Great, loopy return on match point. Oprandi can't handle that type of ball from Daniela. First set 7-5, with Dani to serve first in second.

medical time out from oprandi at 2-1 for daniela

petkovic is out of dani's quater. Dangerous players = Schiavone and stosur.

easy march-through after the medical time out
Daniela stayed focused and ruthless, and didn't give Oprandi any chance to stay in the match.
7-5 6-1

Tomorrow, will be a tough battle for Dani.....

For me there are two results today that in part illustrate the very different conditions between Madrid and Rome, with the boxed-in Madrid courts playing more like in-door courts.

- Last week shot-making Safarova beat Jankovic in Madrid in three tight sets, today in Rome she was heavily beaten by the Serb.

- Last week in Madrid big-hitting Kleybanova thrashed Peer, today in Rome Peer beat Kleybanova in straight-sets.

Good win by Daniela. She came through a tough first set and once she held Oprandi's resistance at the start of the second, she came through the match fairly comfortably. This is Daniela's best run here since she got to the semi-final in 2007 and she's got a nice boost of points and quite a few of the players around her have lost already or will drop points so this really boosts her chances of getting seeded for Roland Garros.

It's a shame that Daniela and Agnieszka lost in the doubles but Peschke and Srebotnik are a good team.

"It was a typical clay duel. SUPERKOV played very uncomfortable, constantly tried to stopbaly. I'm against it hard to seek the right rhythm, but I believed that even if I lost the opening set, eventually it can kill through kondičku. I did not so good performance as in the opening round against Pironkova, where I played great, but the important thing is that I won. sometimes be a little sweat. To the elite sixteen of my favorite tournaments in Rome will certainly very much appreciate," said Hantuchova, who is already looking forward for Thursday's match against Schiavone. "Last year I was very disappointed when I lost to Schiavone in just the 1st round, Francesca a few weeks later after surprise win the title at Roland Garros. Thursday's match will be a challenge for me and very good test before Paris. Francesca will have the audience on his side. It is important to me to be patient and to have stayed on the court. I can not afford to impose a rival me your style of play." @ google translation.