With the cooperation of Venus, Daniela starts play before midnight in New York. She serves first. Here we go……
0-1 Oh, boy, Daniela broken at 30.
0-2 Paula holds to 15.
1-2 Daniela holds to 0.
2-2 Daniela breaks at deuce.
3-2 Daniela holds to 0.
(It is now past midnight here. This now becomes the 1 year anniversary of Daniela's only double bagel win at Carlsbad.)
3-3 Paula holds to 15.
4-3 Daniela holds to 15. (Won 11 straight points on serve up till 40-0 in this game.)
5-3 Daniela breaks at 30.
6-3 Oh, joy! Daniela holds to 15.
2nd set
1-0 Daniela breaks to 15.
2-0 Daniela holds to 15.
2-1 Paula holds to 30.
2-2 Daniela broken at 15.
2-3 Paula holds from deuce.
3-3 Daniela holds to 15.
3-4 Paula holds from deuce.
4-4 Daniela holds to 0.
5-4 Daniela breaks at 30. Serving for match.
6-4 Daniela holds to 0!  
So my fears were, in the immortal words of the Clash, fundamentallytardaded!
This is career win #525 for Dani. Not easy, but she was clearly better, had some dominant moments (like winning the last 9 points on serve), and by my count was 4-4 on break points. She won 8 of her 10 service games, and in them, won 32-36 points, and the 4 points Paula got all came after Dani was up 40-love.
Daniela gets Muguruza next, as she took Domi the defender out in three sets. Dani and Arantxa are first up on Court 6 today, shortly after 1:30 Stanford time. (BTW, Lucic won today with Pliskova as her partner.)
Stats: Daniela was indeed 4-4 on break points. She was 31-47 1st serves in (66%), and won 25 of those points (81%). 10-16 2nd serve points won. 1 ace, 1 DF. Paula must be another young bomber. 6 aces, 5 DF's. Dani won 63 points, Paula 43.
Daniela defends her points from the double bagel (she dropped 45 points from Stanford last year, when it was played a week earlier, which is why she fell to #33 this week. Chance to gain points now.)
Good night, everybody!
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Daniela plays the second of the night doubleheader after Venus opens at 10:10 or so New York time. Daniela won't take the court until midnight. Heaven help me. Please let it be worth the wait.
