I still can't get the live streams to work. I re-installed windows and installed the k lite codec pack, and I can play all files in windows media player, but the wmp live streams are just black

Have you tried the link below? It's working for me.


yes, it only works for people in the states

Daniela won 6-2 7-5

way too many EUs, however let's see the positive sides of this match
a win is a win - another chance to do better and work on some thingsDaniela has already lost twice to Ai this year, and the second time wasn't a long time ago, and now she won in ss

Wohoo congrats Danka!

great win
w/ue's 18/50
I wonder how they count ít sometimes. You can understand that Chinese do those mistakes, but quite often it happens in traditional tennis countries like France, UK or USA too. Rather comical.

As for todays match, I am always so nervous during Daniela's matches that I am not able to focus. I simply can't notice as many things as I would do in other matches. Therefore my reports usually suck when compared to others I post on tennisforum. This morning I only saw that Daniela did a great job in her first service game - 2nd point she played she had to go over 2nd serve and we know how Sugiyama dealt with most of Daniela's 2nd serves in Stanford. This time Daniela expected Ai to come in to take the ball early, so she hit the 2nd serve quite hard and deep and won the point. She showed Ai that she is there for business and won't let her win cheap points off her 2nd serve. From that moment Ai never came in again to crush Daniela's 2nd serve, even though they weren't anything special. She looked intimidated. That was a very important factor as Daniela wasn't under pressure when she missed a 1st serve. Sugiyama even had problems to deal with the rotation of Daniela's 2nd serves.
Daniela wouldn't do without some difficult shots in her matches, that I learned a long time ago. After several crosscourt shots she just can't change the direction and go dtl, that's a very tough shot to execute. I wish she refrained from doing it completely. From 4 shots she misses 3.
Returns were again rather inconsistent for my liking - either out or short, but overall looked much better than in Stanford and she didn't as many returns of 2nd serve, which is good. I expect Daniela to improve them with every match.
That's all I managed to catch from the match. It's not much, but as stated above I was very nervous.

Order of play : .

Thanks. Why isn't she (and the others whose matches are in progress) first up?
It's always like that, even in the other tournaments. I think all those players waited late enough yesterday, hoping the rain would stop. So it's logical if they weren't the first ones to begin today.

Daniela wasted the first two match points with stupid UEs and the third one she netted it. At that moment she looked a bit mental down but I am glad that she came back strong the next service game. She still needs to improve her consistency because Ai really took advantage of that. Ai stayed calm with long rallies and waited for Daniela to make UEs. But I am pleased with her performance of this match, much better than the last match I saw her played. Congratulations Daniela for the first convinced win after such a long time. Rest well and be ready for the next match.
When I saw Daniela wasting her two match points at 5-3, 40-15, I said "not again, please, Daniela". And another match point wasted in the following game... Besides, I wanted to go back to bed, so I didn't want a third set. I had woke up just for the beginning af the match (well, from 3-0 in the second set), I didn't calculate that, and I didn't think they would show the match on French TV ( ).
The last game was very stressing too. Ai was leading 40-0. She had several other opportunities to tie 6-6. But Daniela always came back to deuce. And she finally won. I could go back to bed.
Well, Daniela's level was not fantastic, but I think she played better yesterday. She was again mentally a little fragile. The ball bounce seems to suit her game. Let's wait and see now.

so no live stream tomorrow, damn. I wish they were put on a camera court, then it would have been shown here on TV.

Daniela plays Wozniacki as the first match on court three at 10:30 local time tomorrow. Then, she and Janette will play their first doubles match as the last match on court one. I cannot believe how late they are playing. It's almost midnight in Beijing and there are still several matches going on. Looks like Daniela has a long day ahead of her tomorrow.


the time is ok, I can follow the match before school, but why the hell doesn't she play on a showcourt?!?

Having only three courts with cameras is really poor for Olympic Tennis!
Just to compare: In the fencing hall there are five courts with cameras!

Furthermore there isn't a point-by-point scoreboard (as I know) which makes following the match extremely boring..