wow, thats interesting... It wouldve been nice if they got together, he helped Justine overcome her insecurities. On the other hand, if its true and daniela is looking for a new team, then it might mean she's kinda lost on how to gaing her form back, and that worries me

What are Brad Gilbert and Darren Cahill up to these days?

Again the Rodriguez thing... is Daniela really wanting to leave Sanchez-Casal? I hope not, she did her best with them, this year was a very unfurtunate one, but I think they still have got a lot to offer to her. But hey, Im no expert, just a perception. What do you guys think?

Serena Williams, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lleyton Hewitt to play Sydney International
From correspondents in Sydney
December 04, 2008
SIX of the top 10 ranked women's players, including Serena Williams, and five of the men's top 20 stars are confirmed to play in next month's Sydney International.
Nine-time grand slam winner Williams and world No.6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be the top seeds for the mixed WTA/ATP tournament from January 11 to 17.

Williams headlines a strong women's field along with Dinara Safina (world No.3), Elena Dementieva (No.4), Vera Zvonareva (No.7), Svetlana Kuznetsova (No.8) and Agnieszka Radwanska (No.10).

Tournament director Craig Watson said rising WTA stars Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Alize Cornet and Dominika Cibulkova will be playing along with senior campaigners Amelie Mauresmo, Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama.

World No.7 Gilles Simon will join compatriot and Australian Open runner-up Tsonga in the men's draw along with world No.11 David Nalbandian, Igor Andreev (No.19), Tomas Berdych (No.20), Tommy Robredo (No.21), Mardy Fish (No.24) and Richard Gasquet (No.25).

Russian defending champion Dmitry Tursunov, Spanish Davis Cup star Feliciano Lopez and four-time Sydney champion and Australian No.1 Lleyton Hewitt, who has a wildcard entry, are also in the field.

The women's main draw ranking cut-off is 40 and 41 for the men.

AAP I find it interesting that they discriber her as a "senior campaigner".

It's so weird that Daniela's 2007 & 2008 have basically been a repeat of her 2002 & 2003. 2002 & 2007 had a great win at Indian Wells and a rise up the rankings to the top ten, 2003 & 2008 started with a great run at the Australian Open followed by Daniela losing her Indian Wells title then a slump in form before a catastrophic breakdown (mental in 2003, physical in 2008) and the season ends without a win against a player ranked higher than her. At the end of 2003 Daniela got rid of Sears for a few months and had Harold Soloman as coach in Australia, but right now there's only speculation about her coaching situation.

For me, I think if Daniela was going to make a coaching change she'd have done it already as she'll be doing her pre-season training by now and wouldn't want the disruption of preparing with Sanchez-Casal and then going to someone else and having to make changes and adjustments in the middle of her training. If Daniela was going to change coaches, she'd have done it before she started her training so that it would be focused and free of distractions, whcich a change of coach at this time would be. The most high-profile recent coaching change was Roddick hiring Stefanki and that was done soon after the ATP season ended so that all the training would be done together.

I also think that Marco Panichi is very important to Daniela and probably as important as Jimenez or Nicolas. I think Panichi's someone that Daniela leans on for support as well as the work he does on her fitness. Lately, Panichi's been working with Bolelli on the ATP and I really don't know what effect that not having Panichi around at some tournaments has had on Daniela, such as Luxembourg. Daniela's fitness and her belief in her fitness was a big factor in her success in 2007, but illness and injury undermined her confidence and ability in 2008. It's going to be important for Daniela that she has a good off-season, rests and trains well to come back strong.

Agree completely with you chungwit.

not about Tennis it's about Daniela on the road

Daniela Hantuchova

Age: 25 Home Town: Poprad, Slovakia Current Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco



On the road:
2008 Porsche Cayenne
2002 Porsche Boxster
2005 Land Rover Range Rover

On the court:
Hantuchova is ranked 12th in the WTA. She achieved a career-high of 5th place in 2003 and has won three singles tournaments, eight women’s doubles tournaments and four mixed doubles tournaments, including the US Open in 2005 and Wimbledon in 2001.

“I like high performance and stylish cars,” Hantuchova says. “I find long drives soothing, especially after being on airplanes week after week.”

“I’d like to own an Aston Martin one day and wouldn’t mind an all-time classy Bentley or sleek Maserati either,” she says.