May 2013
4 posts
Quest to Qualify with Irina Falconi: Goodbye... →
Follow American Irina Falconi in this Quest to Qualify player blog on her journey through Europe in preparation for French Open qualifying. Today she reflects on her singles final and prepares for Roland Garros.
Quest to Qualify: Follow my blog on Tennis... →
Follow American Irina Falconi in this Quest to Qualify player blog on her journey through Europe in preparation for French Open qualifying. Today she celebrates her doubles runner-up finish and semifinals appearance in singles.
WHOOPS!
Wow, it’s been a year. Literally! I mean, wow I’ve been bad with keeping up with my blog. Shame on me! But alas! I am back on track! Keep a look out for some blogs from Prague!! And this year’s French! And the rest of the European tour :-)
xoxo from Prague
May 2012
5 posts
Cryin'
Cryin cryin cryin
Of laughter
There are two websites right now that are just totally making me produce tears of laughter. There are no better tears.
The first one is called IFUNNY (http://ifunny.mobi/#11146241)
I’m sure that you’ve probably been on it already, but if you haven’t, I suggest you go on it pronto.
The second one is the SOMEECARDS website...
MC Baller
My good ole British friend on the tour, Laura Robson, told me about her amazing MC Hammer skills that she eloquently expressed a few weeks ago.
The rap become a huge sensation.
We decided, after enough deliberation, that we would attempt at a new rap—-a tennis style one.
This is what I’ve concocted so far:
”I like hard courts, and I cannot lie, All you clay courters...
Nice is nice
Imagine mountains all around you.
You’re in a pocket/hole that’s surrounded with a mountain range that has villas all throughout.
If you look past the pocket, you see cliffs and even more mountains.
The beach is right in front of the hotel.
Only a 30 minute ride to Cannes, Monaco and Monte Carlo.
Considered one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world.
Unbelievable harbor...
April 2012
14 posts
“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply”
– Denis Waitley
Awesome chill music...Free download...Enjoy :) →
My buddy Juan Alvarez ( @wamoopapez ) is a talented young musical talent and a close friend of mine.
He just released his new album and it’s free to download. If you like my kind of music, you’ll enjoy it. Peace
Siblings Day
So I feel like such a noob for not writing a blog on siblings day…but then again, every day is a great day to thank your sibling for being awesome. And that’s exactly what I’m going to do today.
The story of my sister Stephanie is quite the unique one. She was born five and a half years before I was, and I’m pretty sure that she wasn’t quite thrilled about me coming...
Social norms...which turns into just society's...
Is there such a thing?
So I’m totally talking with the coolest cat in town right now, Travis Lee Hartman, my bffffff, and we’re discussing social norms.
What people deem normal. What is normal?
I mean, to goths, goths are normal. To billionaires, billions of dollars is normal. To tennis players, the sport of tennis is normal. How can we be in a society where our span of life and the...
“if i knew the end of the world is coming, i want to do a real life mario kart...”
– @wamoopapez
Juan Álvarez, you’re awesome. thanks for being awesome.
Happy Easter 2012
Happy Easter everyone!
For those of you that don’t celebrate Easter—-happy Sunday!
I totally watched THE LION KING today. It’s amazing how that movie will still get me to cry, EVERY TIME!
Pretty excited about the upcoming tear. I am going to be on the road for like 11 weeks straight. Can you say “BLOGMASTER?”
Short and sweet. muahaha
WatchSurprise visit… Sweet!
Happiness
Just talked with my friend Anthony Valdez. Long time friend from middle school.
He just told me about how happy he is. He’s the happiest he’s ever been. It all happened 6 months ago. He’s telling me how he’s just rocking life right now and he’s just so excited about all of it.
Moral of the story?
Friends—-happiness is an attitude. A choice. A way of life.
...
A little countrified action for all of ya’ll...
““The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you...”
Indian Wells, Acapulco, and Charleston
Alright, so this is the link!
If you click on it, you can read the LAST blog from Indian Wells, and if you scroll to the bottom, you can find my earlier blogs :-)
http://www.wtatennis.com/blog/20120311/irina-falconis-indian-wells-blog-sunday_2257191_2652924
Now Acapulco’s blog:
Boom! http://www.wtatennis.com/blog/20120226/irina-falconis-acapulco-blog-sunday_2257191_2625316
Now...
