Disheartening loss for sure. Having not seen the match, there's not a whole lot more to say.

On another note, I would recommend Daniela play one of the six small tournaments between now and the US Open Series. She is on pace to play a really small number of matches, by her standards, this year considering the lack of doubles matches and only middling singles success. She would be one of the top seeded players in any of the tournaments and would stand a real chance of going far and getting some important match time in a low pressure environment. Otherwise, it is going to be over a month before she plays again.

I'll repost something I just said at tennisforum to this "fan" who is clamoring daniela should just retire, that she is pathetic, hasn't done better this year and can't improve a thing.
I usually prefer not to respond to this kind of hate, but it really pissed me off. Because as annoyed as I am at today's loss, those comments about her got to me:

I'm sorry, but her ranking going down does not mean anything. It basically tells us that the competition is more fierce every year. However, I believe this year daniela has been playing well on a more consisten basis.

Look at the players in the 10-25 braket: Sharapova, Henin, Li, Zvonareva, Bartoli, Penneta, Petrova, Rezai, Peer, Sveta. This list is frightenly good! Players who are either going up the rakings, have been consistent enough, or have just recently fallen off the top 10. Daniela could be there but hasn't had that final push. She has lacked the consistency at some points, or has been unlucky another couple of times.

She lost to Barbora, and yes, daniela had a lot to do with it (she couldn't come up with the correct strategy), but no shame to this girl, she played her game at her best, she wasn't gifted a match: retrieving every single ball, dropshots and slices that daniela couldn't handle, coming up to volley.

If you really believe that daniela can't improve anything, then ok, it is your opinion. But don't come blasting about how pathetic she is and how she should be done with tennis, it is just disrespectful and extremist.

I guess you don't get why she plays: she loves the sport, she has passion, she has talent. Sadly hasn't had the consistency nor the strong mentality tennis demands to be on top all the time. However, she knows how to get there and Im sure she'll give everything she has to achieve it once again... Whether it happens or not, remains to be seen. I just know I'll be along for the ride and support her until she finds a new passion.


Well said Helio, and well said Chungwit also. There are too many people who jump on the bandwagon when Daniela loses, but when your a true fan you stick with them no matter what, and I can tell you that every true fan on this forum will tell you without any doubt that they know what they signed up for becoming a fan of Daniela...a bumpy ride. This isnt a new thing to us but we're still here, 10 years on, so why quit on her now?

Scott

Poor Daniela she must be so frustrated...
Im worry about her, too

Hope she will pull herself together, like I said earlier.

I would like to see her to take a lesson from her matches. But its easy to say... :/

There is still a hard court rest of the season, where she can do something!

And Im looking forward to next season even more! She will be so excited to come back to AO, RG and all of the slams trying to be better again And not to forget the Fed Cup, where she always enjoys playing. She said she would like to play Fed Cup final once again Maybe the wish will be fulfilled

Marek, thanks again for your great translations It is really helpful.

Daniela will be just fin, Im sure. I hope they can win their doubles match. It seems she wasnt playing very well, or so I read.

ps: sorry about the misspell, I was sleepy

I think it's time for Daniela to reassess her career and set some different goals. She keeps talking about getting back into the Top 10, and I'm sure deep down she still believes she can win a Grand Slam. These things are NEVER going to happen, but that doesn't mean she should just give up and retire. She can still have a very nice career for another 2 or 3 years, be succesful at doubles, if she hooks up with a good partner, and maybe play an occasional 4th round at a Slam. Daniela puts to much pressure on herself by having unrealistic expectations.

Malek, thanks again for your great translations It is really helpful.

Daniela will be just fin, Im sure. I hope they can win their doubles match. It seems she wasnt playing very well, or so I read.
np.

Yes, she wasnt satisfied with herself...


won doubles 6-2 2-6 6-2

Thanks very much for the translation, Marek, and very well said, Helio.

Maria has just beaten Zahlavova... but had some problems. I must say that Zahlavova was serving even better in match with Daniela :/

But Maria was able to hang in finaly even if she didnt convert many of BP.


I dont like how those czech players are successful :/

Has beaten Daniela, Azarenka, Pennetta :/

There will be a tough Fed cup, if they can keep that level