Fucking hell! That was a beasting. Zvonareva was like a wall with a cannon attached, she was very good. It's kind of stunning and hard to say what happened, it's like being hit by a truck. Daniela could have played better but Zvonareva was getting everything back and putting Daniela under relentless pressure. It seemed like every game Daniela hit a shot that I was sure was a winner but it came back and Daniela had to be millimetre perfect to hit a winner and she couldn't have any margin of error on any of her shots. She'd hit two or three great shots that she'd normally win the point with but they'd come back and she'd try to do too much and make an error, but if she just rallied then Zvonareva would unleash a winner or something that Daniela couldn't get back. Zvonareva hardly made any errors, she was getting virtually all of her first serves in and they were powerful serves that would win the point or at the very least put Zvonareva firmly in control of the point. Zvonareva's defence and retrieving was really good and she was hitting great shots from all over the court. Daniela had to do everything exceptionally because if she didn't it was punished by Zvonareva.

Daniela can take a good win over Schiavone from this tournament and hope that she not drawn against Zvonareva any time soon.

I read that ES was showing this match. Anyone care to write a review for those lucky souls that didn't watch?


the result seems depressing,but the truth is different.
chungwit gave a very good review for what happened on court.
martin you cant imagine how zvonareva played.words like very good,fantastic are poor.
nothing else to add,i feel exactly like chungwit.
oh my that was a space playing from zvonareva.

[b]There is no way a player of Daniela's ability should lose to someone like Zvonareva 6-1 6-0, no matter how bad they are playing or how good their opponant is playing. A defeat like this will be very hard to take and will probably affect her in her last tournament in Zurich next week. Maybe Daniela should have cut her season short because this is not doing her any good at all. She might have been better playing less tournaments in Europe and then going to Quebec to get some easy wins and a bit of confidence for next season. I really hope she bounces back from this quickly. This must have been quite embarresing for her infront of the Russian crowd.[/b]

I know Vera was playing amazing but to loose 6-1, 6-0 is not good for Daniela....and it wasn't all Vera Daniela contributed to her own downfall in this match. Think Petrova goes above her in the rankings now....I seriously think she should take a break and regroup because she has alot of things in her game that she needs to improve

The fact that Vera was playing very well cannot be an excuse for a 61 60 lost. I mean, Daniela has just played her last week, she should know what to expect from Vera. What chungwit said is true, sometimes it should be a winner but Vera got the ball back. However, as a professional player, Daniela should know the point is over only when it is really over. She hit a beautiful shot and expected to be a winner but when it wasn't and the ball came back, Daniela made an UE. That happened so many times in this match that I am tired of it. If Daniela could just play with a bit more confidence, I am pretty sure we would have a different result because she has the game definitely but without confidence to finish the point. That is the only thing I am really upset about.

Vera was amazing. BUT Daniela acted like the world was against her. Her attitude was really bad on court. She looked as if she was going to cry any second. Also Daniela must be a lot more patient on court. There were a lot of rallies where Daniela just needed to keep the ball in play rather than go for winners as they were actually quite similar in terms of power on the long rallies. Consequently Vera barely broke sweat as Daniela kept going for the winner and obviously missed liek 9 times out of 10.

Daniela should just try and enjoy being on court. No match can surely be as worse as this one today so she should just smile and enjoy playing tennis.

I agree with Chungwit that Vera was very good today BUT it was also Daniela who hit every ball out,she played like a few years ago again,trying to make a winner of every shot, she wasn't patient anymore like last season, missing easy shots at the net.

2008 Chennai Open final.

Mikhail Youzhny beat Rafael Nadal 6-0 6-1.