Care to share that highlights link?

It is tennismaclari.com, the site where rankings are updated daily. You'll see a list of today's matches, including Daniela's. Click on Watch, and enjoy!

Apparently she played really bad. Pity, I thought she had gained some form this week. Is she done for the year, then?

I missed the match but just from the reports and the stats it seems that Daniela had a total off day. She hardly seemed to make any inroads into Niculescu's serve while her second serve was a liability as she won only 4/19 which isn't going to be good enough to beat anybody. This is such a disapointment and it must be terrible for Daniela as she had a great chance of making the final but she just didn't show up. Niculescu has been terrible for most of the year but she seems to play amazingly here. She did beat Goerges and Hradecka here so she was in form here but apart from Luxembourg thrashing Safarova in Beijing was about the only other thing she's done.

Some points about Sofia are that Pironkova's only there because she's Bulgarian and most of Hsieh's points have come from ITF tournaments. Hsieh's only beaten 2 top 50 players this year yet she's ranked 25. Daniela's beaten most of the players there this year.


"Today's match I totally failed., I could not find any unpleasant súperkinu protizbraň the game that is really very specific. In the first set it surprised me. I felt that every exchange is under my control., But I was too impatient. When I the beginning of the second set got two gems to zero, it seemed to me that this is the way. Unfortunately, after I resigned from it. was one of those days when I really did not reflect anything," said Daniela Hantuchova SITA.

Dvadsaťdeväťročná Poprad native takes away the points in the 130 and 10 200 USD. As of 22 by October, according to preliminary non-binding calculations have moved from 38th to 32 place in the ratings.

"Of course I am happy, as I struggled in this tournament of each ball. Tie the first three matches were easy, I appreciate them success., I did not give up when I failed. Semifinal is a small positive mood at the end of the year, today I soon leave behind," said Daniela Hantuchova and added: "I think I can start the next season, which will be a priority, so I was able to play it after all, and especially for big events was healthy."

The Slovaks still smolder some chance to play in Sofia Finally, if American Venus Williams received the title in Luxembourg and is checked out by one of the qualified tenistiek (question mark hangs over Estónkou Kaiou Kanepiovou): "First of all I have to wait and see what will happen Venus. V such a situation, I still predicament - or leave my practice? While I do not know, I have to endure at least until Sunday or Mon I would love to have pulled one tournament. because I feel that I started playing in. would be free to be able to super still play. Finally, if it fails, I will have more time off and then start to prepare for next season."
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"Daniela was hitting the ball so fast and so strong, but today I felt like I was in my zone," Niculescu commented. "I started very solid, playing very intense on every point and doing what I had to do from the beginning. I played unbelievable."

"My opponent made it difficult today - she plays a very awkward game and I felt I didn't deal with it very well," Hantuchova commented. "Not too many players slice their forehand like she does and it's difficult to do something with her shots - you feel like you want to hit winners on every single shot but you can't, because if you rush you'll hit every single shot into the fence. I just couldn't find the answers. Sometimes you just try your best but nothing works."

Of course Niculescu playing terribly in the final right now...

Hantuchova was smooth after losing to Niculescu disappointed.

"In the semifinals unfortunately it was not on my part the performance you I imagined. Grueling I do not facilitate at all, played tennis with a specific number of beats rotated in the first set me off guard., I could not find an answer to her knocks. Maybe too, I wanted to be in the next round, which I considered a little. beginning of the second act I have it now I breakaway and led 2-0, but I could not pursue this path, has broken a couple of balls, I was impatient, the grueling use. Overall, however, are in the tournament Luxembourg positive. Semifinal is a valuable result., I played three great matches here and I enjoyed it, today's duel as soon as I leave behind," said Hantuchova, for which the tournament in Luxembourg, perhaps the last of the season.

Five former world it launched in style, but in late April it flew in dampened injury.

"Home was a great season and in February I was fourth to fifth in the Champions Race ranking. I played great, I refer to the finals in Brisbane finals in Dubai and I defended the title in Pattaya. Everything was on track, but to me it was complicated fatigue fracture. I missed the biggest red clay tournaments, including Roland Garros, which affected my position in the world rankings. deployed I was not and I had a hard tickets. greatest experience for me last season was the London Olympics. I put everything into it, even though I was not healthy and I had natrénované. first two matches against Na Li and Cornet were great, shame osemfinálového lost to Wozniacki. wimbledonskej Olympic Games on the grass were in any case highlights of the year," said Hantuchova.
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There's a few things I have read, none of which I can specifically recall right now, that suggest that Sofia will find a way to slip Daniela into the field.

Alex can you remember now HAHA!?