A very good win from Daniela. I am sure that this 3 wins in a row might provide her the confidence that she needed to achieve good results again.

Next up is Vesnina or Cepelova. With Vesnina she has a 1-1 H2H, with the last match being in 2007 where Daniela withdrew. She reached 2R of Miami winning against Riske and losing 7-5, 6-3 to Radwanska. Cepelova, besides the big win over Serena here, won already in Doha against Stosur and has a 8-8 record this year. Both are beatable if Daniela plays her best. Lets cross our fingers. The good news is that if Vesnina doesn't do better than Daniela, she will be #30 next week, for sure

An all Slovakian showdown it is then as Cepelova just beat Vesnina in 3 sets...

Hope it will be a day match on Billie Jean King court. Daniela will need to look out for all those drop shots. Cepelova's favourite surface is clay but she's had three very tough matches so may be tired and in an interview complained of arm pain...Daniela needs to play smart, a massive match here for Daniela to get valuable points and maintain her top 32 ranking.

Venus just lost so always a great tournament when Daniela does better than both William sisters!

Daniela's the evening match on Billie Jean King with play not before 7pm.

I would prefer Cepelova, even though her lifetime clay record is so good. In the last couple of years, it seems that Daniela has had more problems with players that she has never faced. I would have to do a lot of dipping into the archives to find when she beat 3 of those in a row like this week. While she has not played against Jana, Dani knows her game from Fed Cup, and that could be helpful. Not looking for anything but a tough match since Jana handles clay so well, is red hot and would know Daniela's style as well.
Now I know full well not to say this, so I am bringing in a substitute for this comment.
Welcome to the Forum, Mr. Anicet Lavodrama.
Thanks so much, Alex! I feel that I know quite a bit about this sport. My observation is that there is no one left in this tournament that Ms. Hantuchova cannot beat.
Much obliged, Mr. Lavodrama. Hope you didn't put the jinx on Daniela.
Perish the thought, Alex!

I'd have preferred an earlier match as Daniela's done well so far when she's been first on court, plus it would give Cepelova a bit less time to recover. Daniela is such an icon of Slovakian tennis and sport and a mainstay and dominant presence in the Fed Cup team so there could be a bit of deference on Cepelova's part. Cepelova was 8 when Daniela first won Indian Wells. However, I don't think Cepelova will be overawed by the occasion as she had a great win against Jovanovski in the Fed Cup last year and she beat Stosur in Doha in February and Serena Williams here plus she'll see this as a great chance for a big win. At the same time Daniela will know about Cepelova's game from Fed Cup and she'll see this a big opportunity and she'll be so motivated.

Bencic just gave Errani a beasting so she's the semi-final opponent for the winner of Daniela's match. It'll probably take a few minutes longer than normal to start as all the day session spectators will have to leave and all the evening session people to get in.

ouch Cepelova is playing quite well at the moment but, still,too many UE from Dani.
Regroup Dani, cmon.