Danny 6-3 *2-0

QF: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 7 939 beat TRETYAK, Ekaterina (RUS) Q UNR 6-3 6-1

Dani has lost just 7 games in three matches.

Her next opponent is the winner of Mikheeva/Kordolami which is currently proving to be a long slog of a match - the Greek Q has just pipped the second set TB to take it into a third. hashtag : it all helps!

My theory is that Dani suddenly noticed that Katie, Sophie, Manisha and Jessica all suddenly clocked up 8 or 9 points this week and so Dani thought: OK, time to shift up a gear!

paulisi wrote:

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CD - I suspect it's more to do with confidence from last week and a very weak field. No 1 seed was only ranked at 700. Danni is the seventh seed and she has generally beaten lower ranked players this year. Although the positive GB girls results around the world will help.
Mikheeva is the fourth seed, but is only ranked 781 and Danni won't be too far off that soon. Kordolaimi is ranked 892 so fairly evenly ranked.

-- Edited by paulisi on Friday 19th of July 2013 08:09:51 PM

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Yes, I completely agree. i was only joking about the other girls suddenly clocking up a lot of points. I just had this image (rather Charlie Brown-esque) of Dani looking over her shoulder and going 'oh, crikey'.

Given how young Dani is, it's a big tribute to her that she's kept going after a lot of pretty swift defeats. And reaped the benefits. 

NB the Mik/Kor match is still going, 2-3, LONG LONG match . . .

Greg seemed to think highly of "Dasha' when she was a 15 year old.

http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/london-sport/london-other-sport/2010/04/16/rusedski-picks-notting-hill-girl-out-of-the-crowd-82029-26258846/

Dani now *5-4 and serving for the match.

 

Damn 5-5*

-- Edited by WD40 on Saturday 20th of July 2013 07:27:39 PM