A Bittersweet Wimbledon

July 11, 2006

It was a bittersweet Wimbledon for me.
First the bitter part - it was on the same day when Liezel Huber and I lost our quarterfinal match against Yan and Zheng and Mark Knowles and I lost the mixed in the round of 16 to Zvonareva-Ram. It all happened so quickly, same day - Thursday, same court - court 2. Strange how it is - you prepare for so long to get ready for this event in particular, the tournament goes on forever and then poof, in a matter of a few hours it's all over. And it used to be for me, well, next year then. But of course, it is not next year. This was the last one and the end was very anticlimactic. But that is the way it goes.

Now the sweet part - well, semisweet part - both of the teams we lost to went on and won the whole thing. Whoopee...

The sweet part was that I did everything I could to win. Prepared the best I could, played some great tennis and laid it all on the line. Came up short, but had a great trip along the way. And that's what it's all about in the end. So long Wimbledon .