3-1.
4-1. Daniela holds to 30 with ace#1
4-2. Robson holds to 30
5-2. 0-40 down but saves 3 BP's to hold
5-3. Robson holds to 30
6-3. Daniela holds to 30

1-0. Daniela breaks to 30 with 3rd BP
2-0. Daniela holds to 30
2-1. Robson holds to 15
3-1. Daniela holds to 15, ace#4
3-2. Robson holds to 15
4-2. ace#5
4-3. Robson holds to 0
5-3. Daniela holds to 0, ace#6+7
5-4. Robson holds to deuce. And it begins to rain a little bit...
6-4. YES!!!! Holds to 15 Great job!!!!

I'm not at home and won't be for a few hours, and my stupid phone limits creativity. But you'll see what I have planned soon. Suffice to say that I'm thrilled beyond belief for Daniela and her historic achievement of 500 career wins!

Aw, so so so happy for her.

#500! #500!


#500!!


#500! #500!
(Where are the smilies of the Rockettes kick line when I need them?)

As you might be able to tell, I'm bursting with joy for Daniela and this historic achievement. As Chungwit said so nicely, what makes this even better is that she did it over a solid opponent on her turf, though it was Dani's favorite surface (must be...when was the last time she played 2 matches in 2 days and have her serve broken just once?). So, Never Give Up On The Good Times! In fact, Let The Good Times Roll! During her last few matches, I have ran through my mind a 90's tune by The Proclaimers called I Would Walk 500 Miles. It worked! 500,500,500 fist pumps for this!
As we know, Daniela is the 37th woman to reach 500 singles wins in the Open Era. Perspective time: Of the other 36, 15 are in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. 6 others (Serena, Venus, Lindsay, Henin, Clijsters and Sharapova) no doubt will be. An argument could be made for another 6 or so. Guys, Daniela is in elite company! Chungwit, you are well within your rights to term her a Great player!

Now to business at hand...This is by far Dani's best performance on back-to-back days in a long time. The lack of broken serves and the 14 aces speaks volumes. If this keeps up, this could be one wonderful, rankings climbing week! Let's hope. And multiple congrats, Daniela!

We'll soon know how tough a match tomorrow's will be, as it is first up on the centre court (6:00 AM here in New York; fine by me). Her doubles opener as called off and moved to tomorrow, 4th match set on court 3. Tomorrow is my birthday. A Dani Daily Double would be a nice gift!

There's been no mention of Daniela's 500th win on the wta website yet

There was no mention of it in the Slovakian media either. Pretty much all the reports mentioned the score, the time and that Daniela gets 30 points and $2750 but not much else. The Slovak Tennis Association website doesn't even mention it.

In fairness, I don't remember anything in the media about Jankovic getting to 500 wins a couple of months ago.

1st set
0-1. Mladenovic holds to 30, serving very good
1-1. Daniela holds to 30
2-1. Mladenovic broken to 30 with 2nd BP , df#1
2-2. Daniela broken to 30 with 2nd BP, df#1+2 , poor 2nd serve
2-3. Mladenovic holds to 15, ace#1
2-4. Daniela saves 2 BP's , GP, BP and break too many errors
2-5. Mladenovic holds to 0 , ace#3+4+5
3-5. Daniela holds to 30 with 3rd GP
3-6. Mladenovic holds to 30... Daniela will only have a chance if M. will struggle on 1st serve

2nd set
0-1. Daniela broken to 0, df#3+4
0-2. Mladenovic holds to 0, ace#7
1-2. Daniela holds to 15, df#5
2-2. Mladenovic broken to 0, df#2+3
2-3. Daniela saves 3 BP's but got broken
3-3. Mladenovic broken to 15
3-3. Daniela 40-0 up and rain break...

3rd set
0-2.
1-2.
2-2. Daniela 0-30 down, but holds to 30
3-2. Mladenovic broken to 0, 2 df's
4-2. Daniela holds to 0
5-2. Mladenovic broken to 15
5-3. Daniela saves 2 BP's ,MP, BP and break ....
5-4. Daniela saves 3 GP's to deuce, but M. holds
6-4. Daniela holds to 15