urgh...that's awful to lose 64 in the 3rd. Very gutted for Danka. Well at least she won consecutive matches. I had a really good feeling about this tournament and was really excited for a Danka vs Schynder final. I guess i was wrong.

daniela

don't know what to say
missed chance for another title
on the other hand ,she's still far from her best form, it would have been difficult in the final
i hope she keeps improving next weeks

My broadband stops working at 4-4 in the 3rd set and when it finally comes back on, I find that the match is over. Obviously Dani has a long way to go to get back to how she was earlier this year. I'm not too upset...I don't expect much from Dani for the rest of the year. I just hope she improves.

Bless Dani's mum and coaches for having the strength to sit through matches like this, Aus 08 and Wimbledon 07. However Daniela needs all the support she can get

Well, this is very disappointing. Because of the time difference, I didn't get a chance to see the match but it reads as if she played quite poorly and missed a good opportunity. Paszek is not a bad player, but rarely are you going to face a weaker opponent in the semifinals of a tournament, so she missed a great chance here. I'll go back to what I said after the first round loss at the US Open, she still has a long way to go to get back to anything close to her top form. Each tournament that goes by where that doesn't happen reduces the chances that it ever will happen. When her ranking starts to drop, the draws will get tougher and she'll have a much tougher hole to climb out of. It's pretty imperative for her to get things turned out post haste.

I think the person I saw today is Daniela back in 2004-2005, her worst time. I don't remember the last time when I watched her playing that bad. Even the last match I watched against Ai was much better. I can't understand that. Do pple practice to get better? I guess it is not the case for Daniela. It is just getting worse and worse.

If she keeps playing like this next week, I am afraid we will see a first round exit. The entry list is very strong.

This is a big disappointment and definitely a feeling of a missed opportunity as this is a match that Daniela should have won and it's a match she lost, rather than Paszek winning. Daniela didn't play well and that's why she lost.

"It was a very close match, she doesn't give up, she played tough all the way through," said Daniela.
"Overall I'm happy with how I played. I have some things to improve and I missed a lot of easy balls at the end."

It's disappointing the lost today, but at the same time, we can take positives from this tournament: Daniela got consecutive wins for the first time since Indian Wells, she got some matches under her belt, she showed her desire and fighting spirit and her match fitness is improving.
She has got good coaches and a good team to help her and she's been in far worse slumps in the past and come out of them, so I have total confidence in Daniela, her talent and her character. We've got to be patient but patience will be rewarded.

Daniela's got a lot of points to defend between now and the Australian Open and she's not in great form right now, so her ranking is very likely to drop so I'll be happy if she can stay in the top 20. After the Australian Open, she's going to have minimum points to defend but so many to gain, so she'll have so many opportunities to go up the rankings.

agree.
I love watching the 2005 Australian Open (even though she lost to Dementieva in the 3rd round) then a good display in Tokyo and QF and SF in Doha/Dubai. I can really recommend that you watch matches from these tournaments.

Its disappointing the way Daniela lost this match, it wasnt like Pazsek played superbly well...it was Daniela's errors period!

i think you're right..i watch it live at espn sports. lots of UE and DF..
even if you heard that it's Danka vs. Paszek, you'll think the Danka will win..
Paszek was not that good...it was danka who has lts of errors..

Lets just hope that she win more match...