daniela will play on monday in rod laver arena at 19:30 local time
first match in night session,live on esp

Mondays Schedule, January 19

Roda Laver Arena
1. (01.00 CET) Andy Roddick vs. Bjorn Rehnquist
2. Jelena Jankovic vs. Yvonne Meusburger
3. Andrea Stoppini vs. Novak Djokovic
4. (09.30 h CET) Daniela Hantuchova vs. Casey Dellacqua
5. Andreas Seppi vs. Roger Federer

ESPNHD starts coverage when she goes on court. They may just show previous matches though. They do that sometimes. I shouldn't be up that late anyhow. I guess it's sort of inevitable.

This is the Dellacqua Medibank match against Errani

If I remember correctly, Dellacqua is a hard hitting player.She is overhyped by Australian media so you could read somewhere how good she was while in reality she was not. All I remember about her that she is a lefty and hits forehand with a load of topspin.
Apropos of nothing, but why is the Margaret Court Arena not just called the Margaret Court?
I was wondering about that myself when I first heard the name of the court.

somebody on cp has been to the Aus Open this weekend and seen Daniela practice. To make a long story short, apparently Angel is with her but also that new guy

it was soo funny i was standing next to her and Angel (I saw him haha) talking and kissing ppl on the cheek that she knew and said "happy new year" to one of 'em, it was so cute to hear her laugh

Apropos of nothing, but why is the Margaret Court Arena not just called the Margaret Court?
I was wondering about that myself when I first heard the name of the court.

Should be called the Margaret Court Court.


This is a match that I feel quite apprehensive about. I don't think that Dellacqua is that great a player, but Daniela's form isn't great and the slam wins that Dellacqua had last year were against superior players who weren't confident or playing well. Mauresmo's results in the later half of 2007 weren't good, Bartoli's form before Roland Garros was dire while Schnyder's Wimbledon record is terrible. If Daniela was in better form and more confident, I'd feel a lot better about this match.

Also, I've mentioned before how Daniela's 2007 & 2008 were like 2002 & 2003. In 2004, Daniela made an early AO exit to an Australian so let's hope she breaks the cycle.

I feel if Daniela wins this, she'll go on a good run. I feel nervous because this match is so important for her ranking and confidence and is really important for setting up the rest of the year.