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Toray Pan Pacific 2nd round Preview

By: Jessie Lin

Daniela Hantuchova vs. Maria Sharapova

Head to Head: First Meeting

            Congratulations to Daniela on a much needed win over Alicia Molik!  This match showed good signs because Daniela was able to keep her play up even after she lost the second set.  She broke Molik in the third set for a 6-1, 6-7, 7-5 win.  After the match Daniela said, “The difference this time was attitude and confidence.”  Well she will be needing more of those attitudes and confidence in the next round!

            This second round match-up is the one I’ve been anticipating.  Daniela will play Maria Sharapova of Russia.  Sharapova had defeated Wild Card Yuka Yoshida in the first round.  I’m sure Maria Sharapova needs no introduction.  She has been the most talked about Russian last year, about her beauty, tennis, and of course her shrieks.  But, this girl has proved with her results that she is not just a pretty face.  Last year, she reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, and won her first two career titles.  She is already taller than 6' and still growing!

            Sharapova has powerful ground strokes, and when she is on, there is no stopping her.  Her big problem s that she can get a little shaking and start spilling unforced errors everywhere.  In the Australian Open third round against Anastasia Myskina, she was playing real well in the second set, but in the third set, it was error after error.

            What Daniela will have to do against Sharapova is try and force her to hit some errors.  And again, she needs to serve well so that her opponent won’t be jumping all over that second serve.  The most important thing is still her confidence, if she comes into this match with full confidence and believing that she will win, then she will have a better chance of winning.  Winner of this match will likely be playing Lindsay Davenport in the third round.

Prediction: Okay, realistically I’ll have to say Sharapova will win in 3, but I know Daniela can win this!!!

Come On Daniela!!!!!!!!!!                                                          

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