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Author:  chungwit [ 18. September 2015 23:45 ]
Post subject:  Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Dates: 21 -26 September 2015 image
Venue: Guangxzhou, China
Tier: International
Prize Money: $226,750
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Mr Huang Jianting

Official website: www.guangzhouopen.org

First Appearance

Singles:
1R: [5] Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 7-5
Author:  chungwit [ 18. September 2015 23:53 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Players:

Simona Halep
Andrea Petkovic
Sara Errani
Jelena Jankovic
Monica Niculuescu
Aleksandra Krunic
Daniela Hantuchova
Zheng Saisai
Margarita Gasparyan
Olga Govortsova
Yulia Putintiseva
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Danka Kovinic
Urszula Radwanska
Timea Babos
Denisa Allertova
Francesca Schiavone
Magda Linette
Bojana Jovanovski
Monica Puig
Author:  chungwit [ 19. September 2015 00:04 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
We'll see how Daniela does here. Hopefully she's fit and healthy and she's had a good time training with Carlos Rodriguez in Beijing so she can come in here feeling good.
I think Daniela will be seeded here which helps a bit as she'll avoid one of the really top players early here. Her performances against Doi and Buyukakcay don't give a lot of cause for optimism as most of the players here are at least as good as them and she's lost to Radwanska and Linette this year so any opponent will be tough. Daniela has to respect whoever she plays but I know that she'll give her best effort and a run here would be fantastic.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 19. September 2015 21:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
It was neat to see the pictures of Daniela working with Mr. Rodriguez. She did so well at the start of the year after his help, whipping Errani right away and then winning Pattaya. Let's hope for another immediate boost.
Author:  chungwit [ 20. September 2015 15:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Daniela starts with fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova which will be tough. Kuznetsova got to the final in Madrid but she hasn't done too much the rest of the time. Her best win since then was beating Pennetta at Eastbourne while she had a losing streak at the start of the year. Her last two wins were against qualifiers outside the top 100 at Wimbledon and Washington. She withdrew from Washington and didn't play again until the US Open where she lost to Mladenovic so she's not in great form. Having said that, she's still a lot better than anyone Daniela's beaten recently so it's a difficult opener for Daniela.

The second round opponent would be either Urszula Radwanska or a qualifier while Jankovic is the seeded quarter-final opponent so Daniela's got a few bete noires to overcome.

Singles draw:
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Author:  chungwit [ 20. September 2015 15:57 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Daniela's the third match on Centre Court tomorrow, play starts at 10 am.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 21. September 2015 07:53 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Matches have been suspended for hours now as it rains in Guangzhou, and it's in the forecast well into tomorrow. So likely we will have to wait even another day to cheer on Daniela.
Author:  chungwit [ 21. September 2015 15:05 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Daniela's the second match on Court 1, play starts at 10 am.
Author:  Alex Isabel [ 22. September 2015 08:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Anguishing. Will our gal ever win a singles match again? :(
Author:  Peter007 [ 22. September 2015 09:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
It was a close match today, next one will be interesting for sure..
Author:  monmon [ 22. September 2015 10:09 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
She just lost 6-4 7-5

To many UE..there was a little drama with the umpire on the 2nd set
Author:  eddy [ 22. September 2015 10:53 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Was there a stream???

She gave it a good go. Was 2-0 up in both sets but didn't hold so got pegged back both times.

A shame that she broke Kuzzy so much in the 3rd set to stay in the match only to drop serve AGAIN but I think we have to be happy that the scoreline was close. Carlos is helping.
Author:  chungwit [ 22. September 2015 15:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
It was a fairly tough opener for Daniela although Kuznetsova's recent form hadn't been great. Daniela gave a reasonable enough performance but she just couldn't hold serve and she only won 45% of the points on her first serve and that's what really hurt her in the match as well as losing 7/11 of the BPS she faced. Her second serve points won was at 41% which is fairly reasonable and she won 5/7 BP chances she had so she has things to build on. This is another tough loss but Daniela gave a decent performance against a good player but not good enough.

Daniela will have to qualify for Wuhan & Beijing which could be a good thing as she won't play against top players and she's a lot more likely to win and putting together some wins will be boost for her. Hopefully Daniela can learn from this and make the necessary adjustments.
Author:  eddy [ 22. September 2015 17:35 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
Daniela has been given a wildcard into Wuhan
Author:  chungwit [ 22. September 2015 17:53 ]
Post subject:  Re: Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou
I can't complain about Daniela getting a wildcard although it could be like Cincinnati again, but if she plays well then she can put a run together. She'd be more likely to get wins against the players in qualifying than anyone in the main draw but Daniela has to have a good match sometime. She has to sort her serve out because that's been her biggest weakness in her recent matches.
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