[Nalby fan]

Slovakia have drawn Spain away in the Fed Cup.

[#kArLoS#]

Originally Posted by Nalby fan

Slovakia have drawn Spain away in the Fed Cup.

and they´re playing in my homeland. Will be tough on clay,but I believe they´ll have their chances!

[Richie's]

Better than draw USA, AUS or GER
It all depends on Spaniard team (the players) and how ready will be Dominika and Daniela.

[leebeasy]

Originally Posted by #kArLoS#

and they´re playing in my homeland. Will be tough on clay,but I believe they´ll have their chances!

Think you'll be able to watch? Have they said where in Spain?

Nice draw but MJMS on slow clay will drop shot Dani until she loses her mind.

[#kArLoS#]

Originally Posted by leebeasy

Think you'll be able to watch? Have they said where in Spain?

Nice draw but MJMS on slow clay will drop shot Dani until she loses her mind.

If I remember correctly,the Spanish Fed signed a contract with a city called Lleida,which would be the place where the Spanish Fed Cup team would play at home,but I don´t know if this contract has expired,because as far as I remember,the said contract would run out this year..So like I said,I can´t tell for sure,but as soon as some news are published,I´ll report you all!

Well,the tie is far away(2 months ),but I don´t think is an easy draw as you may think. MJMS has been injured and has played her first tournament this year this week,but she seems to be healthy. AMG after what happened to her ankle in Melbourne is healthy again too. CSN retired this week against Ivanovic,and don´t know what was the cause, but for sure they´ll choose clay,and our national players are very good at it,so Dani and Domi better beware!

[Richie's]

I'll take the IW thread!

[DANIandDELmania]

Originally Posted by Richie's

I'll take the IW thread!

Wait!
Please ... let "leebeasy" to open the thread (Brisbane,Pattaya)

[Richie's]

Heart Awards from Fwd Cup and Daniela is nominated.
Vote for her.

http://www.fedcup.com/en/misc/heart-award-vote.aspx

[Tipp]

IW draw:

(9) Zvonareva vs. BYE
Date-Krumm vs. Parmentier
Pous-Tio vs. Zakopalova
BYE vs. Hantuchova (19)

...and Li/Zheng are the seeds in the section she'll face in R16.

Then Kvitova

[Christork17]

No it's the opposite

R64 : Zakopalova/Pous Tio
R32 : Zvonareva
R16 : Li
Q : Kvitova
S : Azarenka
F : Sharapova
W

[Tipp]

Yeah, the guy announcing the draw on Twitter had it backwards at first.

Well, nobody will be able to say she didn't earn this one.

[Richie's]

Hantuchova must overcome 2 Top 10 players to reach the QF while others won't face a Top 30

[Richie's]

Hantuchova: "Olympics is why I play"

There is no question that the hype is building ahead of the Olympic tennis event at London 2012 despite that fact that there are still more than four months to go until the summer showpiece kicks off.
Roger Federer has gone as far as to say “it’s going to be a massive Olympic Games for our generation” and for one player in particular the Swiss’s words ring oh so true.
Daniela Hantuchova, the 28-year-old from Slovak Republic, credits the Olympic Games for her interest in a sport that has seen her rise to fame as well as a career-high singles ranking of No. 5 in the world.
“The first time I watched tennis on TV was when Miloslav Mecir won the gold medal in Seoul in 1988 and that was the reason why I started to play tennis,” she said. “It’s the most special event for me and I don’t think you can ask for more than having the Olympics in Wimbledon.”
Hantuchova’s favourite surface is grass and she has reached the quarterfinals of both the singles and doubles events at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Being in the final throes of her career, the Slovak knows that this could be her last chance to win an Olympic medal and she is not going to let anything distract her – even with such a lot going on in London come Games-time.
“I go there to perform well so obviously during my event I will be very focused on just tennis,” she explained. “I think it’s going to be awesome and the English public are always great and they always treated me very nicely so I’m really looking forward to playing in front of them.”
Once her event is over Hantuchova revealed she would love to go and watch the swimming and the athletics – her two favourite events – and that she will be keeping an eye out for a chance to meet the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt.
She will also be supporting her fellow countrymen in their quest for a medal, adding: “We are a very small country with many great athletes so it will be interesting, hopefully I’ll be one of the ones to do well.”

http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/n...hy-i-play.aspx

Oh come on Daniela... Ain't you any tired of those big words about Olympics? It's the 3rd time hearing them and you won only 2 matches in 2 Olympic Games before....

[Nalby fan]

Dani's twitter confirms she has gone down with a case of the Indian Wells flu.

[Otlichno]

Well at least it explains her loss to Zakapalova.