Huh?Either you've got extremely high standards martin or you're not remembering these tournaments properly. Granted I didn't see any of Stuttgart( I was on holiday) and she might have served utter rubbish there,but at Luxembourg she made Bartoli look like a complete numpty with her serve(10 aces,no double faults) and served excellently at Linz-made Dulko's like a misery with her kick serve,got out of jail against Bondarenko with her serve when her groundstrokes went haywire,served very solidly in the last two sets against Vaidisova(saved a MP with an excellent first serve) and served well against Schnyder in the final,winning the crucial game in the second set with an ace out wide.Daniela played against Safarova in Stuttgart so her serve wasn't properly tested. Just like against Schnyder, Dulko, Bondarenko or Vaidisova. The first trio doesn't have a return they can hurt you with that much. Vaidisova's return is a joke due to her pisspoor footwork and long racket swings. The only player with really good return skills amongst those you mention is Bartoli. Not taking anything from Daniela but Bartoli looked exhausted in that match, she was sweating more than usually, her reactions and feet were slow, which affected everything including her return. Bartoli's previous long match against Chakvetadze took its toil on her. Daniela's serve was slower overall and placement wasn't that great either. Imo the placement was much better in 2005, especially during US hardcourt season when Daniela was hitting lines almost at will, even some tennis reporters noticed that according to their articles in tennis magazines (I remember Matthew Cronin mentioned it).

I don't have much more to say safe that I enjoy these pit fights with you.
Do you play tennis actively?

I'm also disabled, so I know how depressing it is not to be able to play tennis any more. It is a very hard sport, I know from my short experience, so I wouldn't be hard on Daniela.