Q: Did you expect that this match was going to be such a tough one because before the match you had a smile on your face, and the first half of this match was not that tough for you, but the second part of the match was.

A: It was all about me because I have a knee injury and my arm was getting better and better, but I wanted to do my best on the court today. It was very difficult, and I couldn’t play my best tennis. Even though in both circumstances I still had a chance to claim both sets, unfortunately, I got into a turn, and it was very difficult for me, so she took advantage of that.

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Lodz, Poland, October 4, 2009. With a truly amazing performance against the Netherlands, Italy completed a fantastic campaign here in Poland to defend the gold medal the “Azzurre” had already seized two years ago in Luxembourg. The Italians totally dominated the scene from the beginning up to the end of the match to confirm they are the real queens of European volleyball. Read the rest of this entry »

Lodz/Bydgoszcz, Poland, September 27, 2009. The Netherlands totally dominated this afternoon’s match against the home team of Poland to astonish the local audience with a stellar performance and continue their impressive campaign at the 2009 CEV Orlen European Championships. Later in the evening Spain had to go through a long and thrilling five-setter with Croatia to notch the very last spot still available for the second round. In Pool C Russia had to cope with a fierce resistance of the emerging Belgian team while Nikolay Karpol and the girls of Belarus had to prepare their luggage overnight since their defeat against Bulgaria put them definitely out of contention in this Championship.

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Katowice/Wroclaw, Poland, September 27, 2009. The Serbians girls totally outclassed this afternoon Slovakia to complete their magic run in Pool D, where actually the last match ended with the surprising victory of the Czech Republic against Azerbaijan in five sets. Having lost both their previous matches the Czechs had very limited chances to make it to the playoffs but as Slovakia did not score any single set against Serbia, the eventually joined the girls of superstar Natalya Mammadova for the second round of the Championships. In Pool B Italy played with some reserve players against France but continued its impressive campaign in Wroclaw with a safe 3:1, while Germany scored an important victory in the last match against Turkey to qualify for the playoffs as the second best ranked team of that preliminary group.

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Stacy announced to her fans on Twitter today she’ll making an appearance in the USA Network “Psych”. Here’s her Twitter message:

“Great news! Found out I’ll be shooting an episode for a TV show soon, and I’m psyched! Can you guess the show? I’ll RT the first to get it.”

“Also @BigBrotherQandA had it right, too, before I posted it here. You guys are ALL awesome! Thanks for the support, everyone! ”

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“EuroBasket is a great competition” says Liubov Shcherbyna, a veteran performer with the Red Foxes.

“It brings the best teams from Europe and fans from different countries arrive every time. We always try to make dances for each country that is in the competition. Each country needs support, not only from their fans, but also from the cheerleading group.”

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