It's going to be Daniela vs Katya

Katya hit 20 double faults in her match against Ula, however, was a long match.

If Daniela serves well she should come through but she will need to be on her game right from the start.

1st round doubles

1st set
1-0. Daniela holds to 30
1-1. Begu holds to 30
2-1. Agnieszka holds to 15 (ace#1)
3-1. Bratchikova got broken
3-2. Daniela has 2 GPs but got broken
4-2. Begu broken to 15
5-2. Agnieszka holds to 30
5-3.
6-3. Daniela holds to 0

2nd set
1-0. Begu broken to 30
1-1. Daniela broken to 15
1-2. Bratchikova holds to 30
2-2. Agnieszka holds to 0
3-2. Begu broken to 15
3-3. Daniela broken to 15
3-4. Bratchikova holds
4-4. Agnieszka holds to 0
5-4. Begu broken to 30
5-5. Daniela broken to 30 with df#1
5-6. Bratchikova holds to 30
6-6. Agnieszka holds over deuce
6-7. 0-1, df#2 daniela to 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7.......

MT: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2, 8-2, 8-3, 9-3, 10-3


puhhh important win for daniela.... but if the stats are right, she lost all her service games in the 2nd set...and 2 df's... hope her serve is better tomorrow!

Hope Alex got to see this! A typical Daniela rollercoaster........

OK, guys, I traveled many mile and spent much moola to see Daniela...and Daniela is[u]exactly[u]what I saw! Court 8 is the smallest one, so in the front row I was so close that I could have tipped the ball away. 1st set was fun. Dani got broken once, but otherwise she and Aga, who was a rock all day long, meshed beautifully, covering for each other and setting each other up like champions. Daniela hit some sweet winners, highlighted by an absolutely sick offensive lob that plopped in a deepest corner of the doubles alley. 2nd set, ummm, pungent as a landfill! All 3 service games broken, painful to watch. Less said the better. Here's the good stuff...the "you had to be there" stuff. Down 2-love in the 10 pt. tiebreak, the chair made a grotesque overrule of a ball that everyone else in the park knew was out, which was the 2nd time he had screwed Dani and Aga with an overrule. Daniela, visibly frustrated long since by her level of play, let loose on the imbecile with some choice comments (no naughty words ). The point was replayed, and the ball ended up going to almost the exact same spot. OUT! No overrule. Daniela immediately turned to the chair and shot him a look that nearly had all the undertakers in South Florida scrambling to be here first to bury the guy! Not that she wasn't trying her best before this, but the intensity level ratcheded up notably. And, being Daniela, she then turned it completely around and went 4-4 on her serve the remainder of the tiebreak, including match point. So was she done being all the Daniela I could be fortunate enough to see? Hardly! There was one little gate that the players had to leave from, right near my seat. A number of people crowded in for an autograph. Aga and the other two (I still don't know which one was which) moved on through. Daniela signed for one person, then autographed the 8 x 10 I had brought with me. Then, with quick prodding from my wife, she POSED NEXT TO ME!!!! Stormy snapped the picture, and Daniela was off. Who Does That? The day went from good fun to Never-To-Be-Forgotten with that gesture. She clearly was not happy with her play, and she still does something like that! Anyone wonder why she won the Fed Cup Heart Award? Not me!
Healthwise, there were no time-outs, and I did not see her wince or grimace at any time. There was a lot of windmilling of the right arm to loosen the shoulder, and in the 2nd set in particular, there wasn't much oomph in her serve or much anything else. A bit disconcerting, but she had it in the 10 pt. tiebreak when she needed it the most. Plus, it was her 2nd match in 27 days, and she had been ill as we know. I will surmise that she will play notably better tomorrow. That's when I fly home, so today's match is all I will see. Daniela sure didn't disappoint me a bit!

Thanks for the report, Alex, it sounds like you had a great time topped by getting to meet Daniela.
Hopefully, this got Daniela's shoulder loosened up a bit and she's able to serve better today.

1-1 ,Daniela holds but Bondarenko came back from 40-0 to deuce before Daniela won the next 2 points.
2-1, Daniela breaks after Bondarenko serves her 3rd double fault of the game.
@ eddy, a lot depends on how Daniela's serve holds up and how good her shoulder is. Bondarenko's doing well on her 1st serve 7/8 points won so far but only 1/6 on 2nd serve. Daniela's only got 30% 1st serve in so far.
2-2, Bondarenko breaks back to 15.
2-3, Bondarenko holds to 30. Her 1st serve is great so far with 10/13 won but only 2/7 won on 2nd serve plus the double faults.
2-4, Daniela broken to 15, she served a double fault and has only 29% 1st serves in so far and she 4/13 points won on 2nd serve.
3-4, Daniela breaks back to 0, Bondarenko served 2 DFs and didn't get a 1st serve in.
4-4, Daniela holds to 30. She's only getting 33% 1st serves in but she's winning 6/8 when she does, only 5/16 2nd serve.
5-4, Daniela breaks to 30 on Bonderanko's 6th double fault.
5-5, broken to 15. Serve stats: 34% 1st serve, 7/10 1st serve points won, 5/19 2nd serve points won.
6-5, Daniela breaks to 0. Bondarenko now 11/20 on her 1st serve.
6-6, Daniela broken to 0 and loses game on her 4th double fault.
Tiebreak, *= Daniela serving.
1-0
1-1*
1-2*
2-2
3-2
4-2*
4-3*
4-4
4-5
4-6*
4-7*

I think it's going to be very tough for Daniela now, I think that it was crucial she won that 1st set and she served for it twice and was 4-2 up in the tiebreak. Her serve is a liability at the moment, the only consolation is that Bondarenko's serve is pretty bad too.

I'm so depressed right now...we were treated to so many Daniela matches in January and February and now she can barely win a set...

Please turn this around Daniela...

OMG same as Indian Wells, drops opening service game of 2nd set..

6-7 0-1 gotta pray that Katerina can't get a serve in...is it windy out there or something? 1-1

Daniela's game has just gotta somehow click...if Daniela just holds a few times it's a different situation...

2-2 JUST EFFING HOLD SERVE

FINALLY 3-2 up now break

6-2 Daniela...please win this...

Broken start of 3rd set, head-banger...HOLD PLEASE 1-1...SHE HOLDS COMON

6-7 6-2 2-1 K-Bon serving 3-1 Daniela, it's not a break until she holds serve..THIS IS APPALLING..Daniela broken 3-2 no shit sherlock..the more desperate i want Daniela to win the worst she plays...4-2 HOLD PLEASE...is it scientificaklly possible for both players to be so incredibly shit on serve????