Player Field as of 3/28/2014:

Serena Williams USA 1
Jelena Jankovic SRB 6
Sara Errani ITA 10
Sabine Lisicki GER 15
Sloane Stephens USA 16
Eugenie Bouchard CAN 19
Samantha Stosur AUS 20
Sorana Cirstea ROU 26
Lucie Safarova CZE 27
Maria Kirilenko RUS 29
Venus Williams USA 31
Daniela Hantuchova SVK 33
Elena Vesnina RUS 35
Andrea Petkovic GER 37
Madison Keys USA 38
Shuai Zhang CHN 41
Elina Svitolina UKR 42
Shuai Peng CHN 44
Alison Riske USA 48
Varvara Lepchenko USA 49
Stefanie Voegele SUI 52
Lauren Davis USA 55
Christina McHale USA 57
Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 59
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 64
Marina Erakovic NZL 68
Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 69
Vania King USA 72
Anna Schmiedlova SVK 73
Caroline Garcia FRA 74
Paula Ormaechea ARG 75
Jana Cepelova SVK 76
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 77
Chanelle Scheepers RSA 78
Dinah Pfizenmaier GER 79
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 80
Virginie Razzano FRA 81
Petra Cetkovska CZE 83
Julia Glushko ISR 86
Johanna Larsson SWE 91
Julia Goerges GER 92
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 97
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 103
Shelby Rogers USA 110
Melanie Oudin USA 131
Nadia Petrova RUS 205

It's not the worst draw. Daniela should be able to beat Rogers although I was hoping she'd avoid an American, but Daniela should have too much experience. Still Rogers has to be respected and she'll have quite a bit of home support. We'll see who the qualifier is and the third round opponent is seeded to be Cirstea who'll be tough. Serena Williams will be extremely difficult in the quarter-final but I'll be delighted if Daniela gets that far as it would mean she'll have won as many matches this tournament as she has in the rest of the year.

Daniela just has to focus on beating Rogers and take things one match at a time. Given her recent form every win she gets is a bonus.

Daniela's not playing doubles this week. I think it's a good decision as she could do with the rest. Parra Santonja's playing with Erakovic this week so we'll see if Daniela stays with Parra Santonja in future or goes with a new partner.

No match tomorrow. Gotta wait until Tuesday. My stomach is already in knots. Considering Daniela's losing streak and her FB posts this past week, I feel that I'll be rooting harder for Dani than ever before (with very few exceptions, of course), and will be about as nerved up when the match starts as I've ever been. Hoping that every Daniela fan everywhere funnels positive vibes her way.

1st set to Daniela! First good signs in awhile, as she trailed 5-4, then went break/hold/break (2-2 on break points).

Yeah! Shout from the highest mountain!

I told Dani to never give up on the good times! Now, I don't think she's fully straightened out yet, and Rogers certainly helped out. She had 3 games serving for a set and never even reached a set point. But still, 2 comebacks by Daniela; the fighting spirit lives!

A wins a win. But not pleasant to watch,still miles off her best unfortunately.