A nice win in the doubles even if it was because of a retirement and Daniela got the chance to play on Court 2 before her singles match so she can get used to the court and conditions there. The draw has opened up with the upsets, especially with Agnieszka going out, but Daniela has to focus on getting past Paszek first.

This is really disappointing as although Paszek was a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon last year she'd been terrible this year and the draw was really opening up. A fit and in-form Daniela would have had a great chance to go really deep in this tournament but she's still searching for her rhythm and form. Damnit, a win her would have really helped her ranking although her points from last year had already come off. The positive is that after Wimbledon she hardly has any points to defend (Cincinnati and Carlsbad) and there are a lot of opportunities to gain points but her fall in the ranking want help her with draws. Damn that injury, she'd have been seeded at the big clay court tournaments and could have done so well and if it's bad for us then it must have terrible for Daniela. Still, she's strong and determined and she'll keep fighting and working.

Daniela had her leg taped up so she was less than fully healthy and probably playing hurt as well as really lacking match fitness. As eddy said, the court would have helped Paszek as she'd played her 1st round match on it and Daniela tends to struggle on outside courts against lower ranked opponents at tournaments like this.

Still, there is still the doubles so Daniela still has a chance to get some more match practice which is what she needs right now.

Wimbledon's next week and Daniela's seeded so hopefully she gets a decent draw and can get to the third round to defend her points. She's always won at least one match at Wimbledon but seven would be good.

Daniela was pulling out 3 set matches with regularity earlier in the year. Seems from afar to be a matter of conditioning, getting strength and stamina back to the levels they were at.
Yeah, it's rough that in each of the last 2 weeks, upsets opened up draws and it wasn't taken advantage of. Here's what really sucks. It was on this corresponding Thursday last year that Dani completed her back-to-back beatings of Li Na and Venus. My feeling was, at the moment she led Kvitova 3-0 in the 1st set of the Eastbourne semi, and by the reports I saw was toying with her and hitting winners all over the place, Daniela was one of the 10 best in the world and a real threat to win Wimbledon. Then came the abdominal, and we know the rest. I'm saddened every time I think about that. Now she gets 2 cracks at Wimbledon. I want her to win a slam as badly as any of us, but I just can't see Dani ever being healthy enough, consistent enough, and absolutely ever lucky enough, to do it (Italian dressing, please, with pleasure if I ever have to eat these words). Her best shot at the glorious day she deserves so much is in the Olympics, and that's been her childhood dream. I would trade every frustrating, heartbreaking moment she's known as well as we have, for Daniela to get that medal.

Well paszek just beat pironkova 60 64 so maybe slightly encouraging that Daniela was able to make it 3 sets.

Paszek's win today does put her win against Daniela into some perspective, Paszek had 10 aces and just 1 DF against Daniela but only 2 aces and 4 double faults against Pironkova so it does show that Paszek played very well. It is so typical that Paszek's been terrible all year but when she's drawn against Daniela she's amazing. Daniela's got some more time on court this week and she got a win which will be a boost for her. Hopefully she can get a decent draw at Wimbledon and put in a good run there.

Paszek's in the final. Admittedly, Bartoli was injured in the final set but Paszek played some really good shots. Daniela had bad luck last week in Birmingham with the scheduling and the court and this week she played someone who's playing amazingly and way above her normal level. Paszek had only 2 wins this year, she's got 4 this week.

Well it seems I have good judgement. Paszek won the whole bloody tournament. When I saw her beat erakovic I knew she would be tough tobeat..

And her serve remains ridiculously bad. Kerber will be kicking herself.