[croat123]

i don't know. i'm nervous about it because yulia has more experience at this level. while they are both young, yulia has a less complicated game than donna, so her level might be higher at the moment
plus, if donna wins, i'll see her on friday and our players always lose the round before i get to watch them live

[okramb]

It would be great if she manage to enter in the 2nd round. She would collect 80 points (30 for Q and 50 for the 2nd round) and would defend 50 points that she will lose next week and earn 30 new points...

Good luck Donna tonight

[guichard]

Originally Posted by ma re

Congrats Donna! She definately won't get it easy in the first round, but it's still great to see her battling it out for a MD spot. Unfortunately there are some points from last year (Bangalore, I think) to defend here, which adds to the pressure a little bit, but hope she'll come out there focused and ready to bring her A game to the court. Also, she it still at just 101 point this year, which is probably less than what the team was hoping for and it's not taking her to the top 50 direction so far, but another win here would almost double that. Not to mention that it would be a valuable experience to play Vesnina.

Good luck D!

Yeah that first round loss in Kuala Lumpur didn't help

[18majors]

Donna is the betting favorite to beat Putintseva.

[alexangerLL_LL]

Love Donna !!
Hope to take more wins in following two weeks

accumulate rp for DoDo,,

[ajmo!]

I think Donna will win if she's no to tired. GL

[LittlestThing]

Originally Posted by BlueTrees

Putintseva is not a bad draw at all It won't be easy though, she's got a winning record over Donna from juniors. It's a tough match to pick really, it could go either way.


There's always drama involved in a Putintseva match. Every single time

So I've heard. Though all she did that was "bad" on the video was screaming

I wish I could see them play! Perhaps Yulia doesn't like the conditions here since she hasn't done as well in the US as she has in the Middle East I hope Donna takes advanatge if that is the case.

BTW, I love your avatar

[Mary Chain]

Donna has the tennis to beat Yulia, only thing is that Yulia is very strong mentally, she's a beast on court, so Donna will have to be strong as well!



Some more pics by Richard Van Loon

[vladekCRO]

Match will start in 20 minutes.

GL Donna

[Ajmo]

Isn't the Peer-Bouchard match first?

[vladekCRO]

Yes, it is

I forgot Peer - Bouchard, at least hour - two hours waiting

[TimeyWimey]

i thought it should be the last match

[vladekCRO]

Rain

[Mary Chain]

Matches are interrupted, so we wait a lil more

[TimeyWimey]

see the photo, seems pretty bad at the moment