We'll see how Daniela does here. She doesn't have any points to defend until Roland Garros while quite a few of the players above her have a lot of points to defend here and in Rome, so any sort of run in Madrid should get her up the rankings and hopefully secure a seeding for Roland Garros.

Hopefully, Daniela's fit and healthy and she's had the chance to rest and prepare because recent tournaments have been tough on her. She played pretty well in Stuttgart which should give her some confidence going in and a decent draw would be nice.

the whole draw:



Well, hope Daniela can make it through the Kimiko... And we will see in the next round. Again Stosur. It would be nice if Daniela can win this one. It was very close last time... actually last week So come on Daniela. It's there for the taking this time!



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eddy: You have overtaken my post

Well, I hope Daniela can make it this time... The draw is not an easy road again like you said, but we cant chose

It was important that Daniela beat Date-Krumm in Pattaya as she'd lost the three previous matches so that was a big psychological boost as she knows that she can beat Date-Krumm.
Date-Krumm's form since Pattaya hasn't been great although most of her losses have been to good players. She lost to Bartoli in Dubai and Ivanovic at Indian Wells and Miami which aren't bad losses although Date-Krumm was winning matches like that last year. She also lost to Kremer in Kuala Lumpur and Garcia Vidagany in Stuttgart and they were both ranked outside the top 150. Date-Krumm's not played a lot on clay during her comeback. She did beat Safina at Roland Garros last year.
It's not easy but it's better than it could have been. Daniela will have to play well and expect a tough match.

It's a tough opener in the doubles as Azarenka and Kirilenko are a good team and were Australian Open finalists this year. I wonder what sort of clues Daniela picked up in Charleston.

It's not the best draw but what can really be expected here in Madrid? Daniela could have done worse. Goerges is in-form and is unseeded, Safina got a wildcard and is very dangerous, Pavlyuchenkova is another dangerous floater. To be honest drawing Date-Krumm is not too bad. She lost to clay-courter Dulko this past week in straight sets, so isn't coming into this event with great results behind her, whereas Daniela has had a reasonable start to the clay-court season, and had chances to beat French Open finalist Stosur in Stuttgart.

Order Of Play Sunday, May 1, 2011

Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Daniela Hantuchova
2. ATP: Riba vs. Andreev
3. Chuang/Govortsova vs. Kuznetsova/Zvonareva (NB 14.00hrs)
4. Hantuchova/Radwanska vs. Azarenka/Kirilenko

She had 3 aces in the first game, WOW.

Sharapova is getting her clock cleaned.

Any livestreams.. havent had time to search

has the break !!! 3-2 looking like she will play stosur next again.....