Major update!!!
So yeah, I haven’t blogged in a while, BUT WAIT! I HAVE! Just haven’t posted on here!
Here goes nothing
September 2011
1 post
blog from korea.
yes, it’s been a while…i’m sorry friends :-(
enjoy this though!
안녕하세요
In case you were wondering, that’s how you say “hello” in Korean.
Yes friends, it has been way too long. And yes, I am in Korea. I arrived here on Saturday night from Quebec City, and it has been quite an experience.
I definitely got a lot of people asking me about blogging during the US...
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
11 posts
Status Update
Just wanted to let ya’ll know, that for blogs…check out Usta.com…It’s all there…Front page baby! Ok ok …TA!
Yahayayayaya
Alright, let me tell you how this is going to go down…
Or so he said.
Now, let me introduce ya’ll to my main man Chuck. I introduced him (kinda) in the previous blog (he’s in Coco’s entourage.) Chuck Williams is Coco’s physical trainer…he has also never lost a fight—-in his life.
We heard some stories today that you could make a Mission Impossible/Matrix...
Entry Numero Dos...oh wait...what's two in French?
May 12th, 2011
Bonjour!
So yeah, this morning started out at 11 am. Yah, no big deal. I haven’t been able to sleep past 6:30 am for the past 4 weeks, but yeah, that’s a 6 hour time change for you. I know I already talked about, so deal.
We got to the lobby and I decided to use my sweet American twang to get us a little breakfast. And of course, I succeeded…Duh.
After some...
Arrival in Brussels
Alright ya’ll, this is the blog that will be appearing on the home page of the USTA.com. Heck to the yess….Enjoy…and au revoir
May 11 2011
Hello everyone!
Irina Falconi here! It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog on USTA. Midland was the week before Valentine’s day, so a lot’s been going on in the last two months!
ANYWAY, enough with the...
Indian Harbour
Good week, good week.
Got to semis in singles, and lost 11-9 in the third set tiebreakers against two good players in the quarters. Good luck today Ali!
Anyway, heading back to the A today. Pretty excited about that. Even though I will only be there for about 36 hours haha
anyway, i’ll keep ya’ll posted…
Mi cumpleaños feliz
hey everyone.
if you talk to me from now on, i may have a different tone of voice, maybe look a little different…because i am indeed now 21…
it was truly a day/night to remember ..
let’s start from the beginning (ps, i’m starting to realize that this is a blog for everybody to read, but it’s also a nice website for me -when i’m older than 21- to look back and...
Mini bedtime story blog
Bonjour *(gotta get the French going fast)
umm, so i have about an hour and 45 minutes left of being twenty…and i can’t believe it …who WOULD THINK THAT YOU COULD TURN 21 THIS SOON! hahah i love it though.
played today….i won…three setter…grinded it out….finished at 8 or something around there…fun times.
anyway, just wanted to let ya’ll know...
Kilborn Family
This is a special post for the Kilborn Family.
Elizabeth Kilborn is a very special friend of mine. She was my roommate, teammate, and most importantly, she was my friend when I was a sophomore at Tech and she was a freshman.
Just yesterday, the day before Finals week she found out that she would have to drive at 5 am this morning all the way to Florida, to visit her grandfather for the last...
Handsome, Snoop, Cranky, and Kitten
Cats, cats, and more cats!
I promise people, this is not a cat blog…this blog isn’t going to be about my love for cats…nor will it be regarding how much fun all these cats are……
Anyway, currently in Indian Harbour. “Down on Me” by Jeremiah and 50 Cent is still my song, and will probably be my song for the rest of the year. Don’t ask, just tell.
Umm,...
April 2011
9 posts
Charlotte Airport...My home for the last 24 hours
What’s up everyone!
So remember the 4 am wake up? Yup still feeling that one a little bit.
Currently in Charlotte Airport. Apparently it’s the place to be if you’re doing a US Airways flight. Which I’ve done for the last 24 hours…
So Dallas, dang that was fun! Got in at like 9 AM haha and then had some lunch, some meetings, a little movie, and then Hilton sweet...
