We really weren't able to celebrate Daniela's epic win over Barthel at Dubai the day after winning in Thailand and getting an hour of sleep flying through three time zones, roughly what Svitolina had to do. Never fear, I looked it up. Daniela's record in her first match after a tournament win is 2-5. All but one of them came within a day or two of the previous final. Daniela retired from one of them and complained of dizziness after another.Take from that whatever you like.

Marrakech to Madrid ain't no where near as tough as Pattaya to Dubai!

Hey eddy. It wasn't that long ago when I was posting stats on how far Daniela was from 500 wins or how many present or former #1 and top 10 players she had beaten and how many of her wins that came out to. Sigh. If I'm reduced to crummy pap like what's printed above, that speaks volumes as to where our gal's career is these days.

Daniela got into main draw of Rome as Radwanska has withdrawn...maybe next week can be Daniela's week??