Cool! Thanks, Jean Raj. Daniela's taking us to Marrakech!

With Vesnina and Kuznetsova having a good week in Portugal, Daniela's going to need two good showings in Madrid and Rome to guarantee a Roland Garros seeding. We don't her going into the French Open unseeded and having to face the likes of Jankovic in round 1 again. I was at the first round of the french last year and Daniela was playing at least 3rd round standard of tennis in that match so we really need some good results in the next two weeks.

Tianjin & Stanford.


JANKOVIC SIGNS UP FOR TIANJIN OPEN
Jelena Jankovic, Daniela Hantuchova, Martina Hingis and Peng Shuai are all confirmed for the inaugural Tianjin Open.
Published July 10, 2014 12:12

TIANJIN, China - Former World No.1 Jelena Jankovic has been announced as the headline act at this October's inaugural Tianjin Open.

The International event is the latest addition to the WTA's Asian swing and will also be graced by Daniela Hantuchova, Martina Hingis, Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai.

After a few years in the tennis wilderness, Jankovic returned with a bang last year, breaking back into the Top 10 thanks to a string of impressive showings. The Serbian has carried this form into 2014, finishing runner-up in Bogotá and reaching the semifinals in Brisbane, Doha, Stuttgart and Rome.

"I'm really looking forward to playing in Tianjin this year," Jankovic said. "It's always exciting when a new tournament is added to the calendar because it means we get to visit somewhere different.

"I always love going to China and have had a lot of success there in the past so it will be great to visit a new city. I believe Tianjin is ready for us."

The tournament, which will be held at Tianjin International Tennis Center from October 6-12, is the sixth and final stop-off in China on the WTA calendar, following on from the China Open, in Beijing.

"The tournament is delighted to welcome such a stellar playing field to the city of Tianjin," Tournament Director Tony Cho said. "With Jelena as our Top 10 player we have secured someone who is not only one of the best players on the planet, but who also very popular with the Chinese fans.

"Zhang Shuai has had great success of late and will no doubt look forward to playing in front of her home-crowd, while Peng Shuai continues her strong play having recently won the doubles title at Roland Garros and is currently part of the No. 1 doubles team in the world. Hantuchova and Hingis are both outstanding names in women's tennis and also have a very large following of fans in China."




STANFORD, Calif. () – Samantha Stosur, Daniela Hantuchova and Garbine Muguruza have all officially entered to compete in the 2014 Bank of the West Classic. The addition reinforces an already dominant player field which includes World No. 1 and 17-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, World No. 3 and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieska Radwanska along with defending Bank of the West Classic champion, Australian Open finalist and World No. 10 Dominika Cibulkova.

Hantuchova will compete at in Stanford for the tenth time and will look to become a Bank of the West champion for the first time in her 15-year career. The Slovakian is a former Top 5 player and has six WTA titles under her belt, including two at Indian Wells (2007, 2002).

It would appear that Daniela will be playing in the Necker Cup again this year-her picture is up on their Facebook page.

Daniela's in the main draws for Tokyo

I think Daniela should rest after her last tournament of the year which will probably be Luxembourg or Moscow and not do the silly tour of Asia afterwards...then she should give next year everything she has...I really hope Daniela will give us plenty of warning when she decides to retire. I would hate for it to come out of the blue.

I only follow her twitter page Alex.. I doubt she monitors her facebook anymore after all the rubbish that gets put on there (apart from yours of course)

I think Daniela will keep going for a couple of years longer as she really enjoys playing, it's her passion and she'll want to play at the Rio Olympics. She plays doubles a lot and doubles players keep going longer than singles players. It's got to be so tough on her that she just isn't competitive with top players and she's had a lot of defeats to some really average players this year. Daniela's very resilient and positive but all the losses this year will have taken a toll.
It's Daniela's career and her life so she can do what she wants and I think she'll want to be involved in tennis, I think she'll be playing for a bit longer, she'll play exhibitions and she can go on and do media work - she was excellent when she commentated at the Australian Open.

Tomorrow is two months from Auckland. Rooting for Dani to not just turn the page on 2014, but to rip the dulgurned thing right out of the book and start a nice comeback season.

Am I the only one here who, when the 70's hit Fox On The Run by Sweet comes on the radio, thinks about Daniela?