what the...

Court 14? No!

So only scoreboard :/

The time zone difference is so big(I think 9 hour), it will be about 4:00 or 5:00 am in the morning in my time, it depends on the matches before :/

I will be watching scoreboard on mobile at least, I hope

Pity...

I think she plays better on bigger courts, too.


And the court in Brisbane is such a nice court. I like it very much. It almost looks like AO. Pity Daniela isn't playing there. Hope to see her there in next rounds. So come on Daniela!


Her ground strokes were quite good there last year. That was the time when Darren Cahill was helping her. She got fired up by the judgment of umpire in Brisbane and has beaten Szavay after that

Daniela's basically playing in the Outback. I'm worried about stray dingos.

LMAO!

Hantuchova withdraws from Brisbane International

Daniela Hantuchova has withdrawn from the Brisbane International due to a partial tear to her left achilles tendon.

The Slovakian was due to play Russian Anna Chakvetadze today but will be replaced by the highest ranked player who lost in the final round of qualifying, another Russian, Ksenia Pervak.

Brisbane International Tournament Director Steve Ayles said he was disappointed for Hantuchova.

“Daniela is a great person and a huge supporter of the Brisbane event,” Ayles said.

“We are disappointed for her as we know how much she loves this event and was hoping to compete for the third year in a row.

“We wish her all the best for her recovery and hope to see her back out on the court soon.”

Pervak lost her final qualifying match yesterday to Anastasia Pivovarova, 3-6 7-6(3) 6-7(3). The 19 year old is currently ranked No.97 in the world and will play her first-round main-draw match today.

It sucks that Daniela wasn't able to play but the most important thing is that she's fit for the Australian Open. She's got a lot of points to defend over the next few months so she has to make sure that she's fit and healthy for the year. Pervak thrashed Chakvetadze so this would have been a great chance for a healthy Daniela to go on a run. But it would have been a big risk for her to have played injured and not worth taking a chance over with the Australian Open only two weeks away.

Daniela played Beijing injured when she shouldn't have and lost a match that she'd have won easily if she'd been fit and it affected her for the rest of last year. The season's long and this tournament isn't that important in the scheme of things and it's not worth risking injury for. Daniela will still be seeded for the Australian Open so hopefully she's fit for that and able to play there and play well. Hopefully the rest will do her good and this is just a precaution. But if she's not fit, then she has to exercise caution because there's still a lot of the season to play and Daniela's still got a few more good years left in her as long as she stay healthy.



The news wasn't so good for former top 10 player and 2008 Australian Open semi-finalist Daniela Hantuchova who had to withdraw just hours before her first round match with Russian Anna Chakvetadze due to a partial tear of her left achilles tendon.

Hantuchova is still hopeful of playing qualifying in Sydney later this week. But the injury must raise some doubts about her further participation in the Australian season.

Here are the pictures from Brisbane that some guy took from tennisforum. Daniela's pics are at the beginning and towards the end. He said that she was hitting with her leg strapped after she had withdrawn. (which i find odd)

As with qualifying for Sydney, EW! I can't remember the last time Daniela has had to qualify for MD of a tournament...

Maybe she turned down a wildcard there (which has now been given to Rodionova) to ensure hopefully more than one match before AO.

So want this injury to go away, she's looking really fit and strong.

This is really sad...


Daniela hope to see you healthy on the court ASAP!


I wish you a speedy recovery.


And today is her Name Day in Slovakia... January 3 - Daniela