The AM
Alright, well, it’s been an interesting couple of days.
After the player party, Alison Riske and I played doubles against two American friends of ours. We lost. The next day I played singles. Lost 4 in the third.
Moving on! Tuesday night, I was brought to the 5th ranked restaurant in Charlottesville called Zocalo. Amazing! My housing decided to take me out and show me around the town. I...
Slightly Kinda EXTREMELY embarrassing moment
So this morning, here I am, at the Charlottesville 50K women’s pro circuit event. There I am, just standing against the wall, minding my business and watching my college friend play the last round of qualifying to get into the main draw.
Then all of a sudden, like a punch to the face, an individual came screaming my name in the middle of play, and started asking whether I remembered them....
Dinner with Boyd Tinsley...no big deal
Hmm, i might have to make some changes to that comment. I mean, let’s rephrase that a little bit.
Last night, at the Charlottesville Player Party (which is deemed as the best player party of the year according to my awesome ITF supervisors, Bunny Williams and Missy Malool) Boyd Tinsley came and made his introduction, and had dinner, and and took pictures, and was just awesome..
Last night,...
April 24th, 2011....Baltimore to Charlottesville
Alright, so this was the day that I headed toward Charlottesville.
Since I’m all about keeping my life interesting I decided to get on the same flight with my awesome friend Beatrice Capra who will also be participating in the tournament.
10 am flight…Airtran..Life’s good.
So yeah, got up at a fairly early hour of 7 in the am. Got all my gadgets (aka, my racquets, my iPad, my...
Perfect Saturday
So let me tell you a little bit about my Saturday.
1. Woke up not remembering where I was…Nah, it wasn’t like that, I’ve just been traveling a lot lately and I totally forgot what my room look liked.
2. Had breakfast with family that I hadn’t seen in a bit. Awesome
3. Chilled before going to a good lunch meeting.
4. Water for Elephants with mommy which turned into a full...
Tumblr app!
Whoop whoop!
So two things.
1. Main draw of French Open. Oui
and 2. Just got a very nice tumblr app. I’m pretty excited about it!
So yeah, umm, Charlottesville tomorrow. That’s the home of Dave Matthews Band…Shoutout to Ashley Weinhold…(I’ll be seeing her this week)
PS…Have ya’ll heard of heytell?
My girl Elizabeth Kilborn got me hooked up with that app...
alright alright alright
ok people,
so i don’t know if you follow me on twitter, but i stated that i was going to be blogging and updating tweets more….i have been somewhat unsuccessful..
BUT NEVER FEAR!
Today, i received my ipad 2 keyboard which means i’m going to be able to blog and tweet more…well….just blog more…the whole tweet thing ain’t that bad.
alright, so i know i...
February 2011
3 posts
Dia 3 de Midland
So apparently it hasn’t been posted on USTA today quite yet, but if you want to get a sneak peak before errbody else, check it, check it, mic check…here ya go!
Well a hello to you my avid blog readers! Let’s see, the songs that I’m thinking about that would describe this day perfectly are: Celebrate, Beautiful Day, and I Gotta Feeling. Yeah, that’s about right. ...
Day 2 of Midland
Hello again! ‘Tis Irina! So, apparently, some football game was today. It was these Green guys against these Yellow guys… And I think the Green guys won… No big deal, it was just a football game… ANYWAY, OTHER THAN THAT, today was a fun-filled day with my roomie for the week, “the one and only” (according to her) Christina McHale! We had a great breakfast...
Midland
So USTA has asked me to do a blog while I’m in this tournament so here’s my post. I promise Australia will come………………
Greetings everyone! Irina Falconi here! It’s been a while, huh? Pretty sure the last time ya’ll had heard from me was when the USA Collegiate Team went to France and started making all that noise to beat France in the...
January 2011
4 posts
Delay
I know I knooooooooow i’ve been bad everyone!I haven’t written since the GREAT WALL …WOW, that feels like centuries ago…
I have SOO many stories from Quanzhou, and Guanzhou, and Australia and and and EVERYWHERE!
Please be patient till after the Aussie Open. The 24 hour plane trip will take care of recapping this whole trip :-)
I appreciate all of you!
Much love,
IF
