Yeah, aside from Razzano, this was a relatively kind draw.

I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope that one of the seeds (i'm looking at you Zvonareva) withdraws before play starts. Razzano is the next player to be seeded, and if she gets a seeding, Daniela would play a lucky loser instead!

Yeah, aside from Razzano, this was a relatively kind draw.

I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope that one of the seeds (i'm looking at you Zvonareva) withdraws before play starts. Razzano is the next player to be seeded, and if she gets a seeding, Daniela would play a lucky loser instead!


Lol how funny!

Not a bad draw at all! I'm worried about the 1st round draw though...

I'm with Martin. I'd have rather seen her play a sub-100 player in round one and get potentially tougher players down the line. Razzano is literally one of the best five or six fellow unseeded players in the draw.

This isn't a great draw as Razzano has won the last two matches with Daniela and has had some good results this year. Razzano does play with big flat groundstrokes and doesn't have much margin for error in her game, so if she's on form she's a difficult opponent but if she's off she'll make errors. In that respect, it's a decent match for Daniela as the points will be rallies will be fairly short and Razzano is a better opponent than a retriever. Razzano lost in the first round the past three years, in 2006 it was to Clijsters but in the past two years it was to Sequera and Zakapolova so her recent Roland Garros record isn't great but it's still a tough match.

Medina Garrigues beat Daniela here two years ago although Daniela beat her in Rome in 2007. Medina Garrigues's best surface is clay and she's a retriever so that would be a tough match for Daniela although Medina Garrigues did withdraw from Strasbourg and she lost in the Rome first round to Chakvetadze and in the Madrid first round to Dushevina who Daniela beat the week before in Rome, so there are questions about her form and fitness. Medina Garrigues thrashed Makarova in the Fez final and Daniela thrashed Makarova at the Paris indoors although Makarova got to the Fez and Estoril finals and had some good wins in Miami so she'll have a bit of confidence.

This is the cliche of one match a time as Razzano will be tough in the first round. Daniela avoided one of the contenders but the draw could still have been better.

I am not so thrilled with this draw to be honest.

Same here. The whole match depends really on Razzano. If she has one of her good days, it will be very difficult for Danka. If she plays bad, Danka has the chance to advance. The draw is ok, but especially what I've seen from Warsaw doesn't make me believe she will go far here, especially because she didn't even go far at RG when she was playing well. If she's able to play her A-Game consistently, I can see her reaching the 3rd or even 4th Round but definitely not more. I'm really not expecting a lot here, she showed in Fed Cup that she's able to play wonderful, and she showed in Warsaw (even if she reached the SF) that she has Days where just nothing works. It will depend a lot on the conditions and on her opponents. But as you could see in Warsaw, even if she has a good draw, she isn't sure to advance.

I just hope to see some of her real skills, maybe on a bigger court (Razzano played last year on Suzanne Lenglen vs. Zakopalova) and it would be great to see her doing well here.

You guys should not forget that RG clay is faster than the one in Warsaw. That is a very important factor for Danka. Every claycourt tournament in Europe is different, Warsaw is the slowest one. If you want to make any predictions, never forget this as it considerably influences the match-ups. Rankings are not important, the match-up is. Forget Razzano's results on hard in 2009, this is something utterly different.