God,Azarenka was obnoxious last night.

Would it surprise you that I watched with the sound off?

Daniela and Peschke win 5-3 against Moulton-Levy and Fichman

Daniela wins 5-0 against Fichman AWESOME!

WOOF! Daniela gave Fichman an absolute beasting. Her aggregate score in the match was 10-3.

Playing regularly is getting her into a good rhythm, she's used to the WTT rules and her level at the moment is better than it was when she started last week. Daniela's enjoying it and she enjoying her tennis.

Once again thanks for the updates and report, Alex & eddy.

Full results & stats:



Continuing their week-long road trip on Wednesday, the San Diego Aviators defeated the Boston Lobsters 20-15, lifting them back into first place in the Mylan World TeamTennis Western Conference.

Daniela Hantuchova was a difference-maker for the Aviators (6-3), winning the fourth set of women’s singles with a 5-0 line over Sharon Fichman to put the Aviators ahead 17-10.

“It was a terrific effort from our team to rise above the fatigue and get the win,” coach Dave Macpherson said. “Daniela was tremendous in women’s singles.”

Been wracking my brains trying to figure how under any other circumstances Daniela would end up in Springfield, Missouri!
Men's doubles got waylaid, 5-2. Hurry up, Bryan brothers!
Doubles: Another bagel! Daniela and Kveta speared Kops-Jones and Govortsova. I am especially pleased to see our gal beat Kops-Jones. The second break came after Dani/Kveta fell behind 3-0. Daniela then served it out to 0. This pair is now 8-2, and arguably the best doubles team in WTT. Dani was 7-9 1st serves in, winning 6 of the 7, and a near 2-2 on 2nd serve. No DF'S, 1 ace. Let's take a collection and get Daniela her own plane, under the condition she has to ride in it every day! San Diego takes a 7-5 lead. That was extended to 12-8 by Kveta/Klaasen. Daniela plays next against Govortsova.
Singles: Daniela won the first game, which extended her combined singles/doubles streak to 14 games straight. However, this being her first time in WTT and it's outlandish travel, it has been beyond amazing how well she's played, and I kept waiting for her to crash into a wall. That's what happened. Govortsova won 5-3, breaking Dani in her last 2 service games. She got the first one back, then was up 3-2, but it got away. Oh well, better she hits a wall now then in the first round at Stanford.
Stats show it. 50% on 1st serve (winning 8 of 12), 4-12 2nd serve, 2 DF'S, 0 aces. Frustrating…she can't get to .500 in singles, now 4-6. San Diego leads 15-13.
Good night nurse. By dropping serve thrice, Devverman allowed Springfield to tie the tie at 18, setting up a super tiebreak which Michael Russell won easily. Of San Diego's 4 losses, at least 3 of them have been by one point, all of which were blown when entering the final set with the lead. Thankfully, they don't play tomorrow. Daniela clearly can use the breather.

This is disappointing as Govortsova is someone that Daniela should beat pretty easily. However, as Alex said, Daniela's been doing an awful lot of travelling and fatigue has to have been a factor. Daniela can get a day off today and after tomorrow's match at Austin, San Diego's at home for their final three regular season games and the Bryans will be there which will strengthen the mens doubles if nothing else.

Springfield Lasers sounds like something from The Simpsons

To be honest I don't think it matters if Daniela doesn't get to the playoffs as that will give her more time to prepare for Stanford, I just think it's really good that Daniela has been playing competitive tennis this whole summer and not having 3 weeks of training as to be honest sometimes I think she trains too much...

You know, part of me agrees; a few days off will help quite a bit. On the other hand, there's not many chances left for Daniela to extend her streak to 4 straight years of winning a tournament on tour, and Fed Cup was disastrous for her this year. So in a way, the other part of me would love to see San Diego win the championship with Dani as an integral part of it, figuring that likely will give her real joy. 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

Non-neutral news: Results from Istanbul today guarantee that Daniela will move up a spot to #31 on Monday.

Wow! How come this was scheduled so early????

Totally missed it!!!

But amazing win by Daniela!!

Wow! How come this was scheduled so early????

Totally missed it!!!

But amazing win by Daniela!!

I'll second that, eddy.

I just assumed that it would be a 7pm start like every other match has been so I was surprised that it had been played but delighted by the result. Daniela really came through to win the match for San Diego when Austin were aheadd in games and had momentum. She played well with Kvate Peschke again - I'd like to see them as a team on the main tour - and she got her revenge against Zvonareva and played well again, especially when she got her first serve in. Her second serve could have been better but judging by the stats her overall performance was really good she was was crucial in the Aviators winning coming through in the last two matches to win the tie.

The eternal roadtrip is over and the Aviators are at home for the rest of the regular season, it's appropriate that a team named the Aviators would be doing so much flying. The Bryans are coming to shore up the doubles so things are looking up for San Diego.

Thanks for the match report, Alex.