Sounds like a good time there, eddy. If she gets to Thursday, bring our gal all the luck in the world from the Forum. Hope you get to see her play, and win, and that Dani will be in a giddy mood if you approach her!

Hmm gossip let me think. When Daniela and Jankovic were playing each other from about 11.30am JJ told Daniela she has to finish at 1pm as she has an interview. They were both laughing as the set was really close with many games going to deuce so Daniela was joking saying they should have started their set from a tiebreak.

At the end of the day Hingis practiced with Bencic which was prettt cool.

After Peng lost to Vesnina loads of kids ran up to Peng to get autographs but she flatly refused them all, she looked quite upset.

Madison Keys and Errani were practicing together and Keys asked who Errani was playing in the first round. Was funny to hear things like that.

Jovanovski has a new grunt which sounds a bit like "asshole". Wozniacki looked so happy after her win against Stosur and was mobbed by the crowd walking round the grounds. Alison Riske is so nice she had just lost to Kerber but signed loads of autographs.

Things to note:
Jankovic looks so old
Konta has a peachy bum
Errani actually hits the ball quite hard, at least in practice
Daniela clearly is the hardest worker out there. She practiced for about 3 hours in the morning and probably went to the gym in the afternoon.
I did notice Daniela stretching out her serving arm quite a bit yesterday I think it was bothering her a bit. However it was quite cold yesterday which doesn't help.
I actually quite like the rapport between Hogsteade and Daniela. I think he is a much more experience coach than he was since he helped Daniela back in 2009 seeing as he has worked with Wozniacki and Sharapova since then. Hogsteade seems to be working on Daniela's technique as I really feel he was asking Daniela to swipe the ball more to take more time away from the opponents and they were working a lot on the "one two punch" making sure her first shot after the serve was offensive.

Daniela wins 75 61!!!!!!!!

Lauren Davis just beat Errani 76 62.

Davis although small in stature hits a big ball.

Daniela am sure will respect her but on paper Daniela has a good chance to reach the quarters.

Davis is very fast so Daniela needs to play smart and take time away from Davis.

It will be a tough match for sure. It will probably be on either on court 1 or court 2. I don't think it'll make centre court. I hope not court 2 as that's not streamed.

I thought Daniela wouldn't play until Thursday, but not so. She's first up on Court 3 vs. Davis near 11:00 AM Eastbourne time.

I'd have preferred Daniela to have played on Court 1 again as she's played and won there whereas Davis has played on Court 3 and will be used to the conditions and dimensions there. It's always awkward playing on an outside court against an opponent who's used to the conditions there and that Daniela probably won't know too much about as she's never played Davis and probably never practised with her either. Daniela will have to get used to the conditions and the opponent quickly. Davis has got to be respected as she's a good young player who's had good wins here and she had a good run at Indian Wells but if Daniela was given Davis in the second round before the draw then I'm sure she'd have taken it.

All tournaments in the week before a slam have Saturday finals.

What's going on there?!? 3-6 0-2 only 33% 1st serves won..., 4 df

Bummer, eddy.
Guys, we are looking at a cold reality of sports. The days of Daniela making a big run in any tourney and occasionally winning one are down to a precious few. They can still happen; Dani still has game and her work ethic never wanes. But there's a lot of tread off of her tires. When she had the tremendous stretch in '11, she had recognized that she had to work on strengthening herself because the top players were overpowering her. It worked. I'm sure much of her training regimen involves trying to keep up with the big hitters. The problem is Dani's 31, and the big hitters are not just in the top 20. They're all over the map. Every which way you look, there's a Bencic, Vekic, Hampton, Garcia, Davis, Townsend, and so on. Daniela will keep having to face these young guns more and more. And as frustrating as it seems at the time, not every one of them wears the glass slippers and plays out of their minds against Dani and only Dani. They're playing their game, one that can beat a lot of people, and when one of them is on, it's harder and harder for her to handle. It is what it is, guys. There will be some good days for Daniela, maybe a few big runs. But when they happen, we have to really, really savor them.