It's going to take a monumental effort to win from here. Really should have won that first. Errani evidently wants revenge and is playing inspired tennis.

Im glad we can't watch this. Seems like another epic. Comon Daniela fight and force this to a 3rd. Gotta say Daniela has got to stop playing doubles outside the slams. If she was fresher she could have won this already..amazing! 2nd set to Daniela 7-5, gotta hope that Errani's serve is getting tired.

Meanwhile Azarenka is 60 40 up on McHale, lol, Azarenka d McHale 60 60 in just over an hour..

Errani d Hantuchova 75 57 62 Daniela fought well but and she was a break up 2-1 in the second and 40-15 but from then on it was Errani all the way. Definitely think the doubles last night took it out of her. Daniela's got be selfish and pull out of doubles if she's having a good singles tournament, or not enter the doubles at all.

Daniela needed this win so much more than Errani but it wasn't to be. Still a very good week.

What's the next tournament for Daniela?

I think it's good she'll play qualies. More match practice

wow, this is rather disappointing. I expect she did not play very well, did she?

it's a shame she cannot seem to sustain some kind of form for longer than a set. Hope she can turn it around.

Hey, if we thought it was a rough one for Dani, how do you think McHale feels? A double bagel jammed down her throat, and a combined 4 set singles/doubles 24-3! (I'm still mad that she beat Dani 2 years ago, so none of this bothers me, particularly the doubles.)
This loss, while not easy to swallow, isn't all that depressing to me. Daniela showed her usual fighting spirit in the 2nd. I might think that she simply petered out in the last 5 games. Yeah, some of that might be attributed to playing doubles, but let us remember that, after her return last June, her only real run came in Luxembourg. Counting Fed Cup, she played 5 matches in 6 days, which is exactly what would happen in any regular tourney that she would reach the final, then add on the travel in between. It's been 12 months since her last final in Thailand. If she felt she was at peak fitness, our American trainer would not be in the picture. So I feel she simply hit the wall in the 3rd, and maybe in a few weeks, barring injury, Dani will be more up to 5 in 6 days. If cutting out doubles was the preventative measure, then how do we explain last night's doubles blowout coming hours after the grueling match with Sara?
IMHO, I have no problem with Daniela doing doubles. We should actually feel good that she believes she can handle both singles and doubles in most tourneys; a good sign to me. With so many 1st round exits over the last months, Dani needs matches. Doubles allows her extra matches in a more fun, less pressurized environment, yet there's still at least a little at stake. That's a lot better to me than more demanding, tedious practices that she'd be taking on without the extra doubles matches.
That said, I can hardly believe the doubles results here. When I saw Daniela and Anibel on TV in Melbourne, I thought they had the same smoothness and chemistry as the Keystone Kops! Now, 2nd time together, they're killing people, including the accomplished Huber. We'll know more, of course, after they go up against Errani/Vinci. Should they somehow pull that off, it could create a Daniela Dilemma, as a doubles final probably is on the same day as Dubai qualifiers. And as for that, the mere thought of our gal in what you guys call quallies depresses me. Plus it severly limits the chance that she can reach a quarter and defend last year's points, which would negate the upward movement from this week. Realistically, her Climb will actually commence in Kuala Lampur and hopefully Indian Wells and Miami.

Great fight ladies. Lost 2-6 6-4 11-13. On to Dubai.

Dani should racket smash more often. That was a very effective demolition job.

Errani everywhere.