Well i think Schiavone isn't the worst match up for Danka. As for Wozniacki, it sucks that she always gets cakewalk draws. i hope Danka or the Qualifier will make the QF.

Truthfully, there are about six to eight players as or more dangerous than Schiavone, so it could have been worse. But it's hard to see how Daniela wins more than one match at this tournament.

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES

SREBOTNIK / SUGIYAMA [1]
KING / PETROVA

SHVEDOVA / TANASUGARN
PEER / WOZNIACKI

CHUANG / HSIEH [4]
CZINK / KLEPAC

FUSANO / GRANDIN
KIRILENKO / PENNETTA

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DATE KRUMM / FUJIWARA [WC]
CHAKVETADZE / RADWANSKA [WC]

DUSHEVINA / UHLIROVA
DELLACQUA / SCHIAVONE [3]

HANTUCHOVA / SZAVAY
MORITA / NAKAMURA

REZAI / UBEROI
RAYMOND / STOSUR [2]

she plays doubles with Szavay
Slovak-Hungarian team ??

I still think if this is a good decision to play here instead of smaller tournament like Vera does. Daniela need match practice and with such a strong field like this, I doubt she could have more than 2 match practice (or even 1). Is it worth traveling all the way there only to play one (or two) match? With her form right now, I don't think she is ready to compete with top players soon. (I would be very pleased if she proves me wrong)

I agree to some extent but Daniela belongs at the big tournaments and there is always such a good atmosphere at the bigger events. I think when she looks back on her career she will like the fact that she always played the big Tier I events rather than Tier III's and IV's which were in the same week. Plus, if Daniela wins a round here she gets 60 points. To get 60 points in Guangzhou she would need to reach the semi-final stage (65 points), which would mean winning three matches against players such as Kudryavtseva, Wickmayer and Govortsova (not easy opponants). Playing the Tier I's also gives Daniela the opportunity to play doubles with the top players too.


From these pictures I can see why Daniela likes the big events

Daniela will head on to court in about an hours time to face Schiavone in her first round match.

It is over,
King / Petrova vs Srebotnik / Sugiyama 2-0 (6-4 6-4)

she was close to 3-0 down , but she breaks back to 2-1*
hold your serve now

and she lost her serve again ... 1-3*
Schiavone holds her serve 4-1*
Daniela always manager to get a deuce game , but she can't finish them

1-5* down , 3 serve games , 3 times broken
what's up with her serve, this is going on for months

And she lost the first set with 6-1 ...