What's up everyone? Off season is almost over. The first tournament of the year starts soon. Can you believe that players have to be traveling around New Years? We don't get to enjoy the New Year being at home. After 2008 season which ended Nov 5th, I had only 2 weeks for my personal vacation...which is not long at all! It went by way too fast. After my personal vacation, the end of November and December I spent in Bradenton practicing hard and it's not exciting enough to write much about. Every day looked pretty much the same. Wake up early in the morning, practiced twice a day tennis plus physical. Nick Bollettieri was on the court a lot with me. His experience and knowledge about tennis really helped me. I think I improved a lot in these few weeks I practiced.