Sweet point for 40-0! And she wins!
Wacky scoreline and some erratic play but we'll take it.

Well, she got the job done... that second set shouldnt have existed.
Please give it up with the breakdowns danka!

Good luck in the second round!

God, that was tense but Daniela came through and won easily enough in the end, well from 4-0 up in the third.

Daniela was playing so well in the first set and the start of the second then she got a little sloppy in the third game of the second, plus Shaughnessy had a bit of luck as two of her returns drifted onto the line so she basically started the point over and earlier these returns had been going long. A couple of hawkeye overrules of points she'd won didn't help matters too much. Then Shaughnessy started blasting aces, she had three in a row mid way through the second, and cut out the errors she'd been making while Daniela started making errors and her level went down while Shaughnessy was playing a lot better.

The first few games of the third were crucial and the match was tense. Daniela saved a bp in the first game then broke on her fourth bp in the next game - she had a great return of serve winner at deuce to set it up. She held serve then had a deja vue break in the fourth game going from 0-40 to deuce then breaking on the fourth bp. Getting that double break was absolutely crucial as it gave her a nice cushion so she could relax and go for her shots a bit more in the last few games and her groundstrokes were a lot smoother while her last two service games were fairly routine. Serving it out to love is always nice. Daniela battled through and she can take a bit of confidence from how she closed the match out.

This is Daniela's best US Open run for three years.

I just got this on the US Open website:
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Did Daniela playing in adidas confuse them or something?Picture 7.png

The american commentator on atdhe is getting on my nerves...

He called it an "ugly victory"...
Anyway, a win is a win, i hope Daniela will improve her level v Bacsinzsky.

Did he really? Dunno how it was ugly, since danka's game was the deciding factor. The woman kept pressing that daniela was the better player and that shouldve have won easily, but he wasnt having any of that... I know Megan is American, but that man kept saying: great, wonderful, to every point she won...

Oh well, glad things were easier in the 3rd.

These second set capitulations are really becoming concerning, but i guess, as always, the important thing is that she won. I was watching the score board at work at the time, so i couldn't see any live feeds but it seemed like she just started making errors all of a sudden. Argh. I guess know one will ever understand what's going on in Daniela's brain but i really wish she could maintain her concentration. The victory was easy enough in the end, but within saying that she could easily have been broken in the first game of the 3rd set, which totally could have changed the dynamic of the match.

Daniela has got such an opportunity to make some major points at the US Open. Here's to hoping she takes full advantage.

good win
thanks martin for your advice how to log in again

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Good morning all and what a lovely pre-fall day! I'll start off my first entry by saying how much I adore New York. I'm thinking of living and studying here when I'm done with tennis. The city has so much to offer! And this time of year, being here and playing in the Open is amazing.

Well, I am through to the 2nd Round after winning my first match yesterday. I had a feeling yesterday that things would turn out nicely for me. I woke up at 8am, had a light bf of juice and a banana and went for a relaxing walk with my brother who arrived from Bratislava two days ago (so he's a little jet lagged!). We are staying at our dearest friend's Jim and Jennifer's duplex on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side, so Central Park is only a few mins away. I love the Park and going for walks to unwind and people watch. My trainer Pat Etcheberry (he is the BEST!) was waiting for me when we returned, ready to start our morning workout session. Then my brother, his girlfriend Lucia, Pat and coach Larri Passos and I had a BIG food coma-level lunch, since I was scheduled to play not before 6pm. I got my equipment together, my racquets freshly strung and stenciled, my apparel and everything packed in my Prince Pro Team bag and got on the practice courts at 4pm. Had to wait a little bit - about another hour before my match, I had some more pasta. Gotta keep my energy levels up!

It felt awesome to play in front of such energetic and enthusiastic NY fans on Louis Armstrong - there is nothing like it! I started off well... firing away in the first set. I struggled a little bit through the second but finished strongly wining five straight games in the 3rd! It was past 11pm by time I got back to my temp home. Had a quick dinner (more food!) and relaxed a bit with my (beaming!) team and was in bed by midnight!

I am up and at it again today and actually heading off to practice, so that's it for now...More to come and thanks to everyone for the support.

Lots of love,
Dani