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 Post subject: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 16. March 2014 18:26 
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Venue: Miami, USA
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $5,427,105
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Adam Barrett

Official Website: www.sonyopentennis.com


Last Appearance: 2013 2nd round. Lost to Sara Errani 6-3 6-1

Singles:
2R: Madison Keys (USA) bt [31] Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-2

Doubles:
1R: Darija Jurak/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni bt Daniela Hantuchova/Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4 6-4



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 16. March 2014 18:36 
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WTA Acceptance List

01 Serena Williams USA
02 Victoria Azarenka BLR
03 Li Na CHN
04 Agnieszka Radwanska POL
05 Maria Sharapova RUS
06 Petra Kvitova CZE
07 Sara Errani ITA
08 Jelena Jankovic SRB
09 Angelique Kerber GER
10 Simona Halep ROU
11 Caroline Wozniacki DEN
12 Ana Ivanovic SRB
13 Dominika Cibulkova SVK
14 Roberta Vinci ITA
15 Sabine Lisicki GER
16 Samantha Stosur AUS
17 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
18 Sloane Stephens USA
19 Eugenie Bouchard CAN
20 Kirsten Flipkins BEL
21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
22 Flavia Pennetta ITA
23 Ekaterina Makarova RUS
24 Alisa Kleybanova RUS
25 Alize Cornet FRA
26 Sorana Cirstea ROU
27 Kaia Kanepi EST
28 Lucie Safarova CZE
29 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS
30 Daniela Hantuchova SVK
31 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
32 Elena Vesnina RUS
33 Klara Zakopalova CZE
34 Garbine Muguruza ESP
35 Andrea Petkovic GER
36 Madison Keys USA
37 Yvonne Meusburger AUT
38 Elina Svitolina UKR
39 Karin Knapp ITA
40 Romina Oprandi SUI
41 Bojana Jovanovski SRB
42 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA
43 Francesca Schiavone ITA
44 Peng Shuai CHN
45 Urszula Radwanska POL
46 Alison Riske USA
47 Stefanie Voegele SUI
48 Venus Williams USA
49 Zhang Shuai CHN
50 Marina Erakovic NZL
51 Varvara Lepchenko USA
52 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
53 Karolina Pliskova CZE
54 Monica Niculescu ROU
55 Annika Beck GER
56 Monica Puig PUR
57 Zheng Jie CHN
58 Laura Robson GBR
59 Lauren Davis USA
60 Paula Ormaechea ARG
61 Alexandra Cadantu ROU
62 Christina McHale USA
63 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ
64 Mona Barthel GER
65 Kurumi Nara JPN
66 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP
67 Polona Hercog SLO
68 Iveta Melzer CZE
69 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO
70 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE
71 Vania King USA
72 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
73 Kristina Mladenovic FRA
74 Yanina Wickmayer BEL
75 Anna Schmiedlova SVK
76 Ayumi Morita JPN


ABOUT THE SONY OPEN: The 2014 Sony Open will be played March 17-30 at the Crandon Tennis Center in Miami. The two-week combined event is owned and operated by IMG. The Sony Open is one of nine ATP Masters 1000 Series events on the ATP calendar, a Premier Mandatory event on the WTA calendar, and features the top men's and women's tennis players in the world. In 2013 Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer for his second Sony Open title, while Serena Williams knocked off Maria Sharapova to capture her record sixth title in Miami. For ticket information, call (305) 442-3367 or visit the website at



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 17. March 2014 01:30 
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1R BYE
2R Kontaveit or Keys
3R Li (2) or Kleybanova
4R Suarez Navarro (15) or Kanepi (24)
QF Jankovic (7) or Wozniacki (11) or Stephens (17)

A pretty good draw to be honest, just get to the 3rd round and i'll be happy, seems ages since Daniela got a win...


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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 17. March 2014 01:50 
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Keys is the likely second round opponent and I think she'll be tough. She's ranked 38 which isn't much lower than Daniela. Keys thrashed Halep in Sydney and she also beat Cibulkova in Beijing last year. I just hope that Daniela's fit and go do herself justice. Kontaveit's a young player who did well as a junior and has won a lot on the ITF circuit so she's got to be respected but Keys has to be the big favourite to face Daniela. If Daniela gets past the second round then she'd probably face Li Na.



