Really clean match, Daniela was patient, went for her shots at the right time, used some variety (13/15 of net approaches, I think)... Much much much better than yesterday

The serve could've been so much better, not even 50%, thanks heavens Arvidsson is no great returner.
Also, Daniela's returns of serve were many times wasted oportunities because she went for too much.

Hope she can keep this controlled self when facing Li who is very much prone to UEs.

Defended her points!!

ps: Daniela looks so so so so good in that outfit, the skirt lenght (although scandalous for some) fits her amazingly

what a pleasant surprise
I just came back from delivering the newspapers and read the result =)
I wish I could have seen it.. anyway, the neyt match will surely be on a show court, so I hope I'll finally get to see her on a live stream..

As a side note, it's pretty odd to see Daniela playing mixed doubles. Maybe it's a recommendation from someone in her team, but i was certain she mentioned in some interview that she was concentrating on her singles this season. I guess it doesn't make a huge difference. I can imagine she'll only gain confidence from it... but it's just odd more than anything else because she's already won everything there is to win in mixed doubles.

Maybe she wants to get better at returning? Dunno... Maybe is just to do something relaxing, you know she loves to play dubs.

True, after Ai's retirement she said, she'd concentrate on singles, but maybe she thought that It would be fun to play some tennis without any pressure. I mean, if they lose, it's not a big deal, but still she had some fun.
Playing mixed at a Grand Slam doesn't mean to play doubles all the time

First time I've got to see Daniela this year,and she played a very solid match-FH was clicking nicely and she was also utilising the off-BH DTL very effectively. It's hard to tell what her level really is like because Arvidsson tried gamely but wasn't in the same class.

Serving is still an issue-she served beautifully for her first three service games and then lost the radar completely. Her returning was also pretty shoddy in the first set,which explains the closeness of the score.

Didn't seem particularly happy for some reason-she was having a right old chunter to herself during the second set-probably annoyed with all the lairy Swedish fans!

Next Opponent...

Na Li (CHN)

WTA Ranking: 17
Age: 27
Birthplace: Wuhan, China
Height: 5'7 3/4"
YTD W/L: 3-2
2009 W/L: 35-16

Head to Head vs Daniela: 1-2

2006 - Dubai, Hard, R32, Hantuchova bt. Li 3-6 6-4 7-6(4)
2006 - Doha, Hard, R16, Li bt. Hantuchova 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1
2007 - Indian Wells, Hard, Semi Final, Hantuchova bt. Li 7-5 4-6 6-1

Scott

Well, she had this match in control.

But Im worry about the next one. Dani can beat Li Na, but it will be 3 set match, I think that there will be some set change over, hope for the Danis good...


She has a day off, so hope she wil get some rest before the next battle

I think Daniela HAS to win the 1st set in her match against Li. I think that is the key to the match.