Its not easy to judge from the scoreboard but it seems that Dani cant get rid of bad habits.
Its not the defeat itself that actually hurts, after all it was the first match of the season
and all players are trying to find their form. It is the way Dani surrendered at the crucial
third set which reminded me the second half of the 2008 season ( against Zvonareva,
Cirstea etc ). I agree that the pressure is a major factor that affects Dani's game, but she
has to deal with it, especially when she plays against players ranked sooo lower than her
and everyone expects from Dani to win - no disrespect to Errani who obviously played better
and deserved to win. And the funny thing is that Schiavone and Ai were disqualified as well.
It was a good but wasted chance...Anyway, Sydney will be even more difficult.
I hope things will improve there.

A very diappointing start into the new season... After the first set i was so sure, that Daniela will win this easily and that she would be in a good form, but then... I hope that she can gets self-confidence by the doubles and Ai and that I can see her in a better form in melbourne...

Good win in doubles, although tough next round!

Wednesdays OOP: Hantuyama vs. Black/Huber is last match on show court 2.

I would only repeat myself.


it doesn't seem as if much has change. Unfortunately. Without watching the match, I've seen enough of Daniela to believe that this match was mainly her making errors. Is Errani a good mover? If she is one of those players who get a lot back, she might have succeeded in frustrating Daniela enough, so that Daniela tried to hit winners way too often.

i am going with you about this


That's both of us. That's another one going with you Christina. Look. It's not that it's so hard to get back, it's just not hardly going back easy. For one reason or the other. And that's taking it out.

For a foot hold up the rankings -- and I'd say no one deserves it more than she does (now more than ever?) -- she should proceed only with that situation.

Where will she be when she is there. What's that going to require? She knows how to make it. Everything else follows.

Make those choices rather than being in defiance. It happens very rarely that players succeed while defying their own game. It's her defiance that bites her. Only she is in control of that, it can't be worked-out now. It's the expected result.

In other words: start from the middle, act like it's yours, don't keep trying to reinvent this. That way fantasy land finally does come to an end.

wow i wake up and watch the scoreboard and Ai and Dani won the first set 7:5 Great! Hope they can hold this!
Juhu they win Really good performance in the third set!

Great stuff ladies. Ai is a great friend and such a positive influence on Daniela,hopefully she will get the infusion of confidence that she needs from this result.