Daniela won easily enough in the end but some of her play was a bit
First set was pretty bad as Daniela made a lot of errors and her footwork wasn't good which led to a lot of them. The number of double faults she had was worrying and the two double faults she had to drop her serve at 2-0 in the first led to a collapse. If she'd held serve there, she'd probably have won the set as easily as she did the last two, but she dropped it and her level dropped with some bad errors and K. Bondarenko played well in the first set and hit some good shots. The match was down to Daniela's level and it went up in the last two sets. She was a little more patient, positioned herself for shots better and constructed the points more and moved Bondarenko around a bit more than in the first. She used less slice than against Vinci.
Safina's been to the final here a couple of times but her Wimbledon record is pretty modest and grass is her weakest surface so Daniela would have a chance against her. Daniela will have to raise her game against Safina and she couldn't have any of the errors or lapses she had against Bondarenko but she's in the quarters and being able to turn this match around and gain momentum will give her confidence.