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 17. March 2014 02:20 
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What Flavia did today has to give us Daniela Maniacs a little hope. Dani at least got 3 matches in at IW, and her FB message on how her knee held up after her practices at La Quinta creates a little more hope. But eddy's right, it seems like eons since the last singles match won, so feeling true hope will come only after her next win. It would be quite encouraging if Daniela can take down Keys, as she is exactly the kind of up-and-comer that has been beating Dani with regularity in recent months. Crossing fingers!



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 18. March 2014 23:39 
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Daniela's playing doubles with Parra Santonja again and they start with Jurak & Lucic-Baroni which they should win. The next round is against either Peschke & Srebotnik or Kuznetsova & Stosur which will be tough. A run in doubles would be nice, but a run in singles would be nicer.



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 19. March 2014 00:48 
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You'd think after all this time I would know better. However, beginning with Keys (if that's her 1st opponent), I have a strong feeling that Daniela is going to unlock her formula for success and have a big time tournament in Miami. No logic behind it, just a prompting.



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 20. March 2014 04:14 
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Keys bent, folded, spindled and mutilated Kontaveit after a slow start. Come on, Dani, get back on your feet! You're the one they can't beat and you know it!



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 21. March 2014 01:08 
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Daniela's the third match on Court 7, play starts at 11am.



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 21. March 2014 12:12 
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I feel the first set will be crucial. Daniela's won the first set of every match she's won this year and being a set up will be a boost to her confidence. Hopefully she's fit and can do herself justice and hopefully working with Lundgren will inspire Daniela.



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 21. March 2014 16:26 
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Foremost, what I hope big-time that Lundgren and Daniela have done is work incessantly on her serve so that it at least leaves the category of liability. While the opening of her year has been rather nightmarish, and maybe this is stating the obvious, I take some hope in that Sanchez and Lundgren are two of the premier coaches on the circuit. With many players likely wanting their services, they would not use up valuable time working with Dani unless they see that she can still be a relevant player on the tour. And clearly, by seeking them out, Daniela gives one more sign that she's still all in. But a win, any win, will be much more encouraging than any of that. Her match is several hours away and already I'm nervous!



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 21. March 2014 16:39 
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Na Li gets through to 3rd round without hitting a ball as Kleybanova withdrew after winning her 2nd round match.

So if Daniela beats Keys, Na Li awaits..top players always seem to get all the luck...like serena yesterday against shvedova had about 10 net cords that went her way.

Here we go then, Daniela serving

4-6 2-6

I honestly think that maybe Daniela is done...she simply can't compete against the more powerful game now...

It can't be fun going from tournament to tournament losing every time in the first round...and she seems to have 3-4 games in a row these days in a match where she can barely win a point...

If Peter Lungdren can't help her then no one can to be honest...

Poor Daniela, she's training so hard for no result...

I can't imagine clay being any better :( maybe she'll be happier doing other things in her life...


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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
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I honestly think that maybe Daniela is done...she simply can't compete against the more powerful game now...



If Peter Lungdren can't help her then no one can to be honest...

Poor Daniela, she's training so hard for no result...


I don't want to believe that just yet, eddy. But we certainly know that the time comes that the veteran athlete slows enough that she or he struggles to keep up, and that there's far more young up-and-comers than there are familiar foes. We should wait to see if, given a few months, Lundgren can work some magic, and again, Daniela has to still feel she has something left or she wouldn't seek high level coaching. However, it's not just the results that are making it possible that Dani is working on her transition. World Team Tennis, this crazy new league at the end of the year, the constant search for the right doubles partner……Daniela isn't ready to leave the sport and lifestyle she loves, but like a person of her level of intelligence would smartly do, she seems to be giving herself some options to ease out of tennis by playing it as a team sport for a year or two or three once she decides relevancy in singles is beyond her abilities. I don't see that happening at least until after New York. So I am willing to hang in there awhile longer. But it can't be denied that it's sad to watch Daniela right now, particularly on serve.



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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
PostPosted: 21. March 2014 22:52 
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Serve seems to have gone to pot since the knee injury-making only 41% of your first serves is simply not going to get the job done.

Madison hits hard flat bombs and was making 63% of her first serves-there was the match right there.


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 Post subject: Re: Sony Open Tennis, Miami
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I think her return game is what's crap at the moment. She can't make returns for toffee....


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