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Author:  chungwit [ 27. April 2010 18:56 ]
Post subject:  Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Dates: May 2-8, 2010 image
Venue: Rome, Italy
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $2,000,000
Surface: Clay/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Sergio Palmieri

Official Website: www.internazionalibnlditalia.it

2009 Performance: 2nd Round. Lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-3

Singles:
1R: [13]Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Daniela Hantuchova 3-6 6-2 6-2

Author:  chungwit [ 27. April 2010 18:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Entry List:

1. Serena Williams (USA)
2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
3. Dinara Safina (RUS)
4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
5. Venus Williams (USA)
6. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
7. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
8. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Samantha Stosur (AUS)
11. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
12. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
13. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
14. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
15. Jie Zheng (CHN)
16. Shahar Peer (ISR)
17. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
18. Aravane Rezai (FRA)
19. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
20. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
21. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
22. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
23. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
24. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
25. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
26. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
28. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
29. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
30. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
31. Lucia Safarova (SVK)
32. Melanie Oudin (USA)
33. Sara Errani (ITA)
34. Andrea Petkovic (GER)
35. Vera Dushevina (RUS)
36. Patty Schnyder (SUI)
37. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
38. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
39. Olga Govortsova (BLR)
40. Polona Hercog (SLO)
41. Tathiana Garbin (ITA)
42. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
43. Roberta Vinci (ITA)
44. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

Author:  eddy [ 27. April 2010 19:46 ]
Post subject:  Re: Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Such a tough tournament. But hopefully the recent amazing Daniela will be there!

Daniela could face any of these lot in the 1st round:

9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Samantha Stosur (AUS)
11. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
12. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
13. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
14. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
15. Jie Zheng (CHN)
16. Shahar Peer (ISR)

and Zvonareva, Ivanovic, or Henin...

Author:  Marek12 [ 28. April 2010 14:15 ]
Post subject:  Re: Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Maybe Ivanovic wont miss the chance to be beaten by Dani this time :)

Author:  BlueDragon [ 28. April 2010 15:00 ]
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Maybe Ivanovic wont miss the chance to be beaten by Dani this time :)
Ivanovic played pretty well yesterday against Radwanska and hit some really good winners! She's still struggling with her serve and mental strength though.

Author:  ever_the_optimist [ 28. April 2010 21:49 ]
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Always a tough tournament this one, shown by that entry list. One match at a time is all Daniela can do, she has shown she has improved a lot on clay so who knows, but being that this tournament is in her favourite city in the world I think she'll enjoy being there whatever happens.

Scott

Author:  Diego [ 28. April 2010 21:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Dani is already in Rome from Monday. She has a lot of time to rest, do some shopping and be prepared for the tournament. A good draw like Charleston and here we go! I want JJ again!

Author:  eddy [ 29. April 2010 00:51 ]
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Henin no longer playing??

Author:  chungwit [ 29. April 2010 01:06 ]
Post subject:  Re: Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Daniela got to the semi-final here in 2007 so she has got good recent performances in this tournament. There are a lot of good players in the field but Daniela's in very good form right now and no one's going to want to play her. We'll see what the draw is and hopefully she gets a reasonable draw. A lot will depend on her health and fitness so hopefully she's been able to recover from her exertions in Charleston and the Fed Cup.

Author:  Diego [ 29. April 2010 11:41 ]
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It's pretty nice to have matches with Top players before RG. Playing with them, Dani always bring her best on court. It's so important this year to do well in RG...

Author:  asj001 [ 29. April 2010 22:44 ]
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Suarez Navarro twisted her ankle yesterday so she'll be out - one less clay-courter for Daniela to contend with.
I like her chances, and I think her run here in 2007 will give her a boost this week given that she knows she is playing some good tennis right now. I hope she avoids a seed in the opening round because the players in 9-16 positioning are tough. Of course as Eddy has already suggested it would be nice if she manages to avoid Henin and Zvonareva too.
These premier tournaments always seem to be about the draw - especially when we're talking about Daniela. If she gets lucky then it could be a good week.

Author:  asj001 [ 29. April 2010 22:51 ]
Post subject:  Re: Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

It's ironic how the top-three seeds here are in pretty rough shape. Serena is coming back from three months off so we probably can't expect much from her, Wozniacki has a dodgy ankle and lost today against Safarova, and Safina is also just coming back to the tour and although she won today it looked like a bit of an in-and-out performance. I can't see Kuznetsova winning the title (especially considering she lost to Li yesterday... on clay), and Azarenka had a surprise loss today aswell. Maybe Venus could come up with the goods this week. She is definately due a big clay court title in my opinion.

Author:  BMC [ 30. April 2010 03:39 ]
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It's ironic how the top-three seeds here are in pretty rough shape. Serena is coming back from three months off so we probably can't expect much from her, Wozniacki has a dodgy ankle and lost today against Safarova, and Safina is also just coming back to the tour and although she won today it looked like a bit of an in-and-out performance. I can't see Kuznetsova winning the title (especially considering she lost to Li yesterday... on clay), and Azarenka had a surprise loss today aswell. Maybe Venus could come up with the goods this week. She is definately due a big clay court title in my opinion.

It is quite funny. I almost prefer Daniela's chances of beating one of the 1-5 seeds rather than the 9-16 bracket she finds herself in. I think we're all hopeful of a good run here. She's played well in Rome before and she's been playing amazing tennis this last month. Her confidence would have to be sky high after her Fed Cup performance so as long as she's not tired or hurting i'm sure we'll see some solid performances (note, the plural).

Daniela's easily the most dangerous floater in the draw so i'm sure we won't be the only ones eagerly awaiting her first round opponent.

Author:  MartinH [ 30. April 2010 12:56 ]
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No 13 seed Schiavone in R1.


Author:  Diego [ 30. April 2010 13:13 ]
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:shock: :shock: :o

Couldn't ask for worst draw...
At least, she will play on Centre Court!

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