Thursday, October 15, 2026

1:03 p.m. EST

Good morning, Louisville! It's my first time being in this beautiful city! I was not sure what to expect but the courts are looking awesome and I'm super pumped to play over here. I started off my morning super easy because we were starting at 12 P.M. today so we had a nice little girls breakfast. Unfortunately, I was on cooking duty but that's okay because Kat and Glauka were also helping me!

Once at the venue I went to get the logos on my dresses and shirts so that I can compete later and represent the APP. After that we started off with a nice little warm-up. We actually do a very fun warm-up, Kat and I, we always start off with throwing a football, then we do some drills with the ball and we're really trying to make it fun but also very physical so that our body is ready for singles. After our singles warm-up we decided to hit some balls. It was actually fairly easy to find a court at the beginning because Thursdays are a little bit slower being singles day.

One thing I have to say is I like to come in a day or two early to the tournament, so we flew in on Tuesday night around midnight but luckily we had Wednesday morning to sleep in and we actually woke up super late at 10:30 a.m. but we had a super chill day. We went to grab brunch and then we hit some balls, played some women's doubles and singles. I usually like to come early just to get my body ready for the conditions and especially now we're playing inside of the convention center so the courts are a little bit different. The area is different especially when I'm spending a lot of time in Florida. Spending a lot of time in Florida, the humidity affects the play a lot so coming early actually helps me get used to the ball and the conditions.

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