Super Tiebreak, *= Daniela & Parra Santonja serving.

1-0
2-0*
3-0*
3-1
4-1
4-2*
5-2*
6-2
7-2
8-2*
9-2*
10-2

A good win in the end and Daniela & Arantxa raced through the supertiebreak. They really should have won in straight sets as they were 3-1 up with 3 BPs in the second but Zvonareva & Husarova came back and they won 3 deuce points in their second set comeback and it seemed they had all the momentum goinginto the Supertiebreak but Daniela & Arantxa steeled themselves, got the early lead and used the momentum to dominate the Supertiebreak winning the last 6 points. Daniela's got something out of Indian Wells as she could do with a win and some matches to get her confidence and rhythm back and a run in doubles would be very nice.

Azarenka lost so Daniela's section of course is now wide ope. Such a shame she couldn't get past Lepchenko....

They beat Hingis & Lisicki which must have been Lisicki's fault.
Spot on.

Azarenka lost so Daniela's section of course is now wide open. Such a shame she couldn't get past Lepchenko....

C'mon, eddy. You know that I know that you know that we all know that you know that Azarenka would have felt perfectly fine and played above her ranking had she faced Daniela.

This is turning into a right doing.

1-4 down in the second set and Barty & Dellacqua have won every single point on their serve.
2-4, Daniela holds to 40.
2-5, Barty/Dellacqua hold to 30. Daniela and Arantxa have won some points against the serve.
3-5, Arantxa holds to 30, was 40-0 up.
3-6, Barty/Dellacqua serve out to 0.

It's tough to know what to say about this. Barty & Dellacqua are a good team but I at least hoped this would be competitive. We'll just see who Daniela's partner is in Miami, I'd be okay with her playing with Parra Santonja again as it can take time for a partnership to click but equally I'd be fine with another partner. It's a shame that Raymond's teamed up with Zhang as Daniela was doing okay with her.

Hopefully Daniela can get some rest and recuperate for Miami, she's done better in Miami than she has in Indian Wells recently so hopefully she's fit and healthy and can get some wins. Daniela only has Madrid and her Miami 1st round win to defend between now and Birmingham so any wins she gets will boost her ranking. Let's see what Lundgren can do for her.

Barcelona lost today as well.

Rabid coyotes!?

We don't have to disparage Lepchenko. Her 370 wins-0 titles says plenty enough!

And coming off the injury when she really hasn't been in good form all year, a win and how far Dani could have gone here were just not realistic. We often are grasping at straws, and that's right about when Daniela takes us on a breathtaking joyous ride, historically.

FYI...On March 22 in New York City there is a large baseball memorabilia exhibition. The biggest star attending will be recently retired New York Yankee great Mariano Rivera. To get his autograph at this show, you pay $299 US. That's not a typo or a misplaced decimal point. $299! Better still, should you want the autograph personalized (you know, Best Wishes or To Benji), that's an extra $99 US. What a country! I have 3 autographs from Daniela (probably some of you have many more). They didn't cost me a cent, and I even got a smile. Some professional athletes do still have class.

When I say some pro athletes still have class, 2 Martinas are not included.