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Daniela Hantuchova (9) vs. Elena Dementieva (18) PreviewAfter an impressive tournament last week in Filderstadt, our young Daniela Hantuchova is in some good form. She was only one set away from only her second ever tournament victory but the come back antics of Kim Clijsters which looked reminiscent of her boyfriend Lleyton Hewitt, proved too much in the end. After a little bit of a slow start against Janette Husarova, Daniela won a convincing match and now has a date with Elena Dementieva in the second round. You may ask when was it when these two last played and you don’t have to look far back to find that result. Only last week in the semi-finals at Filderstadt did Daniela absolutely demolished the young Russian, 6-3 6-2. This match will be the 3rd match on centre court following 2 previous doubles matches. The way that I see the match ending up is that Daniela will start to find her true form that she had last week in Germany and she will overcome her in straight sets in a very similar way. Probably 6-3 or 6-4 in the first set, then Elena will break down and lose the second set about 6-1 or 6-2. This is what I think will happen at least and then the most like player that she would play after that would be the strong Amelie Mauresmo. With the shock loss from Jennifer Capriati yesterday, this could open the draw up a little bit for Daniela because Martinez isn’t that strong of a player and the fact that Jelena Dokic has been very up and down lately, could mean that the player who makes the final will be out of Daniela’s quarter of the draw. Good Luck Daniela!!!! |
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