I hoping that Robert Lindstedt will be a great doubles partner for Daniela.

Schedule of Play DAY 6: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

Court 8 1:00 PM

Men's Doubles - 2nd Round
Robert Lindstedt (SWE)[3] / Horia Tecau (ROU)[3]
vs.
Benoit Paire (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)
vs.
Elena Vesnina (RUS)[3] / Leander Paes (IND)[3]

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)[8] / Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[8]
vs.
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Mixed Doubles:

1st set:
0-1, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 15.
1-1, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 15.
1-2, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 30.
2-2, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 0.
2-3, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 30.
3-3, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 15.
3-4, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 15.
4-4, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 0.
4-5, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 30.
5-5, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 15.
5-6, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg save 2BPs from 30-40 to hold.
6-6, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 0.
Tiebreak *Daniela/Lindstedt serving.
0-1
1-1*
2-1*
2-2
3-2
3-3*
4-3*
4-4
4-5
5-5*
6-5*
6-6
7-6
8-6*
First set Daniela/Lindstedt 7-6(6)

2nd set:
1-0, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 0.
1-1, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 40, save a BP.
2-1, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 30.
2-2, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 30.
2-3, Daniela/Lindstedt broken to 30.
2-4, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 40, save another BP.
3-4, Daniela/Lindstedt hold to 40, save a BP.
3-5, Jans-Ignacik/Fyrstenberg hold to 0.
3-6, Daniela/Lindstedt broken to 15.

Super Tiebreak, *Daniela/Lindstedt serving:
0-1
1-1*
2-1*
2-2
2-3
2-4*
2-5*
2-6
2-7
3-7*
4-7*
4-8
5-8
6-8*
7-8*
8-8
8-9
8-10*

2-7,they made 8-8 and then lost 8 - 10..i'm disgusted with this result..danka where are you ?

Probably the worst tournament of Daniela's career. There is little doubt that changes need to be made. You simply cannot bankrupt a player's serve and expect to remain in your job. Hopefully Daniela has reached the same conclusion.

Pistolesi surely has to be gone after this tournament. Daniela's gotten rid of far better coaches than him when she's been in better form and having better results. He may stay on in Asia, although I hope he doesn't, but he surely has to be gone by the indoor season because that's when she's made coaching changes in the past. If he stays on after this, then it's not his fault anymore, it's Daniela's for keeping him.

I wonder how easy it will be for Daniela to get a top coach as she's had a such a turnover of coaches over the past few years and that might put some coaches off. Still, anyone has to be better than Pistolesi, he's the worst coach she's ever had. That gives cause for optimism because she's playing like this under an absolutely crap coach, so she has to get better with a decent coach. If Daniela was playing like this with a good coach then it would be so much more worrying and depressing.

In my current hardline anti-Pistolesi stance, I'd forgotten what a wanker Sears was, Benji. When Ivanovic hired him I actually felt sorry for her for the first time since that Australian Open. That's what I think of Sears.

Sears at least turned up for the tournaments Daniela played in - even though he did walk out during her games, what a wanker - and she had a functioning service motion under him. Right now, if I had the choice between Sears and Pistolesi to coach Daniela, I'd go with Sears, that's what I think of Pistolesi. And I absolutely do not want Sears back. It looked like Sears had a job for life and Daniela's results before she fired him were better than they are now with Pistolesi so Pistolesi surely can't stay much longer.