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| Author: | chungwit [ 13. October 2016 23:21 ] |
| Post subject: | BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
Dates: 15 - 22 October 2016  Venue: Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tier: International Prize Money: $226,750 Surface: Hard/Indoors Tournament Director: Danielle Maas Official website: www.bglbnpparibas-open.lu Last Appearance: 2014 1st round. Lost to Sabine Lisicki 7-5 6-0 Singles: Q1R: Daniela Hantuchova bt [5] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 1-6 6-3 6-2 Q2R: Tara Mooore (GBR) bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 7-5 |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 13. October 2016 23:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
| Author: | chungwit [ 13. October 2016 23:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
We'll see what the draw is like for Daniela. There are some tough players in qualifying but Daniela would have a decent chance against most of the draw. It would be fantastic for her to get into the main draw. |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 14. October 2016 17:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
Daniela starts with Alison van Uytvanck in the first round which will be quite tough. Van Uytvanck beat Daniela when they played in Hong Kong two years. She had a plunge down the rankings after missing the clay season due to injury but she's had some good results in ITFs in the USA, winning in Stockton & Las Vegas, and she got to the quarter-final in Quebec City before losing to Dodin who won the tournament. The winner plays either Susanne Celik or Tara Moore. QS.jpg |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 14. October 2016 18:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
Daniela's the fourth match on Centre Court tomorrow, play starts at 9:30 am. |
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 14. October 2016 20:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
I never like it when Daniela goes up against a player with a name I can't spell or pronounce.  It would be cool if she can even the score from two years ago. |
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| Author: | Jean Raj [ 15. October 2016 15:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
Daniela won 1-6 6-3 6-2 after a very bad start ! 
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| Author: | chungwit [ 15. October 2016 17:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
An absolutely fantastic fight back win by Daniela. She was absolutely vaporised in the first set, getting broken in all her service games and she had to save a BP in the first game of the second set before breaking Van Uytvanck in the fourth game to lead 3-1. Daniela was 0-40 in the sixth game but Van Uytvanck won five straight points to hold and Daniela also had a set point on Van Uytvanck's next service game but couldn't convert although she was able to serve it out in the next game to take the set 6-3. Daniela was also holding serve easily enough as she only faced one BP in the second set. The third set went with serve until Daniela broke Van Uytvanck in an epic fifth game on her SIXTH BP, Van Uytvanck also had two GPs. Daniela also had to save 3 BPs in the next game before she won it on her 2nd GP then she broke Van Uytvanck in the next game. Daniela then served the match out to 15 winning the match on her second match point. Daniela saving the BP in the first game of the second set turned the match around. If Van Uytvanck had won it then she had kept the momentum and it would have been really difficult for Daniela to turn things around. Daniela held serve throughout the second and third sets while she was able to break Van Uytvanck three times and put Van Uytvanck under pressure on her serve. The fifth, sixth and seventh games in the third set were so crucial with so many deuces but Daniela was able to win them and win the match. Daniela play Tara Moore in the next round after she beat Celik in three sets. Did you go to the match, Jean Raj? |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 15. October 2016 17:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
Daniela's second on Centre Court tomorrow, not before 11:30 am. Play starts at 10 am. |
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| Author: | Alex Isabel [ 15. October 2016 20:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
It's another triumph of the heart and the spirit! The 6 BP game was not good for my BP (blood pressure!), yet it was Dani's mental strength through and through. Very grateful that I slept through the first set. Picked it up at 4-1 in the second, and from there it seemed like every point was difficult. The stats on serve prove that, though Daniela's numbers got a little better in the third. Alison's BP saved numbers show that she's a fighter, but in the end, it's not how many our gal converted, it's when, and all of them came at key spots in the match. So proud of Dani. #561 in the books! |
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| Author: | chungwit [ 16. October 2016 15:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg |
This is such a disappointing loss because Daniela was up 3-0 in both sets, she was also 4-1 up in the second set and Moore isn't as good as the other players Daniela's beaten in the past two weeks. Daniela had so many opportunities but she couldn't take them - she only won 2/7 BPs while Moore was 4/7. I wonder if the tough matches that Daniela's had in Linz in yesterday took too much out of her because all of her wins were three setters and it seems like she had a letdown. Daniela was 3-0 up in the first set but lost 5 games in a row and she had 2 BPs when Moore was serving for the at 15-40 but Moore won the next four points to win the set. In the fourth game of the second set Daniela had 3 BPs and if she'd converted then she'd have been up a double break and in total command of the second set but she couldn't convert. Daniela would surely have won the set with a 4-0 lead but 3-1 kept Moore in touch and she was able to break back in the seventh game before breaking Daniela at 5-5 and then serving out. This is like a lot of the losses Daniela had earlier in the year when she started sets well but the opponent comes back and it's a straight sets loss. Daniela would have played Kristina Pliskova in the next round and that would have been a really difficult match but I really thought she'd beat Moore. Still, I didn't think Daniela would beat Van Uytvanck and she did so that's something good to take from this tournament. |
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