Players:

Bouchard, Eugenie CAN - withdrawn
Azarenka, Victoria BLR - withdrawn
Petkovic, Andrea GER
Cornet, Alize FRA
Muguruza, Garbine ESP
Lisicki, Sabine GER
Zahlavova Strycova, Barbora CZE
Vinci, Roberta ITA
Hantuchova, Daniela SVK
Watson, Heather GBR
Flipkens, Kirsten BEL
Kanepi, Kaia EST - withdrawn
Lepchenko, Varvara USA
Barthel, Mona GER
Beck, Annika GER
Torro-Flor, Maria-Teresa ESP
Cepelova, Jana SVK
Voegele, Stephanie SUI
Schmiedlova, Anna SVK
Niculesku, Monica ROU
Soler-Espinosa, Silvia ESP
Knapp, Karin ITA
Parmentier, Pauline FRA
Hercog, Polona SLO
WC Goerges, Julia GER
WC Minella, Mandy LUX
WC tbd
WC tbd
QU tbd
QU tbd
QU tbd
QU tbd

Lisicki's a really tough opener and she's been playing very well lately although she did lose in the first round of Linz to Knapp. Daniela's got nothing to lose and if she gets past Lisicki then she'd play a qualifier and the seed she'd be scheduled to face would be Lepchenko, so if Daniela does beat Lisicki then she's got a good chance to for a run. If Daniela beats Lisicki then this would be her best win of 2014. We'll see how fit Daniela is and what she can do here, the fact she's playing here indicates that her knee injury couldn't have been that bad.

Daniela absolutely thrashed Lisicki the last time they played in Luxembourg.

Daniela's not playing tomorrow. She's not playing doubles either which indicates she's probably isn't fully fit or at least doesn't want to overplay coming back from injury. I thought she may have played as Zahlalova Strycova's there too and the doubles field is pretty weak. Barbora's not entered doubles either.

I couldn't watch the match but seems like first set was very close and 2nd set all of Daniela's service games were tight but none went her way...so 0-6 in the 2nd set was harsh.

Sums up the season

Seriously,thank God the season's over. Worst year in Daniela's career by a country mile.

The live score I was checking had the first set even at 3, 4 and 5, so if that was correct, then at least Daniela didn't lose a 5-3 lead.


If Lisicki won the last 9 games, then Daniela would have been 5-4 up, so the first set would have gone on serve until Daniela was broken at 5 all then Lisicki would serve it out and race through the second set.

Pannici was there so it seems that Daniela's back with him. The constant churn of coaches can't be helping Daniela, she seems to change coaches every couple of months.


I've always felt that Daniela would try to keep going until the Rio Olympics and I think she'll keep going for as long as she can as she enjoys playing. She's very resilient and determined and she's come back from some devastating blows in the past, playing tennis is her passion and not a job so she'll do her best to keep playing.
She is playing her toughest ever opponent in Father Time.