened to me. I did not serve well and she took advantage of it and before I knew it I was down 5-4!! I ended up losing 6-4. I fought hard, but she just had more effective shots on this surface than I did today!!
Gretchen was up next and she also struggled, but won 6-4, 7-6. She also felt like I did, frustrated. It was going down to the doubles so our most experienced doubles team of Gretchen and Renata played the deciding match. They played really well and won. We are in the Finals!!! Again!!! Going for the Gold and the CUP. We play France tomorrow!!! Same team we beat last year in the semifinals!!! But again, the courts and conditions are a challenge so we are expecting a very tough battle!!!!! Going to bed, tired!!!!
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