Oh Danka somehow i had a bad feeling but i hoped you will prove me wrong...
Well take a break and try to find your love and passion again for L.A.
Go Aleks take the title now 
Edit: I doubt Danka will find her magic form from Bali 07 until AO 08 again... The real Danka's back (Wimbly 2003-US 2006)
2003-2004 you mean
if you gonna complain about 2005 then you are asking to much: 10 times quarterfinal or better, 2 doubles titles, 2 grand slam mixed doubles titles highest rank in two years , top 20 again, top 10 defeats,winning the Hopman Cup, ...
Well sorry i know Danka only since the end of 2005 and when i saw her match in linz against schnyder in 05 (2-6 1-6) and 07 (6-4 6-2) i have to say these ar 2 completely different Hantuchovas.
From what i saw of her activity, 2005 was much better than 2004. The Mixed Doubles Titles ok very good. Doubles Titles are also ok. But too many QF Finishes. And her run to L.A. Final was only impressive due to her Victory against Dementieva.
She was at her best between Bali 07 and AO 08. Better than in 2002 or 2005. That's my opinion. I doubt she's going to be as strong again, for sure not in 2008. I hope for a Fall-Wonder again (2006, Zurich Final) on which follows a great year (2007). Only her Grand-Slams were bad in 2007.
Go Danka
you don't have to apologize for it 
compared to 2007 then 2005 is indeed not the same but you have to compare it to the previous years (2003-2004) and then 2005 was really great with all the
quarter finals, cause we had to wait very long for it. That's why i am not really suprised you said you started to follow her at the end of 2005.
Then it's more difficult to understand what happened in all those years before that and how happy we all were with 2005.
her match in Linz was the last one of the season (the hard loss vs Schnyder) i guess it was time for a break after a very long season , cause in those days
every tournament she played , she also played doubles and mixed at slams.
3 weeks before that match she outplayed Schnyder in the old Filderstadt, same with Pennetta.
She even had her chances vs Davenport , but her service made the difference at the end of both sets. 1 week later she even had matchpoints vs Davenport (while she was nr 1 one off the world) ok she choked , but i just want to show you that the Linz match was a accident lol 
The final in La was for many more reasons great , not only for defeating a top 10 player but it was her first final since 14 months, and she defeated a few lower
ranked players in a row, something she wasn't capable off from half 2003 till half 2004 , for a year long she didn't reacht a quarter final.
that she had her best period from september last year till januari this year, i think we all agree about that.
but you said 2003-2006 old danka , wich made it sound like she wasn't good in 2005 , cause 2003-2004 was a disaster.
what she did in 2007 is probably the highest she can achieve after followwing her for 7 years, if she can't change it mentally , she won't be top 5 again.
of course i can start posting: she will be number one next year, but that's not really realistic
but im happy with repeating 2007 , those results were really great, but that will be for 2009 im afraid
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