Yes! Daniela and Karin, 6-3, 7-6. In the tiebreaker, they pitched a 7-0 shutout. What have we here, guys?
I need to research this, but I cannot recall Dani winning two doubles matches in a row in a long time. Quite sure that it predates the Hingis experiment. It's possibly even longer since she won in doubles over a seeded, solid team. Has she finally found the right partner? Is there some magic left for Dani at Indian Wells? As I said on FB, there's more than one way to get a third win there!
This was not without the requisite Maalox moments. With the team having not lost serve the whole match and up 4-3, Dani was broken at love. Then after getting the break back, Knapp, serving for the match, also dropped it at love. They proceeded to overcome 0-40 to force a deciding point, only to lose it to fall behind 6-5. But Daniela held her nerve and her serve, and then came the romp in the tiebreaker. Can't wait to see where this pairing might go!

Welcome back martin-you've been missed. Life can get in the way,as I've discovered over the last few weeks. Thrilled with Pattaya win,disappointed that she doesn't seem to be able to play well at Indian Wells,hope she can salvage something in the doubles.

Hoping that all is OK with you, Benji.

To keep this dream alive, Daniela and Karin must handle #1 seeds Murza and the dreaded Hingis.
Why not?

Non-related but interesting: World Team Tennis held its draft today. Daniela is not listed on anyone's roster, much less San Diego's. Maybe I'm not seeing something, but at the moment it looks like this was a one year fling.

Dani looks to again be a thorn in the side of Hingis tomorrow. Stadium 4, 2nd match after a men's doubles. Play begins soon after 12:30 P.M. in California.

Falderal. The frustrating thing is that Daniela and Karin jumped out 3-0, then broke for a 4-2 lead. From that point forward they got blitzed. Realistically, they did do well and it was a bit much to expect them to take out the #1 seeds in their second tourney as a team. Way too soon to know, but I see enough to hope that Karin is the person that can help Dani get the elusive 10th career doubles title. If I go by the photo of the hug they exchanged after the 1st round win and the look on Daniela's face, this might be a partnership that lasts awhile.

Daniela & Karin are friends off-court so that helps a lot. Daniela was friends with Ai & Agnieszka Radwanska and they've been her most successful recent partnerships. I got the impression that some of Daniela's partnerships were strictly, or at least mostly, business and there wasn't much chemistry between Daniela and her partner.