It's an hour later and that defeat still hurts like shards of broken glass in the stomach. Lord knows how Daniela must be feeling.

BTW noticed it was Darren and Carlos in her box today. Has Eduardo been given the heave-ho already?

daniela So close, I couldnt watch the match. Hope she can really recover from this.

The only bad thing, apart from the loss, is that hardcourts are over until the summer... Hope she can achieve something on the red dirt

Cahill is really good for her!

Congrats danka on such a superb effort!

""It's an hour later and that defeat still hurts like shards of broken glass in the stomach. Lord knows how Daniela must be feeling. ""

I don't share your feelings Benji. Thought she had a great day but would have rather had the win!

She could have beat a lot of players today.

Oh man. I couldn't watch the match because i had uni all day - did anyone record it?! I'm not sure whether or not i'm pleased with the result. I'm so happy she evidently played well against Venus, but it seems like she came so close to notching up a huge victory! Shame.

This tournament has been a really big eye opener. Daniela has never played well in Miami, yet her results this year are easily the most encouraging we've seen in recent times. You'd like to think this means bigger and better things for the remainder of Daniela's season. She's got some room to make up some points before the french, not to mention what a decent run at the french open would do for her ranking. It's interesting to think what Daniela might have produced at IW minus a back injury considering the current mood she's in. But oh well, spilt milk. Bring on the rest of the season!

After all, I think it was a great chance missed. Well done by Daniela but I have the feeling that she could run into the Final in Miami. Only hope she will continue playing like this.

It's such bad seeing Wickmayer playing Bacsinzsky in R4 and play Bartoli in QF.
Tennis never gifted anything to Daniela and it is so UNFAIR. I am really angry for that. 10 years now, we only had seen the hardest possible draws for Daniela. I think she is the most unlucky player of Tour.

well it is sad that she lost the game...she almost had more games 17-14 (am i right)..
but the main thing is she played a great game...and i hope this willcontinue...and im sure her ranking will go up....

im sad but very happy the way she play

"The match I had in my hands and decided I had to, I won today. The conditions were most easily, since blowing a lot harder to beat looking, but I was the one who dictated the pace. Súperke later he helped her visionary service but my chances of living until the end of a game could be for me winning," commented even several hours after the game disappointed voice Daniela Hantuchova.

"I tried it rozbehávať, but she is wonderfully varied. In exchange, where I pushed it, and 99% of cases would be against another player beats winning, I'm against it needed three more - four more strokes to finish. I was However, patient and waiting for the right moment ends. For a long time I managed to do and finally decided in favor of Venus a few balls. Now it's pointless to say what I had, which was not in the end do nothing to" sniff Hantuchova, but also encouraging. She added: "This my performance is certainly a good promise in other games. Had the draw a little better, I could go much further in this tournament. Even the quarterfinals acceptable feature of the player."

"I am glad that I did after so many years finally pushed further. The tennis and casinos in Miami was very good. And every day I felt back pain, injured still in the tournament in Indian Wells. Especially after the first game I'm quite track this . It was not always pleasant to think about. Now I have before me a few days off, it's the fastest doliečiť," meaning to Hantuchova.

Runner-up of recent events in Monterrey, Mexico generally expressed satisfaction with his game over the last month and outlined the agenda for the near future, "followed by a short rest and hard training season on clay. I start the tournament on the green clay at Charleston, and then already looking forward to Europe. However I am here in America already terribly long. While in Miami, it was such a crazy fan, and rightly, I enjoyed it. "
@ google translation.


"This game I had in my hands and it had clearly won, great chance to beat the first time in his career Venus but I missed what I closets. The conditions today were not easy to centri blowing terribly hard and is looking for the right rhythm. Yet I managed to survive in a long time my arms and ran to my game directed. The situation in the second game 2-0 but Venus she played unbelievable gem when she played great winner of the impossible position, including the famous obhodenia, brejk me back and grabbed the. Unbelievably well to move and I was able to return the punches that would be against the 99 percent range for hráčok meant winning point for me. started very well administered and triafala's high speed, which is in her classic, but still I had a chance to win because the longer exchanges, I dictated the pace and I was able to push it. Bread, the state broke the 5:5 in the second game when I lost the submission and then a 4:4 in critical condition dejstva. It was very close, decided a two-ball. lacked a little luck, advantage when it has not helped me tape. Coach stressed to me that I played aggressively, what súperku true, I can be a bit trpezlivejšia," said Hantuchova.

"In Miami I was due process in eight achieved the best result for 10 years, so surely I must be satisfied. Leash tournaments on hard surface, I went over expectations. In Monterrey, Mexico I prebojovala until the finals in Indian Wells I had back injury and the fault has ended in round 2, but in Florida, I received the best šestnástku, although difficult súperky or maybe I could have. lancet Patty Schnyder and Nadia Petrova, and you appreciate very much missing that I have received further. If I went Venus through, I should in future rounds quite acceptable lot. I was well able to loosen up and I can think of to win the whole tournament, but now it is already useless to speculate about. It is to learn and toil on," said Hantuchova, which will be full next week to train, then kicks off in Charleston clay court season.
@ google translation.


Q. You last played her in 2007, and although you have a 9 0 record against her, it's been a while. Was there something different about her game today, or was it the conditions?
VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, she played really well. I haven't seen her play so well in a long time, so I think she was really executing her game. Conversely, I was a little bit off and struggling to find the court and everything else.
You know, days like this you just have to figure out a way to win the point, even if it's not pretty. So I enjoy that battle.
Of course, I'd like to win more straightforward, but when it counts and times get tough, I always feel confident that I'm gonna find a way to win the point.
Q. Were you surprised that she could match your groundstrokes?
VENUS WILLIAMS: She was playing well. She was playing really well and giving it 100% effort. When I hit it hard she got it back; when I hit it high she got it back.
So just a real testimony to how well she was playing today.
@ Miami website.