I would only repeat myself.


it doesn't seem as if much has change. Unfortunately. Without watching the match, I've seen enough of Daniela to believe that this match was mainly her making errors. Is Errani a good mover? If she is one of those players who get a lot back, she might have succeeded in frustrating Daniela enough, so that Daniela tried to hit winners way too often.

i am going with you about this

Oh Dear, a bit of a disappointing result for Daniela in her latest sporting contest.

I'd say that Christina's analysis of the match is pretty accurate as Errani's a retriever that will get a lot of balls back, but doesn't have too much power to hit winners so it would be Daniela's performance that would decide the game. I felt when the draw was made that this match would be a good test of Daniela's level as she was playing someone that would make her play a lot of shots and it would test her hitting, her concentration and her stamina. I honestly thought that this would be a reasonably comfortable straight sets win for Daniela, which shows you what I know. Daniela started off well but was pegged back and her play just seemed to get worse the longer the match went on. I think if Daniela had won the first set 6-2 or 6-3 she'd have won the match comfortably, but because Errani was able to get back into it, her confidence would rise and she wouldn't be giving Daniela any easy points and make Daniela play long rallies. When Daniela's confident and in form, she'll win the majority of rallies against someone like Errani who won't hit loads of winners, but when she's not confident and doesn't have a good rhythm then Errani is a really bad opponent for Daniela, and so it proved. Losing to Jankovic or Zvonareva is one thing, it's another to lose to Errani.

The way Daniela collapsed in the third set could indicate that the heat got to her and it could be she wasn't completely healthy. That's a concern as while extreme heat as gotten to Daniela in the past (Toronto 05), in recent years, like her Indian Wells win, Daniela prospered in the heat while the opponent wilted. Not this time unfortunately. I hope it was the conditions that caused the collapse because the alternative, that Daniela lacked the will or confidence, is just too horrible to contemplate.

The worst thing about this is that this tournament was a great opportunity for Daniela to get points before the Australian Open because it's unlikely that she'll get to the semis this year so she'll take a hit in the rankings afterwards.

wow, Im out of words here... Bagel in the 3rd, that pretty much says everything. A horrible start... Im really worried about this year. I hope she can turn this around soon

ps: Come on Daniela! we believe in you!

ORDER OF PLAY, TUESDAY 6 JANUARY, SHOW COURT 2

STARTING AT 10:30
GARBIN v KLEYBANOVA
BARTOLI v CZINK
NOT BEFORE 14:00
GABASHVILI v MATHIEU
REYNOLDS v NISHIKORI
FERGUSON/WEJNERT v HANTUCHOVA/SUGIYAMA
NOT BEFORE 18:00
BENNETEAU v SODERLING

What a start.
New season - same problems like last year.

I think there is a lot of hard work to do till the AO.
Not the fact that Daniela lost makes me frightened, but more the way, especially the third set looks horrible.