Entry List at 7th April:

Ana Ivanovic has since entered.

Daniela should just enjoy this tournament and play confidently. Would be wonderful to see if she can make a first clay final here but if she doesn't then at least she'll have more days off before RG. She may still withdraw if she's aching a bit from rome.

very good draw.
daniela is sixth seed.
1st round Larsson
2nd Ammanmuradova/Johansson
QF Petrova but she has to deal with dangerous loomers. Marino, Mirza and cornet.
SF Petkovic

Larsson is pretty solid on clay (she was a semi-finalist in Acapulco and Estoril), and has also had a win against Li Na this year on hardcourts. That being said, Daniela should be too tough for her, although I wouldn't be that surprised if the match went to three sets.

Potential second round opponents are both very beatable, despite the fact that Johansson would have home support. Certainly a good chance of reaching the quarter-finals.

Nice that Daniela managed to avoid Ivanovic's section, as well as some of the dangerous floaters like Dokic, Halep and Cornet in the early rounds.

Fairly decent draw. I'd expect Daniela to be able to beat Larsson easily enough. Larsson got to the Protoroz final last year beating Pavlyuchenkova on the way and she beat Li Na in Miami, although Li basically blew it. That's the only top 50 win Larsson's had this year and her only other win of note was against Greta Arn in Acapulco. Generally, whenever Larsson's played a good player this year they've beaten her pretty easily. Daniela still has to respect Larsson as an opponent and play good tennis.

Johansson got to the final in Bogota this year and won a set against Kleybanova in Estoril but hasn't done much else recently. She won a set against Daniela at the Australian Open a couple of years ago. Amanmuradova has had a lot of first round exits defeats this year and Daniela thrashed her in Pattaya. She did beat Jankovic on the way to the Cincinnati quarter-final last year.

Petrova's the seeded opponent for the quarter-final and she's got a good record against Daniela although she's not had that great a year and the other players in that section are fairly decent.

Daniela's got a good chance of doing well here and going into Roland Garros with momentum but she has to focus on getting past Larsson first.

you're welcome


great Dani