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Daniela's the second match on Stadium 2, play starts at 11 am.

The difference in this match was BP conversions. Daniela was 1/8 while Minella was 4/10. Daniela was broken in the first game of the match and she had a BP in the next game to break back but couldn't and that basically was the match in microcosm. Mineral took enough of her chances while Daniela just couldn't take hers. Daniela had to save a couple of BPs in the third game before the held and the match went on serve until Minella broke again in the seventh game to go 5-2 before she served it out.

The second set went with serve for the first four games until Daniela was broken to love in the fifth game. She had 3 BPs to break right back but Minella held to lead 4-2, Daniela saved a BP in the next game before finally breaking Minella on her 4th BP to level at 4-4. Unfortunately, Daniela was broken to 30 in the next game before Minella served it out. Daniela was 30-15 up in both of the final two games but Minella won the last three points in both games.

The difference in the match was the serve: Minella got more 1st serves in and won more points on both 1st and 2nd serve. That would have told on the BPs.




On Monday, she fell behind early, losing the first two games of the first set. Her strong backhand has remained, and still excels hitting long groundstrokes. In her prime, she could cover a lot of ground with her long legs, though her waning athleticism has evidently hurt her return game.

While Minella advances, it’s anyone’s guess whether we’ve seen the last of Hantuchova at Indian Wells.

Daniela's not playing doubles, so that's that for Indian Wells this year