Halep d Pavlyuchenkova 62 61

Two years ago Halep could barely win a match. Now she is winnng so much. It's really fishy in my opinion.

I'm probably being too harsh on Halep but she hadn't won a title until this year and now she's won 5...and could get title no.6...I find it extraordinary!

The thing is is that I'm pretty sure that Daniela's clean and has been her entire career yet she's competing with players who are on PEDs. How much better would Daniela have done with a level playing field?

Whose coaching do you mean lol? The list is endless but wondering which one you're talking about!

Ever stop and think about how filthy rich we would be with a dollar/pound/euro for every time the player that performs like Margaret Court against Daniela gets blown out or retires in the next round?

As for the PED issue, which as a Major League Baseball fan I'm overly aware of, since so many big stars have been caught, we now take second looks at the players that we know were not users and had darn good, but not Hall of Fame, careers and give them their due respect. The deaf, dumb and blind man that sure plays a mean pinball knows that Daniela is and always has been clean. Therefore, if we assume she has lost any number of times to cheaters, and we add that she had the fate of her career coinciding with Venus, Serena, Lindsay, Henin, Clijsters and Azarenka, Dani's record looks even better than we know, and those few that still love to call her an underachiever ought to reconsider. Makes me more proud to root for Daniela than ever!

Looks like Daniela won't bother turning up to Sofia as 2nd alternate..

It's a lot more important that Daniela gets some rest and heals up than plays Sofia. She said on facebook that she was going to take time off and get some rest and that's what she's doing and it's absolutely the right decision.

You could tell that Sofia was a bullshit tournament when they gave a wildcard to Pironkova, that removed all doubt. Ever since that tournament moved to Sofia and tried to ape the tour championships, it's just looked so second rate in comparison. When it was in Bali it was fun in the sun and a nice few days of tennis, Sofia's so naff.

If the Russians were so keen to be in Sofia why didn't they just let Slovakia win the Fed Cup semi? We know Daniela and the other Slovakians would all have played the Fed Cup.

Just to endear herself to us even more, Ms. Kirilenko retired in the first set of her first match. She cited respiratory problems. The replacement is Elina Svitolina. It's the 2nd straight year she retired. While she's doing that, Dani is cheering up sick children in hospital. 'Nuff said.