When you don't have anything good to say.................peace, out, guys.

Sorry Alex but it is so frustrating right now being a Daniela fan. All these big events go by without a sniff of succes from Daniela. Indian Wells miami madrid and now rome. It's ridiculous how she wasn't able to win a single match in these tournaments especially as she's had pretty good opening round draws in all of them. If next week and RG are the same crappy outcome then Daniela will be back to being outside top 50 after Birmingham which is so wrong when I see the crap that is the top 15-30 players right now.

Daniela's doubles match is first on Court 6, 1pm start.

Apparently it was fairly windy during the match today so it wasn't optimal conditions for Daniela but it was the same for both players. We'll see how Puig does against Shazza tomorrow, if Puig plays well then it indicates that she's having a great week and is in the zone. It does seem that so many players have their best tournament and play great whenever they play Daniela. I hope that's the case as the alternative is pretty grim.

Daniela will have to get back on the horse in doubles and I really hope she does well. She needs some wins and just to have some fun on court. Daniela's strong and resilient and she'll dust herself down and keep going.

Stosur beat Vesnina so that's great as she can't overtake Daniela. We just need Schiavone to beat Muguruza to keep Daniela as 32nd seed...

Stosur beat Vesnina so that's great as she can't overtake Daniela. We just need Schiavone to beat Muguruza to keep Daniela as 32nd seed...

Schiavone just won against Muguruza, 7-6(5) in the 3rd set.
At the same time Daniela and Baroni lost to Black/Mirza by 6-3 and 6-4

It would have been lovely for Daniela to have won the doubles but Black & Mirza are a very good team. At least Daniela & Lucic-Baroni were competitive and had some fight saving a few match points.

Results have worked out for Daniela regarding a seeding for Roland Garros so it would be fantastic if she got one. If Daniela's ranked 32 then three or four players ranked above her would withdraw but if she was 33 then everybody would be there.

We really are clutching at straws here aren't we haha. Lepchenko and Keys are still capable of overtaking Daniela

We are, but that's part of the fun of it.
Puig could have passed Dani with a big run, but Sharapova beat her. Not easily (6-3 7-5, Puig had 2 break points to force a tiebreaker). Keys lost to Halep, who then withdrew with an abdominal strain. She says she hopes to be ready for the French. Lepchenko plays Serena next. There's about 4 others who could pass Daniela with huge runs, but right now she might be OK.

[quote="eddy"]I certainly won't be watching the tour when Daniela retires.[quote]

You and me both. But you and Chungwit must be much bigger fans of the sport in general than yours truly. The only way I would have watched Sharapova vs. Puig is tied up, bound and gagged with toothpicks preventing me from closing my eyes!

Wow, some of the posts here are quite pathetic. In sports some win, some lose. You don't always get to win. Once again, Daniela is an awesome person, doing what she loves, ranked high for many years despite some health isssues. Traveling to places that the rest of us will never see, making a comfortable living.

You can blame WTA, her opponents, coaches etc. But all in all Daniela is living an awesome life. I enjoy following her career and will continue when she moves to the next phase of her life. I love the country of Slovakia and am proud of the way she represents that country.