Dates: April 4 -10, 2011
Venue: Charleston, USA
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $721,000
Surface: Clay/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Bob Moran

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2010 performance: Semi-Final. Lost to Samantha Stosur 6-3 7-6(2)

Singles:
1R: [10]Daniela Hantuchova bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-1 7-6(3)
2R: [10]Daniela Hantuchova bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-0 6-1
3R: Christina McHale (USA) bt [10]Daniela Hantuchova 7-6(3) 6-1

Doubles:
1R: Daniela Hantuchova/Maria Kirilenko bt Andrea Hlavackova/Renata Voracova 6-7(8) 6-2 16-14
2R: [4]Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Meghann Shaughnessy bt Daniela Hantuchova/Maria Kirilenko 7-5 7-6(2)

Best draw she's had in a while...hope she takes advantage..still, one match at a time

Charleston points won't come off until next week as Charleston was a week later last year...

Really hope she can make at least quarter-final here, but at least Daniela is aware that the quick change onto green clay is going to be a challenge. She generally plays better when she takes the pressure off herself.

At least after Charleston she has no points to defend at all until Roland Garros.

I know some of you are going to watch Daniela play Fed Cup but I wish she'd take a break this year from it.

I'd have liked Daniela to have had a little bit more between Miami and Charleston to practice and prepare. That would ease the transition between hardcourt and clay. Still it's not too far to travel and there less difference between the conditions and courts in Miami and Charleston than there is between pretty much any other hardcourt and clay tournaments. As long as Daniela's fit and healthy she should be able to win the first few matches although it is a different surface and Kudryavtseva beat Shazza at Wimbledon a few years back, so she can't be overlooked and Daniela has to focus on beating her first. Just take things one match at a time and make sure there isn't a let down after the doubles in Miami.

"Next week is going to be a challenge for me, going from hardcourts to clay, but that's the way tennis works sometimes," the Slovak commented. "I'm not expecting too much but will give it my best shot. But first I'm going to enjoy this win before I shift to next week!"

Daniela's got a lot of points to defend here so it's important that she puts in a good run here. She should be able to win her first few matches. After this she has the chance to gain points all the way to Roland Garros.

Kirilenk's a decent partner to have in the doubles as she's done well with Azarenka and got to the Australian Open final and she won a couple of tournaments last year.

Thanx, eddy. Looking forward to it

Order of Play Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Althea Gibson (from 10.00hrs)
1. Edina Gallovits-Hall vs. Jamie Hampton
2. Daniela Hantuchova vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
3. Jill Craybas vs. Chanelle Scheepers
4. Vania King vs. Sania Mirza

The weather is going to be pretty bad today so Daniela may not get on court today. That may be to daniela's advantage so she can have a bit of a rest. Tomo onwards the weather will be great.

Serving for the match--- come Daniela, lets do it


Ok, it didn't happen at 5 - 4, serve it out at 6 -5 now Daniela.