Well hello there. It’s been a while… almost a year since I last posted on the blog! I’d been writing less and less, and when this year’s Australian Open came around I just didn’t have the motivation or interest to write. I have been writing this blog so intensively for many years and I think it eventually caught up with me. When you know it’s time, you know…

I’m still following tennis closely but it hasn’t quite been the same for me since Lucie and Ash retired. I can’t figure out if it’s me or if it has been a flat year? I enjoyed the French Open with Muchova’s run to the final. I championed Muchova for years on the blog and she’s currently my favourite player so that was a fun tournament. I thought she was going all the way at the US Open! I was really happy for Coco. Muchova wins a Slam next year – you heard it here first 😂.

I realised that I developed a bit of an unhealthy relationship with blogging and social media. I had a bit of a lightbulb moment when it hit me that actually why would anyone care what I have to say? I have met a handful of lovely people on Twitter which I am grateful for but I think a lot of what goes on there now isn’t real life. When I really thought about why I was posting it mostly came down to craving likes and attention so I decided to stop posting on Twitter, which I think was the right decision for me. I wish I was strong enough to delete my account – I don’t know how else I would keep up with what’s going on in tennis though?!

So why am I writing this blog post now? 🤔😂 As the nights close in, I was looking for something to keep my mind busy and I wanted to write about some of my tennis experiences in Canada this year. I was taken aback with all the questions I received from people all over the world in response to the Roland Garros guide I wrote last year. I was really happy to help and genuinely still enjoy writing these posts. Before dropping something new out-of-the-blue, I wanted to provide an update on the blog for any previous loyal readers. I’ve decided that I am not sharing any future posts on social media because it’s a slippery slope. I am content with the enjoyment that I had in simply writing the following posts and I hope they are useful/informative for anyone reading them.