I can only say that this is desperately disappointing for Daniela to have had such a good first set but end up losing.

Just looking at the match stats, the thing that's noticeably is how good Daniela's serve was in the first set while Peer's serve was terrible (only 20% of first serve points won). That changed in the second and third sets as Peer won 79% of first serve points while Daniela goes from 70% first serve points won in the first set to 57% won in the second and third sets while she went from winning 57% of second serve points in the first set to under 40% for the last two. We have to give credit to Peer who dug in and raised her level and she took her chances in the last couple of sets. Peer has been playing well this year.

I think that one thing that's hampering Daniela's serve is her back and shoulder and I wonder just how healthy Daniela is. One thing about her play a year ago was that Daniela was able to sustain her level in the third set and got a lot of wins because of her consistency and fitness but in recent months her play has generally deteriorated in the second and third sets. Daniela played so well in Miami, Charleston and the Fed Cup but she hurt her shoulder in the Fed Cup and since then her results have fallen away and a noticeable trend has been a good first set followed by poor second and third sets like Rome, Wimbledon and here.
I'd also question whether playing doubles did her any good and I think that right now she should save herself for singles and avoid any unnecessary strain and make sure she's as rested as possible for singles. If Daniela gets fit, I'm sure her performances and results will get better; but if she's injured or in pain then it's a lot harder to do well.

One last thing about Stanford is that since 2005 Daniela's gotten to at least the quarter-final in an odd year, but in even years she's lost in the first round.

I'd just have to accept that Daniela might be a hard person to work with. Maybe she doesn't like to stay with a coach for a long time, or she just doesn't have a clue about what she needs. Eduardo brought her game to a nice consistency (even then she was having R1 losses but much stronger runs), he then gives her the oportunity again, as only coach (no longer in Sanchez Casal) and she dumps him. Daniela stayed with Nigel Sears for almost 5 years,and worked with Angel Jimenez for 2 and a half years. The recent flurry of hiring and firing is new,and I can only surmise that it reflects Daniela's impatience that her game is still nowhere near its best.

I think that one thing that's hampering Daniela's serve is her back and shoulder and I wonder just how healthy Daniela is. I'd be wary of using this as an excuse. It is the shoddy level of her groundstrokes that is hurting her at the moment,and we've seen that when she's been perfectly healthy. I believe she hurt her shoulder during the Charleston event,and then played brilliantly in the Fed Cup.

There's a video of the last few points of the match available on Youtube. It's no surprise that Daniela ends the match with 3 terrible unforced errors.

I can't believe my eyes when I saw the last three points. OMG, what were you thinking Daniela??? No wonder you lost the match. Top players always have to take risks but it must be at the right time. It seems like you can't learn anything from your lessons in the past. So disappointing.

Maria Kirilenko just beat Peer 6/4 6/3. I only hope she can manage to pass a round in next 3 tournaments. Let's see if she can draw a Q or a WC in San Diego. But her results there are pretty dissapointing.

Maria Kirilenko just beat Peer 6/4 6/3. I only hope she can manage to pass a round in next 3 tournaments. Let's see if she can draw a Q or a WC in San Diego. But her results there are pretty dissapointing.
Radwanska just overplayed Kirilenko in 2nd set :/

too many UE, something like Daniela :/

Radwanska keeps everything back