Dates: September 21 - 27, 2014
Venue: Wuhan, China
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $2,440,070
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Mr Yi Guoqing

Official Website: www.wuhanopen.org

Last Appearance: New Tournament

Singles:
1R: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) bt Daniela Hantuchova 7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Doubles:
1R: Daniela Hantuchova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova bt [WC] Wang Yafan/Zhu Lin 6-4 6-1
2R: [3] Raquel Kops-Jones/Abigail Spears bt Daniela Hantuchova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1 6-3

Still a better draw than she could have had...would be nice to get revenge on that 2nd round Wimbledon loss in 2010...

Guess who Daniela's playing doubles with? She plays Barbora then she plays with Barbora. They start against Chinese wildcards Wang Yafan and Zhu Lin. The winner plays Kops-Jones and Spears.

At least she gave herself the opportunities...her game is getting there...did anyone see the match?

Daniela's doubles match is second on Court 3 after another doubles match, play starts at 11 am.

According to reports Daniela is practicing more than ever these days, she is clearly giving her best and to be honest that's all we can ask of her.

Let the good times roll! Daniela & BZS romp! 6-4, 6-1. They won the last six games, were never broken on serve, and won 4 out of their last 5 service games at love, at one point garnering 15 consecutive points. Sweet! Good news for you guys to awaken to!

Daniela doubles are third on Court 4. Two other doubles contests precede. Both the second match and Dani's are after suitable rest. BZS faces Kerber on Court 1 as the third match scheduled there. That court begins at 11 AM Wuhan time, and Court 4 starts at 1 PM. It is possible that BZS's singles might get a court change if the 2 singles matches ahead of her go long, to allow for the suitable rest.
I imagine if I met Rachel or Abigail, they would be good people. As a doubles team, however, I detest them. You know my story in Carlsbad last year. Daniela's first match with Hingis was magical. There was a fairy tale atmosphere. Daniela was giddy afterwards. They played like worldbeaters. So many good things were possible. Two nights later, they faced Kops-Jones and Spears. They were kicking butt until midway in the 2nd set. The BFF's were in a great mood and were giggling during changeovers. Dumb, maybe, but they certainly meant no harm or disrespect. Kops-Jones and Spears chose to take it as an affront. They came from behind and won the supertiebreak. In doing so, I believe they pricked Daniela's gonfalon bubble. We know how things ended up with Hingis. I believe that a piece of Daniela's heart was taken from her beginning with that loss. Counting it, from that night forward, Dani's records are 21-29 in singles (17-28 if New York is taken out), and 13-22 in doubles. 'Nuff said. Dani and BZS couldn't beat those party-wreckers bad enough! Likely, they won't. But I'll hold on to hope.