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Forum: Tournaments Topic: $25,000 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Santa Margherita Di Pula
Alex Isabel
Posted: 3. April 2017 16:32
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From the last two FB pictures, I figured our gal was again not playing. Happily, I was wrong. Dani faces a WC, Jessica Pieri, on Wednesday. She's #300 in the rankings and 0-5 in singles this year. Hoping for win #566 and the start of a good week.
Forum: Tournaments Topic: $25,000 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Santa Margherita Di Pula
Alex Isabel
Posted: 23. March 2017 18:35
Replies: 11 Views: 5905
I guess the draw opened up further. Ferro in straight sets, 3&4. :cry: Daniela was crummy on serve again, while Ferro got 80% or so of 1st serves in. Dani had a 4-3 lead in the second. Her only real highlight was fighting off 12 of 17 BP and then 2 MP before succumbing. Not much to feel good abo...
Forum: Tournaments Topic: $25,000 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Santa Margherita Di Pula
Alex Isabel
Posted: 22. March 2017 17:43
Replies: 11 Views: 5905
Yes!! 6-3 7-6(6)! #565! You will never figure out this match from the numbers. For both players, service was as abysmal as the United States Post Office. (I worked there one summer. Trust me!) In the 2nd game there were 8 breaks of serve, 4 each. That includes Daniela serving for the match at 5-4 an...
Forum: Tournaments Topic: $25,000 Santa Margherita Di Pula, Santa Margherita Di Pula
Alex Isabel
Posted: 20. March 2017 19:18
Replies: 11 Views: 5905
Dani got the 8 seed. I guess that's not a big deal for most. For me it's heartwarming.
Forum: Talk about Daniela Topic: What Does Daniela Play Next?
Alex Isabel
Posted: 12. March 2017 04:41
Replies: 914 Views: 272475
Well, if that happens, none of us will be able to use one of our old favorite reasons for a loss, that being Daniela not being familiar with the court!
Forum: Tournaments Topic: BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells
Alex Isabel
Posted: 7. March 2017 18:55
Replies: 7 Views: 4608
There are other stats that explain this one along with BP chances. I decided not to get into them since they are as ugly as Daniela is beautiful.
Forum: Tournaments Topic: BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells
Alex Isabel
Posted: 7. March 2017 00:29
Replies: 7 Views: 4608
This isn't my favorite tourney anymore. A beat down by Minella, 6-2 6-4. Dani had one bright moment when she evened up at 4 in the 2nd with a break of Minella and was ahead 30-15 in the next game, but it went no further. So we are left with our memories from when Daniela owned this place.
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco
Alex Isabel
Posted: 2. March 2017 06:13
Replies: 17 Views: 9322
There is reason for optimism indeed. We can never be happy when our gal loses. But it's not so bad at all when a loss has quite a few good things as part of it. This is the first time in heaven knows how long that Daniela has been strongly competitive on back to back days in a main draw against two ...
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco
Alex Isabel
Posted: 1. March 2017 05:29
Replies: 17 Views: 9322
Daniela faces Puig on the center court's first match, again shortly after 4 PM.
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco
Alex Isabel
Posted: 1. March 2017 04:26
Replies: 17 Views: 9322
Missed the match, just saw the score :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :) I note 5 aces for Daniela and 75% on first serve in. This is consistent with her double bagel last week and the Fed Cup win. Can you, Peter007 or anyone else who saw the match tell me if these numbers mean that all of a sudden D...
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco
Alex Isabel
Posted: 28. February 2017 06:52
Replies: 17 Views: 9322
Dani plays the first match on what they call Cancha 4, shortly after 4 PM Acapulco time.
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco
Alex Isabel
Posted: 28. February 2017 01:08
Replies: 17 Views: 9322
One thing that never is surprising about Daniela is that she never stops surprising us. In returning to a main draw after a long time has gone by, I suppose if we were allowed to hand pick her first opponent, it would be Wickmayer. I shall be rooting hard!
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Morgan Run Women's Open, Rancho Santa Fe
Alex Isabel
Posted: 24. February 2017 06:55
Replies: 8 Views: 6138
Add to that solid analysis, Chungwit, is that at 5-4 in the first, Daniela had 2 set points. A couple of years ago I did some in-depth stat checking on our gal, and memory tells me that the ITF wins Dani compiled in her very young days count toward her career total. So yesterday was #563. And in the...
Forum: Tournaments Topic: Morgan Run Women's Open, Rancho Santa Fe
Alex Isabel
Posted: 22. February 2017 23:33
Replies: 8 Views: 6138
It's a Daniela double bagel! To be perfectly honest, this a little bittersweet, since Dani only did this one other time and I was there to see it. Part of me wanted it to always remain that way. Yet other parts of me are daring to get a bit excited. This is two thrashings she's handed out in 10 days...
Forum: Talk about Daniela Topic: What Does Daniela Play Next?
Alex Isabel
Posted: 21. February 2017 22:21
Replies: 914 Views: 272475
Daniela is listed in the main draw of next week's ITF $25,000 event in Rancho Santa Fe, California. If I read it right, she will first face a qualifier.
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