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Dubai Duty Free Travel Show in Rome.
From Dani's Facebook

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Originally Posted by leebeasy

This was the best picture of Dani!?

I couldn't recognize her at first without looking at the racquet or the name in the corner.

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Win or not, we always get good photos

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A couple more from today's post match interview. Not my best pictures, but she was clearly having so much fun I didn't want to withhold them from you:

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Red string on left wrist...
Not Kabbalah surely.

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http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/ne...673774698.html

When she entered the top five at the age of 20, predictions of greatness flew fast and furious, but Daniela Hantuchova has never quite fulfilled those expectations. Despite periodically achieving excellent results throughout her career, the Slovakian is the first to admit she has been frustratingly inconsistent. Now though, Daniela says she has learned from her mistakes.

With Friday's upset of world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki in the third round, Slovakia's Hantuchova says she finally "reaped the rewards of experience" at the age of 28, after 11 years on the tour.

Daniela is as ambitious as ever and has had a new coach, Matej Liptak, her Fed Cup captain, since November 2010.

"I am more confident and relaxed now. I am having more fun than before because I'm mentally stronger. I stay focused on my game without worrying about my opponent or doubting myself," says the woman who reached the semifinals at the 2008 Australian Open, the only time she reached the final four in a Grand Slam.

"She is much calmer now"
"I think I never had the results my game deserved because, most of the time, in the Round of 16 or quarterfinals, I had to face the Williams sisters. I never doubted my tennis, or I would have stopped playing," continues Daniela.

"She came to me in November to see if we could work together. She was really motivated and I always believed in her tennis. Her game was always good. We just needed to work on the mental part," confides Matej Liptak, in a measured voice projecting the aura of zen he has been instilling in his protégée. "She is much calmer now," he adds.

Finding happiness on the court
"Daniela is happier on the court. Her big problem was consistency and confidence. We had to work on that but Daniela knows what she wants so we work well together. She no longer panics when she's behind, and has stopped asking herself too many questions. She is more positive. If she concentrates on her game, she becomes formidable," claims Liptak, who used to be Petra Kvitova's coach.

Beaten by Samantha Stosur in Stuttgart and Madrid, and then by Francesca Schiavone in Rome, the two-time Indian Wells champion (2002, 2007) proved that she can still go far. "She is physically in peak form," says Liptak. "I don't want to compare with how I was before; I am now only thinking of the present. Everything happens for a reason, and you have to accept the lows in a career but you have to fight when things get tough," says Daniela, with a perspective gained from her long experience in the game.

Quarter-finals in mind
"My love of tennis is what has always made me want to keep playing," she explains. On Sunday, Hantuchova could reach her first-ever quarterfinal at the French Open, and her fourth overall in Grand Slams. She also has four WTA titles.

Are we now seeing Daniela 2.0? "We'll see at the end of my career how we define this period," retorts the world no.29, smiling. As Liptak points out, they hope "this is only the beginning."

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Went to the crêperie after the match.

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Originally Posted by Tweety Snape

Went to the crêperie after the match.

Some more:

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Greek Goddess!!

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Any idea where this is from...?

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Perhaps it's in Monaco