Alcohol is not rquired but it just make it easier!! We love her anyway.

Daniela's confirmed for Stanford:


Others of note include former top-10 players Ai Sugiyama from Japan and Slovakian standout Daniela Hantuchova.

2009 Bank of the West Classic Acceptance List (as of June 15)

Name Country Rank

Serena Williams USA 2
Venus Williams USA 3
Elena Dementieva RUS 4
Jelena Jankovic SRB 6
Nadia Petrova RUS 10
Agnieszka Radwanska POL 11
Marion Bartoli FRA 12
Dominika Cibulkova SVK 14
Samantha Stosur AUS 18
Li Na CHN 19
Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 23
Alisa Kleybanova RUS 26
Sorana Cirstea ROU 27
Sybille Bammer AUT 28
Anna Chakvetadze RUS 31
Daniela Hantuchova SVK 33
Peng Shuai CHN 36
Ai Sugiyama JPN 40
Sabine Lisicki GER 43
Anne Keothavong GBR 49
Melinda Czink HUN 54
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 56
Maria Kirilenko RUS 58
Maria Sharapova RUS 59

Stanford is one tournament which was really helped by the new WTA schedule. Before it lost a lot of top players on the count that it was close to Wimbledon and that there were two other, higher profile events in California that followed. This year, there is now a three week stretch between the Wimbledon final and Stanford. And the San Diego tournament is gone. So, no real surprise that it looks like it's going to have a strong field.

By the way, I wonder if Daniela will play any of the small tournaments in between Wimbledon and Stanford. She has little to no history at any of these events, but she would be looking at a four week break if she loses during the first week of Wimbledon.

7/6/2009 Budapest (220K), Bastad (220K)

7/13/2009 Prague (220K), Palermo (220K)

7/20/2009 Bad Gastein (220K), Portoroz (220K)

Those smaller events are on clay,aren't they? Idon't see Daniela playing on clay again if she can help it!

yes clay,no way to play.
i dont understand why wta to have after wimbledon three weeks in a row
again red-clay events instead hard
i find it rediculous

danka entered los angeles(week after stanford)
also strong entry list

Montreal is also a Premier 5, but I doubt she'll play there as she plays 3 weeks in a row before Montreal

and off-topic, since when is Kim Clijsters playing for Aus?

I've been to both Toronto and Montreal actually. I've lived in Quebec City. I visited Toronto during Christmas and it was freezing, but beautiful. I liked the city a lot. I visited Montreal in April, but a hot April. I liked Montreal too. I found a really cool sports bar with cheap beer.

This time Dani likely to train with Pat Etcheberry


July 10, 2009
The Tennis Week Interview: Pat Etcheberry

Pat Etcheberry: All the screaming about grunting at Wimbledon, let me tell you: I can document and I can show you how much more power a player can generate when he or she grunts. I can prove it through a computer program analysis. I can have you hit a forehand grunting and hit one without grunting and I can document to you that you will generate more power grunting than not grunting. The more you exhale, the more power you can generate. That’s why Olympic weight lifters grunt as they exhale when they lift and that’s why you see martial artists grunt when they throw a punch or a kick. I can document that. I was working on that this afternoon before we talked. I can prove every time that it helps you. The problem is when people hit the ball and scream and then keep screaming when the ball is on the other side of the net — that is not helping anyone and that upsets people. I have Hantuchova coming in next Wednesday and I will show her “You don’t scream now, but I can show you how to do it and show you how it can increase your power.”

full interview