Goerges d Daniela 64 76(5)

Seriously so sad for Daniela. she played ok but she just can't win a match these days...let alone a tiebreak...Daniela was 5-3 up and had 2 set points in the 2nd set.

And Julia did a f@@@ knows what shot on match point.

I think Daniela's something like 6-13 win-loss on tiebreaks this year and has only won one tiebreak since miami 2r...FFS

Shit, I'm really worried now that if Luxembourg goes badly for Daniela then she may not come back next season...i'd like to think that she'd have a farewell year and not suddenly retire out of no-where...

Gotta pray that the Sanchez-Casal team are keeping her spirits up.

It's literally a few adjustments here and there will make all the difference...e.g a few untimely double faults and she did a stupid forehand cut shot that went out when she had an open court deep in the 2nd set tiebreak.

Damn that injury back in April, totally screwed her whole year up. Life's really unfair sometimes..

Great news about your wife Alex.

Jules FH and first serve was a little too much for Daniela today. The worrying thing is that she's reverted to making terrible errors at the most crucial moments-you knew she wasn't going to win after that terrible FH slice shot.

Doubles 2nd round:

3-2, Daniela holds and serves an ace.
4-2, Daniela & Martic break to 30.
4-3, Martic broken to 30, served a DF.
4-4.
5-4, Daniela holds to 15.
5-5, Dushevina/Rosolska hold to 15.
5-6, Martic broken to 30.
5-7.

2nd set:

1-0, Daniela & Martic hold to 30.
2-0, Daniela & Martic break.
3-0, Daniela & Martic hold to 40.
4-0, Rosolska DFs to get broken to 15.
5-0, Daniela & Martic hold to 15.
5-1, Dushevina/Rosolska hold to 15.
6-1, Martic serves out to 15.

SuperTiebreak,* = Daniela & Martic serving:
1-0
1-1*
2-1*
3-1
4-1
4-2*
4-3*
4-4
5-4
5-5*
5-6*
6-6
7-6
8-6*
9-6*
10-6

Welcome back, Chungwit! It's so nice to have you back where you belong!
So yesterday I get onto the WTA score box at 3-2 Daniela/Petra in the 1st. They had unworldly stats (12-14 service points, 2 aces, 92% 1st serves in), than they achieved a break for 4-2. Before I could complete the thought of has Daniela found the right doubles partner, it's 4 all, 5 all, 5-7. Like all of us never-say-die Daniela Maniacs would, I uttered (Bleep!), same old same old, and went on my way. Like all of us dyed-in-the-wool Dani fans would, within 15 minutes I was dialing up LiveScoreHunter on my cell while driving, fully expecting a 3-love 2nd set score. And it was, but the team that had it was not expected! I said to myself "Don't DO THIS to me, Daniela!", then tried to come up with something to help her. It happened to be 12:01 PM in upstate New York. Soon it hit me: Knowing that her next doubles championship will be her 10th, check the score whenever the time has a 1 and a 0 in it. 5-love....hey, this might work...6-1!....c'mon, Daniela (& Petra)....10-6!!!!! Put it in the books! Superb win. Is it the start of something big? Fingers crossed, particularly since Dani has to deal with Georges twice in 3 days. Hey, why not?!
BTW: This is the furthest Dani has gone in doubles since Melbourne.

Order of Play Saturday, October 13, 2012

Centre Court (from 14.00hrs)
1. Julia Goerges vs. Kirsten Flipkens
2. Victoria Azarenka vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
3. Hantuchova/Martic vs. Goerges/Zahlavova Strycova (after suitable rest)

Julia is turning into a bete-noire for Daniela. Hate it when two of my faves play against each other.