I saw from 5-1 up in the first set. Seemed like a completely different player compared with Linz as I saw the replay of Knapp match myself. Her returns in particular were great, and she played sensibly and moved the ball around pretty fast and deep. She moved quite well, but Dolonc will be a much touger opponent.

A really good win by Daniela. Admittedly Parra Santonja's not that great but you can only beat who's on the other side of the net and Daniela did that pretty easily. She was strong on serve, winning 88% of first serve points, 78% of all her service points and didn't face a BP all match.

The draw opens up a bit as Daniela plays Dolonc next and she could have had Halep or Cibulkova. She beat Dolonc fairly easily in the Fed Cup back in February but Dolonc came back from a set down to beat Cibulkova so she's got to be respected.


Tennis: Hantuchova in Moscow under the leadership of coach Pláteník

Moscow 15 October (TASR) - Slovak tennis player Daniela Hantuchova accompanies the tournament for the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as head coach Vladimir Pláteník. Former coach Dominika Cibulkova recently led a talented Croat Alu Tomljanovičovú, previously collaborated with Belgian woman Yanina Wickmayer, Russia Kseniia Pervakovou and Nada Petrova, Slovenian Polona Hercog and Romanian Sorana Cirsteovou.

"With Daniela Hantuchova we have not yet agreed to work only for the tournament in Moscow.'ll See how the situation develops after the end of the season," he told TASR Pláteník after Hantuchova in the Russian capital sovereign advanced to 2nd Round the triumph 6:1, 6:2 over Spanish qualifier Arantxa Parr Santonjovou. Hantuchova was just before the U.S. Open broke with the Spanish coach Eduard Nicolas. At the final Grand Slam of the year, despite fought its way to the finals singles. Slovak duo fights in Moscow and to participate in the so-called. "Small World" in Sofia.


Platenik's Slovakian and Daniela did pretty well the last time she had a Slovakian coach. She played pretty well today and in the doubles yesterday so we'll see how she does with Platenik.

Daniela's the third match on Court 1 after 2 ATP matches. Her doubles match is fifth on Court 1 after a men's doubles.

Well the good thing is she can't possibly play worse than that tomorrow.

I never,ever want to see her taking a bathroom break like that again. Cringeworthy stuff.

I just got the result and from what eddy said it was a really ugly win. Looking at the stats, it's not pretty reading: 53% 1st serves in, 53% 1st serve points, 18 BPs faced and broken 7 times. Daniela won 46% on 2nd serve. Dolonc actually won one more point with 105 to Daniela's 104 but Daniela won the last one.
Dolonc beat Cibulkova here so she'd be confident and had taken out a good Slovakian player but she couldn't take out another although it was a bit too close for comfort.

If anyone else had taken a toilet break 0-3 down in the final set it would be disgraceful gamesmanship, but Daniela was doing what she was entitled to within the rules and was being tactically astute. I saw Cibulkova tale a bathroom break after just 20 minutes against Mladenovic in Rome.

We'll see what Daniela can do in doubles, hopefully she can play well and have some fun, get the win and she can play a lot better tomorrow. Tomorrow's another day and another game.

Let's also remember that Daniela's been hanging around with Kirilenko this week and Kirilenko does that stuff all the time.

Is one hour and 40 minutes suitable rest? Must be…doubles are underway.
1st set
1-0 Daniela & Elena break to 15.
1-1 Husanova/Zakopalova break back to 30.
1-2 H/Z hold to love.
2-2 Daniela & Elena hold to 15.
3-2 They break to love.
4-2 They hold to love...11straight points.
( Take charge, ladies. Make it easy on yourself, Daniela.)
4-3 H/Z hold to 15.
5-3 Daniela & Elena hold to 30.
5-4 H/Z hold to love.
5-5 H/Z break to 30.
(Good Lord...exactly what didn't need to happen.)
5-6 H/Z hold on deciding point.
5-7 H/Z break on deciding point.
2nd set...Daniela & Elena retired. Will she ever win a doubles title again?