Groenefeld beat Cornet in straight sets. That shows how the rankings can be deceiving and that Daniela lost to no scrub.

you can't get enough of it do ya
yes martin you were right

Groenefeld beat Cornet in straight sets. That shows how the rankings can be deceiving and that Daniela lost to no scrub.

Groenefeld's good play here doesn't really prove she's anything great, let's see if she does it over a period of time. This could just be a two week fluke like what Zheng and Tanasugarn did on grass.
She led 5-0 in the second before falling to 5-5 and winning 7-5. That shows how Daniela could have won, because Groenefeld will have a high likelihood of choking when the pressure is on. Any player who went from 15 in the world to outside the top 150 has, or at least had, major mental problems, of course. Had Daniela gone ahead at any point in that match, I suspect she would have won. It's also interesting to note that Groenefeld won only like 40% of points on first serve against Cornet but 96% (!) against Daniela.

Groenefeld has been improving every week lately, so this is just a logical outcome of her consistent improvement. That‘s why I wouldn't say it's only a lucky week. Her problems were largely due to her becoming overweight and having serious problems with her former coach De Mora.

Thanks for the blog.

For me, it doesn't make the situation any better when the player Daniela lost to keep playing well. I mean, you are a better player, at least on the ranking, so you need to prove that. It isn't an excuse when you keep saying your opponent played so good. I mean, what would happen when at all the tournaments you enter, all your lower-ranked opponents play so good. What you need to do is to focus on yourself, not what the others do. I have been saying so many times, that it is for me not important that Daniela lost but how she lost is important. If she could learn from her mistakes to get better or not??
I have seen a bit the match between Daniela and ALG. It was true, that ALG played really well, but not so well that Daniela lost with such a score. To be honest, I must say Daniela helped ALG a lot in that match by making a lot of UEs which she shouldn't do. I really don't know if her coach has found some way to improve that. Daniela definitely has the game to go far, but just those stupid UEs stop her all the time and it is getting really annoying.

About Marion yesterday, I did see that match. She looked as if she could be fainted any time in the third set, lol. She really need to loose weight. Does anyone notice, that Marion has changed her way of serving for several tournaments. It looks just ridiculous, lol. Sorry the fans of Marion here, I didn't mean any bad but it is just so funny.

Safina bt Gronefeld 75 60

They lost the math already. Although I would say, if they played a lit bit more "seriously", they could have big chance to go through. Anyway, Ai and Kata were clearly the better team today. Daniela and Lindsay seemed to have a lot of fun though, they are all smiles after the match.

Here at the "us open" the first round match up was more than a gimme. It was a match made in heaven, so to speak. And so there was support, albeit late support, but there was no one who could have said this wasnt a winner. When I watch this, I am reminded of video footage of her coach telling her something and Daniela staring off into space, not changing her game. Here we see an obvious case of failing to adapt. Lines of communication are ringing off the hook and there is this need to perpetuate the "nobody home" -- for what? appearances sake? doesnt look cool or is it she just cant find the logic hello -- Third sets are forgiveness for the last two but one must win a set first. The remaining support is a sympathy support, which hardly does much for the hopeless cause (which is a fiction weve allowed her to create because we love her so). In doubles dont we see the same thing: her partner is playing 110%, while Daniela is throwing away what is a "no-brainer", a "you couldnt loose (if only youd try)". She doesnt suck -- and thats makes is so painful to loose.

Ive said we would see this again, remember? Here it is now, but remember that then there was this thing called initiative. She needs to take the initiative now or get off, whatever the inconvience may be she took into her own hands.