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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 17. February 2013 19:13 
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Daniela's playing Suarez Navarro in the second match on court 1 tomorrow. Play starts at 12:30pm.

Suarez Navarro's had some very good results so far in qualifying and won both her matches pretty easily but Daniela's always done well against her and hopefully the day off will have done her good.



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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 02:11 
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There's a chance there might be a stream :)


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 12:47 
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wow, great play from daniela :hearts: good to see her mom with her

Daniela won 6:2 6:2 in 1:19 h


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 13:19 
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Well done for qualifying Daniela!! Wohoo!!

I only saw the beginning and end of the match which weren't brilliant but apparently she was great for the most part. Suarez Navarro's serve was pretty dire though.

Will be interesting to see where she get's placed. Would be nice to avoid Kvitova but tbh I'm just glad she's qualified to shut tennisforum up!!


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 14:46 
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That's a really good win by Daniela, especially as Suarez Navarro's ranked 28 and had been in good form this year. Daniela broke Suarez Navarro 7 times and won 80% of the points on Suarez Navarro's 2nd serve. One slight concern would be that Daniela got broken 3 times and she had 8 BPs against her but I can't complain too much about a 6-2 6-2 win against a top 30 player. It does seem that Suarez Navarro is a good matchup for Daniela.

The other qualifiers are Kuznetsova, Zheng and Urszula Radwanska so Daniela could play one of them.

Daniela & Medina Garrigues have got Lllagostera Vives & Zheng Jie, the fourth seeds, in the first round of the doubles, so it would be great if they could continue their Doha form.



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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 15:20 
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Daniela vs Kvitova Bollocks! Why do they always play on hard courts :( well Daniela's got to try and play consistently and hope Kvitova has a bad day at the office...sigh..

1r Kvitova
2r Ivanovic or Pavlychenkova
QF Radwanska
SF Serena
F Azarenka

Go win the title Daniela!!!


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 15:33 
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Oh, I do not have hope for a win here. Hard hitters are Daniela's worst match up, she just cannot deal with them. And Petra hits as hard as they come. It'd take a pretty amazing performance by Daniela to get a chance.


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 16:24 
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Oh, I do not have hope for a win here. Hard hitters are Daniela's worst match up, she just cannot deal with them. And Petra hits as hard as they come. It'd take a pretty amazing performance by Daniela to get a chance.
You're probably right, but some really good things are happening for Dani these days, and it's time for her to face someone like Petra and see how far she's progressing and how far she still has to go. Daniela Domination of a top 30 player and her win and near win over Errani are very good signs; tomorrow it goes to the next level, and I'm keenly interested in how this will go. Hey, with all the qualifiers that have beaten her lately, it just might be good for Daniela to be on the other side.
The photo of her fist pumping on a point today and the expression on her face, along with the Epic Racket Smash...gotta love it!
And lest I forget.....Yahoo! #492!
Being in a statisitcal mood recently, I found a bio of Dani on ESPN.com (and she was clothed in the accompanying picture :o !) which stated that her overall mixed doubles record was 40-5. 40-5!! Now it's 41-6 after Melbourne. Guys, Daniela's approaching even another career milestone! 492+253 doubles wins+41 mixed=786 overall wins. Can 800 be far away?
It's up to 6 wins straight that Dani has converted the 1st match point. If this keeps up, Maalox might have to declare bankruptcy! ;)



Let's Go, Daniela!


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 17:27 
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Kvitova is the new Clijsters. Daniela always having to face her in big tournaments...sigh...


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 17:32 
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Kvitova is a really tough match up for Daniela so this is going to be difficult and the hardest match that Daniela could have got. Why couldn't it have been Zheng instead?

Kvitova has been erratic this year, she lost to Robson at the Australian Open and Mladenovic at Paris Indoors and Cibulkova thrashed her in Sydney so these give Daniela some hope although Kvitova played very well in Doha. We'll see how Daniela does, she's the underdog and doesn't have anything to lose.



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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 19:06 
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ORDER OF PLAY TUESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2013

CENTRE COURT start 2:00 pm
J Goerges (GER) vs [5] S Errani (ITA)
[6] P Kvitova (CZE) vs [Q] D Hantuchova (SVK)

Not Before 7:00 PM
[8] C Wozniacki (DEN) vs L Safarova (CZE)
E Makarova (RUS) vs [7] S Stosur (AUS)

COURT 1 start 2:00 pm
D Cibulkova (SVK) vs N Petrova (RUS)
[Q] U Radwanska (POL) vs [Q] J Zheng (CHN)
R Vinci (ITA) vs [Q] S Kuznetsova (RUS)
D Hantuchova (SVK) / A Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs [4] N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / J Zheng (CHN)



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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 18. February 2013 19:24 
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Inevitable that 2 of my faves would meet again in the first round. And inevitable that she would get Petra just when she seems to have run into form again. :roll:


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 19. February 2013 14:00 
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Urgh why so many double faults...1-2 down

1-4 EVERYTHING going right for Kvitova, it's just not fair..cruel..2-5..2-6..at least it wasn't a bread-stick...

Hit all balls down the middle Daniela, that's all you can do in this match...

Combination of Daniela errors, Kvitova's huge winners, it's never going to happen..

Big hug for Daniela. She did well to qualify but very unfortunate to get Kvitova in 1R. I hope she's not too depressed. Daniela had that one break point in the 2nd game. Who knows what would have happened if she had gotten that game...

Let's hope she can make up for it in Kuala Lumpur..


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 19. February 2013 14:14 
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Sadly I didn't expect anything different. Only time Daniela challenged Petra was in grass by playing great tennis, and she got injured halfway through. So...


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 Post subject: Re: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
PostPosted: 19. February 2013 14:34 
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Ironic that Carlos Suarez Narrova who Daniela beat in final Q is lucky loser and gets bye to 2nd round to replace injured azarenka..


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