Seems she was playing really well. Always those close loses. Keep believing Daniela. You will win next time!

Stosur beat Schiavone. Stosur played very well while Schiavone used everything up against Daniela and the crowd and the umpire couldn't help her this time. Still, Daniela's playing well against top players and she's beating the players she should beat.

Between Charleston last year and the Australian Open, Daniela had no luck with draws or injury. She got a top 20 player or Pavlyuchenkova in the first round of every premier she entered between Rome and Canada (apart from Eastbourne) and then she got better draws she was injured between Tokyo and the Australian Open so she couldn't take advantage of better draws. Still, that was then and Daniela only has a few tournaments - Roland Garros, San Diego, US Open and Bali - where she has a lot of points to defend between now and Pattaya. She should get seeded for Roland Garros and hopefully she can be seeded for Wimbledon. Daniela will have a lot of opportunities to gain points and as long as she stays fit, gets reasonable draws and plays well, she should get wins and go up the rankings.

Anyway,I think it is time I relented from using this forum. All I have these days is vitriolic criticism,and I get far too overwrought watching Daniela. I used to have a blast watching Daniela,win or lose,and now i just feel wretched watching her matches. Even though she played some great tennis today,all I was thinking was "You're still going to f**k this up,aren't you?"(sadly I was right). I feel less like a fan,more like an embittered critic always ready to stick the boot in. I should leave this forum to those who are a little more optimistic about Daniela than I am. Hopefully I can feel positive about Daniela at some point in the future,and enjoy being a fan agian.

Benji in the Tokyo 2009 thread.