Ouch, that was a bit of a doing. Daniela actually played fairly well but Kvitova is such a tough match up for her. Kvitova was hitting winners from all over the court and dictating a lot of rallies and if she got an angle of any sort she'd hit a winner off it.

Still, Daniela had a good win against Suarez Navarro in qualifying. Suarez Navarro's reward is to play Petrova in round 2.

Daniela'll will take a hit in the rankings from this but at least she got some points from coming through qualifying and she got some points from Doha last week. She doesn't have more than 100 points to defend until Luxembourg and she only has Miami, Eastbourne and Cincinnati to defend until after the US Open so any sort of run will put her up the rankings. I hope this doesn't stall her momentum too much because Daniela had won 6 out of 7 prior to this but Kvitova played very well. She's 38 in the race and would be higher if she hadn't gotten injured in Brisbane or had to retire in Pattaya.

Hopefully, Kuala Lumpur brings some joy and a run in the doubles here would help restore morale.

Would the WTA please consider offering Kvitova a generous severance package for early retirement?
We all pretty well knew this was coming. I like your takes on it that Dani didn't play badly. I didn't want my question as to how far she's come and needs to go to be answered quite like this, but it happens. Overall, it still was an encouraging tourney, and the 20 points at least reduce the number she loses this week. Just the mere fact that Daniela was a pro about qualifying, and without even a day off after Doha, and successfuly did qualify makes me feel good about the whole thing.
I was getting ready to go to work when the match started, and made the mistake of checking the live score early on. Dani was up 1-0 and had deuce on Petra's serve after she had DFed, which got me too excited too soon. 20 min. later was my next score check....mmmm....make that reality check. Eventually, I'm driving to work and look at the score on my phone and it's 5-1 Petra set 2. Seconds later, the absolute perfect song come on Sirius XM: She Drives Me Crazy! (Yeah, that can often be applicable to our young lady, but it fit Petra today.)
It's a Daniela Dilemma again with doubles. After last week's near upset I'm interested to see how this pairing continues to develop. But Dani faces a long trip to Kuala Lampur, and I wouldn't want that to be the day before her 1st rounder. Ever since I saw she had entered that tourney, I have felt that it's one in which she could make a deep run, maybe even wi(Ssssssssssshh, don't put that jinx on her!). So it's tough to figure out how I want Daniela/Anabel to do.
Well, they are certainly fixing the dilemma. The opponents have won all 9 games as I type this and are 14/14 1st service points! A bloodbath so far.
Hey, they just won a game Never give in! Now 3-5, and Dani won the game with her 1st ace. As usual, no quit. Now down 3 match points. 0-6, 3-6 in exactly an hour. Get a nice rest, Daniela, and rock it in Malaysia!

To be honest, there probably wasn't much left in the tank for the doubles today. Quite rightly so, she's played so much recently. Time for a few days off to shop in Dubai and then off to Kuala Lumpur. Will she even be seeded there?

Weirdest fact of the day: (sorry if i haven't got this completely accurate)

If Daniela had lost to Suarez Navarro in final qualifying and signed in as a lucky loser, she would have avoided Kvitova and got a bye to play Bartoli in the 2nd round because Azarenka and Serena withdrew, and this is also the logic if Medina G had not signed in as a lucky loser too s her ranking was higher...

Hindsight is a weird and wonderful thing..

Kvitova has stormed through the draw to the final not dropping a set, at least that's something...