i dont believe this,i am died for logn time,died,died

This is very tough. I hope it doesn't affect Daniela in the long run. She seemed completely frustrated at the end and the UE followed.

I also think daniela ran out of gas. A real pity, since she had big chances.

She was playing great, but then there were those ups and downs...


The match could have gone either way. Daniela was the one making the play, Zvonareva was mostly waiting for Daniela to make the errors at the end of those sets... which was the right tactic for her. Daniela had her let downs at the end of each set. Pity. But Never mind. I hope this loss doesn't affect her, too. Don't want her to be frustrated. It would be a shame. She was playing well despite she must be very tired.


She needs to recover and get ready for upcoming tournaments. If she plays like this and is more fresh than today, she can win against most of the players out there. Zvonareva had better luck today.

She probably shouldn't have called for the coach at *5-4. No point in cluttering your head up at that point,and as has been noted,she failed to make a first serve when she really needed to.Agreed, she seemed to focus more on doing what he'd said than on playing her own game.

This sucks. I feel really drained and empty right now. It's just crushing disappointment that Daniela couldn't get a win that her play would have deserved but I also feel proud that she played so well and fought so hard for so long. She never really fell away until she went over 9 hours on court in the last 3 days. I do wonder how different things could have been if there wasn't that distraction in the stands at 5-3 or if Daniela had gotten ahead in the game when she was serving at 5-4 as Zvonareva was never behind and never under any real pressure in that game.

Although Daniela's didn't make first serves when she was serving for the match at 5-4, some of Zvonareva's retrieving was absolutely incredible and Daniela's groundstrokes would have been good enough to have won the points against almost any other player at that stage of the match. That frustrated her.

This is so disappointing and right now Daniela must be devastated right now but she can look back on this tournament and take a lot of positives as she had another top 10 win this week, battled hard and played good tennis.

It doesn't matter that Daniela lost this match today so long as she doesn't get down on herself. The fact that she is very disappointed shows her star quality and that she will learn a lot from this match. Hopefully Daniela can use this momentum for Indian Wells and Miami and she gets ok draws.

I think her first two matches going the distance meant that Daniela wasn't a fresh in the 3rd. I didn't see the match at all so I don't know but if anyone can make a highlights reel I would really appreciate that. I never download whole matches so a ten minute highlight video on youtube would be awesome!

Chin up Daniela!

To be so close to winning has to be disappointing but there are many positives to take from this match. I really think she just ran out of steam at the end and emotions took over. She had a good run in Thailand and a good run in Qatar. She played well in the Middle East in '07 and then broke through at Indian Wells. I say rest up and get to CA early to prepare, that seems to be a key for her there. She has a lot of points to defend in Miami, Charleston and French Open; but also has a lot to gain at Indian Wells, Rome, and Madrid. I'm very happy with the way she's been playing, I think the coaching situation is a win for her.