Mixed doubles 2nd round:

1-0, Daniela & Paes break to 30.
2-0, Daniela & Paes hold to 0.
3-0, Daniela & Paes break to 30.
4-0, Daniela & Paes hold to 0.
5-0, Daniela & Paes break to 40 on their 4th BP.
6-0, Daniela & Paes serve out to 15.

2nd set:

0-1, Vesnina & Bhupathi hold to 30.
0-2, Vesnina & Bhupathi break to 30.
0-3, Vesnina & Bhupathi hold to 15.
1-3, Daniela & Paes hold to 40 on their 2nd GP.
1-4, Vesnina & Bhupathi hold to 15.
2-4, Daniela & Paes hold to 0.
2-5, Vesnina & Paes hold to 0.
2-6, Daniela & Paes broken to 15.

Supertiebreak, *= Daniela & Paes serving:

1-0
1-1*
1-2*
1-3
2-3
2-4*
3-4*
4-4
5-4
5-5*
6-5*
6-6
7-6
8-6*
9-6*
10-6

Mixed was too late even for me, but it's cool to awaken to the good news. After 2:20 plus on court for doubles, I wondered what Daniela might have left. But it seemed to me that even at the very end, she was really into it and looked relatively fresh. All that hard physical training and practice......Dani probably exercises more in a day than I have in the 2010's!
Two out of three ain't bad. A win and a loss on court, and her old BFF Aga came through and took down that red-hot Spaniard. That locks Dani in at #31. Perhaps into the top 30 again in Paris.
Glad she gets today off. Rest up, young lady!

As Daniela's not playing today she might be doing commentary for BBC radio today

What can't she do? Wouldn't any of us love to have her career choices when she retires from the sport?

I guess Ms. Ivanovic couldn't handle prosperity. Bouchard came back from a set down and sent her packing. This has been a weird AO on the female side.

Daniela was commentating on the Li Na-Pennetta match on Channel 7 in Australia and she did a great job by all accounts


The most shocking thing about the Bouchard-Ivanovic match was Bouchard saying she wanted to date Justin Beiber

I feel like Ana losing today is justice for the AO semi final vs Daniela 2008. She finally got comeuppance for her distracting stupid squeaky shoes. Sorry if this seems harsh

Not to me, eddy. 10,000% in agreement. (Why must I have the same initials as her? )

Daniela looks so natural as a commentator. Odd that she gets 2 straight off days. I imagine Channel 7 will be happy to give Dani another try.

The women's semifinal would be the perfect one for Daniela to be the color commentator. Her fellow Slovak and Fed Cup teammate/Olympic doubles partner against her good friend and the last partner she won a doubles title with. Maybe she could have a title of her very own to talk about. Hoping!