Greetings to everyone in China! I am Victoria Azarenka from Belarus, and I am currently ranked No 2 in the world.

I know a lot of my fans are disappointed about my loss to Germany's Andrea Petkovic in the first round of the China Open last weekend - and I have no excuse. It was an awful match and a very bad performance by me, but that's tennis. It happens once or twice a year to every player, and this time it happened to me.

Despite my early exit from this year's China Open, I still have the great memory of winning the tournament last year, and the growth of the whole tennis atmosphere in China has amazed me again. There has been more interest in the sport with every tournament, especially after the success of Li Na at the French Open.