As expected. I know something about tennis afterall.
I agree with you who say that she should play as much as possible.

Agreed, she needs to play to improve.
I wouldn't be all that proud of that prediction. The reality was that there was no evidence at all to suggest that ALG had anything close to a 50/50 chance of winning this match. Daniela faced another player who was dominant over inferior competition at a grand slam last year, Pavlyuchenkova, and killed her 6-0, 6-1. ALG hadn't beat anyone of any stature in over two years. If I predict that Svetlana Kuznetsova will win the Open, I'm a fool. If she happens to win which she certainly could, I'm still a fool because there's no evidence that she's the best player now. I would have just gotten lucky. Just like you did. Just as a lawyer needs concrete, indisputable evidence to prove his case in a court of law, the same holds true with sports predictions. There was and is no evidence to suggest that a player going 30-4 on the ITF circuit is better than the 30th best WTA player (which is a very modest assessment of Daniela's current ability). If there were, upsets like this would be common. They are not. Las Vegas had Daniela as nearly a 3-1 favorite. No one (and I mean no one) is more than a whisker smarter than the wisdom of the crowds. If they were, they'd be multi-millionaires. The best chances a reasonable person could have given ALG to win this match were 33%. More reasonably would be 25%.

If you think that ALG has recaptured her 2006 form (which was still not as good as a healthy Daniela, anyway), you need months of quality wins before you can confidently make that assessment. To me, ALG is likely no different than where Tanasugarn was a couple of months ago. A veteran putting together a few strong matches which is not likely sustainable.

I still think you know a lot about tennis, though and appreciate when you post.

"The foot feels much better but I lost the feeling of playing and that takes time to get back."

so how much more time do you need? I'll give you one year, is that enough?

I mean, really, you cannot keep making excuses like that when you are world number 12 and has come back to play for more than 2 months.

When does she play doubles?

The problem is that even if Daniela wanted to play lower tier tournaments she can't because of her gold exempt status.

Ah well there goes that idea, i didnt realise that that prevented her from playing lower tiered tournaments, i just thought it got her wild cards if she needed them lol

Scott

what will happen to her ranking then.
i hope bartoli or schnyder won be successful in US open

Well, she can play some Tier III or even Tier IV (she's not a top 5 player on the list), but not when there is a Tier I tournament played the same week. However, the number of Tier III's she can play is limited I think. And she certainly can't play any ITF tournaments as some people suggested.

wich is a stupid idea anyway, she won't get better from playing ITF tournament, not for a player like Daniela
Playing tournaments like Bali or Luxembourg can help her it's Tier III (even though we are still not sure about that last one)