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New York update / August 23, 2007

I feel at home already in New York. I've been here a week already, and the tournament doesn't even start for another four days.

We had a nightmare trip from Toronto: our flight was delayed by around seven hours. We were on the plane and about to depart, then they told us to get off, then eventually we were able to take another flight late in the evening. Of course, our bags got lost! It's usual - it's happening to us almost every trip these days!

They arrived yesterday, but at least it gave me an excuse to do some shopping. New York definitely has some of the best shops in the world and it was nice that I had some free time to buy a few things.

The weather has been frustrating, but now it's improved. Yesterday I hit for 45 minutes with Safarova during light rain, so we had to be careful not to run. Today I had a light hitting session with Sven. I had some interviews in the morning, so it was a busy day.

As always, I'm just looking forward to the tournament to start. There are some fun activities before then, though, like a player party and also Kids Day on Saturday. I am scheduled to play mixed doubles with some celebrities, so hopefully the weather will be okay and it doesn't get cancelled. I wonder who my partner will be...

The draw was made yesterday. I can understand why people get excited about draws and talk about who can play who, but really for me as a player, I don't even want to see the draw! I just want to know who I am playing in the first round, and that's it.

But it's not easy! I met just a few people yesterday and two of them wanted to tell me my potential opponents in later rounds; then today one of the interviewers told me more than I wanted to know about potential opponents!

If I can do what I did at the French Open and Wimbledon, just take it match by match and not think too far ahead, then I'm confident I can do well again. I've never reached the second week here, so that has to be one of my goals. But the biggest goal at the moment is just to win my first round match.

Love
Ana