That's true, but it's not unknown for people not living in the country where the name originated to use non-standard diminutives and, as well as the reference in that article, I've seen someone who knows her refer to her on Twitter as Dasha. (I guess it's even possible that Daria is her middle name and she prefers to use that, but that's a wild guess and probably not correct)

L16: Danielle Konotoptseva WR 753 lost to (SE) Linda Prenkovic (GER) WR 1198 4-6 4-6

-- Edited by Sally on Thursday 1st of August 2013 07:56:50 PM

Dasha seems to have been caught cold at the start of this match, as the break in the first game has been the only difference so far.

Not to be for Dasha this week........but still another WTA ranking point to add to her growing haul and here's hoping for even more next week.

I have always tended to think that bare BP convertion stats don't necessarily give that full or even true picture re break chances.

1 successful BP convertion out of 9 could possibly be :

a) had a BP in 9 separate return games ( i.e. in this case that would be in 9/10 games ) which would be indicative of so many chances missed and very frustrating.

but also...

b) only had BPs in one return game ( 9 BPs in all in a hugely long game ) and eventually broke in that game with not a sniff of a BP in any other game.

Haven't seen the overall stats here and other stats such as total points for and against may indeed indicate that it was all very close.

Just saying...