Daniela seems to be on cruise control.

4-0 in the second. She seems to be continuing her good form. She just needs some good wins to justify a better ranking. Her form is surely there.

EDIT: 5-0 now.

MP for Dani...break her!

she won 6-4, 6-1
good play as the score shows!...
wow Dani!

very well done danka
convising win,against kuzzie on tuesday probably
esp coverage starts from tuesday 5 hours per day

Great start into the Rome-week for Daniela. Really convincing win against Dushevina, only from the stats.
6:4 6:1 looks quite comfortably for me.
Now against Kuznetsova will be a much tougher level. She is in really great form at the moment. Seems like she will win the title this week in Stuttgart.

But also Daniela is improving a lot during the last weeks IMO. Hope the work with Lari Passos will continue. As I said last week, IMO one of the best coaches on the tour (men and women).

I personlly think the fact that Kuznetsova is still playing Stuttgart will hinder her as opposed to Daniela.
They will probably play on Tuesday, which means Svetlana has less than 48 hours from playing the final in Germany to stepping onto the court in Rome. Whether Svetlana wins or loses, I definately think it favours Daniela.

It depends on how you look at it. If she's fit enough Sveta might not waver until later in the tournament and might have the strength to produce some good tennis against Daniela - and there's no question of her form considering how she's playing against Dinara. My confidence for the next round stems more from Daniela's current good form. Although i thought the same when Daniela was playing Dinara, but i was wrong. If Daniela plays well, i think she can challenge Sveta regardless. If Sveta is playing poorly, is unprepared or tired, then i'd expect Daniela to win.