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Daniela & Martina play Cara Black & Vania King in the first round of the doubles. The winner plays either Pennetta/Raymond or Huber/Llagostera Vives.
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Reeling in shock not just that Vila beat Serena, but the way she pulled it off.
The next two days will be very interesting. Daniela has all kinds of problems with Halep, then we have Vania King saying that Dani is her toughest foe. We all know that all things are possible with Daniela. Fingers crossed that she reverses the first trend and keeps the second one going.

It's amazing how many break point chances Daniela fails to convert, it really is shocking..

I just don't understand this, why is Daniela struggling so much against Halep...2-5 down, BE PATIENT DANIELA.

2-6 in half an hour, this is really sad, I wish I could see the match and see why Daniela is struggling so much.

What does Halep do to make Daniela capitulate every time they play???

As in Rome Halep takes every single break point opportunity 2/2

I'm beyond words, especially after seeing Halep play against Serena last week.

Maybe we have to accept that Daniela is finished..

Halep makes Bartoli retire maybe will push Daniela to distress..
Wow Daniela actually saved a break point...saves 3 in fact to hold.
It really doesn't seem scientifically possible for Daniela to only get 3 games against Halep. I just don't understand what's gone wrong with Daniela since her title run in Birmingham. It just doesn't make sense. It's a complete U-turn.Maybe the Wimbledon 1st round loss when she was in such good form before hand really took the stuffing out of her. In Stanford and Carlsbad Daniela played actually good for the most part just got unlucky in those tiebreakers against Ula.I seriously think that Daniela may stop her singles career if she doesn't have a good run in the US Open. And if Hingis leaves her for another partner due to bad results in doubles then I can't see Daniela bouncing back from all these setbacks and she may believe that God is telling her something.
I.hope I'm wrong but this has been snowballing for a while.now..

Did I ruin our gal this bad by letting her see me face to face? No singles wins since I saw her double bagel Paszek. I can't recall her last loss that was this one sided. It's scary. My feelings about a run in New York are all but gone. Daniela has often pulled the Phoenix rising from the ashes; for now I'll hold onto that and hope it falls into place with Martina.

I just noticed that I have the same number of posts as Daniela has career wins. No wonder she was doomed today!

Apparently Halep didn't miss a ball after the 3rd game. And Daniela typically played one good point then two bad points etc...I think the doubles responsibility to rejuvanate Hingis' career has affected her singles. The worst timing considering Daniela's singles apart from winning Birmingham is in a slump...I think Daniela should have waited until the end of the year to ask Hingis to come back to the tour...

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned it's a make it or break it US Open for Daniela...I don't think the draw matters at all...an extremely tough 1st round might inspire Daniela to play above her level, and if it's a top player in the first round then at least we'll get to see her play.

If she pulls off the win then Daniela might have a good run, but 6 GS 1st round losses in a row is looking very likely.