Daniela laboured to a 6-4 7-5 victory over Selesian player Akiko
Morigami in 96 minutes, despite 40 unforced errors, a tentative
second serve, four breaks of her serve, and two big opportunities
wasted in the second set. On the other hand, she did hit 27 winners,
and fought off a 3-5 deficit in the second set, saving six set-
points.

I followed live score-updates at www.australianopen.com. The match
started at 11:19 AEST (00:19 GMT).

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FIRST SET
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Hant 0-0: 0/15, scoreboard froze, broken
Mori 1-0: 0/15, 15/15, 15/30, scoreboard froze, broken
Hant 1-1: 30/15, 30/30, scoreboard froze, ad Mori (BP), broken
Mori 2-1: 0/15, scoreboard froze, broken
Hant 2-2: 0/15, scoreboard froze, broken.

I hope Daniela breaks out of this ugly pattern of breaks and counter-
breaks. I also hope the gremlins in the scoreboard won't be with us
for much longer.

Mori 3-2: 0/40 (3 BPs), 15/40, broken
Hant 3-3: held (scoreboard froze from 3-2 15/40)
Mori 3-4: 30/0, 30/15, scoreboard froze, held
Hant 4-4: 30/30, scoreboard froze, held
Mori 4-5: 0/40 (3 SPs), scoreboard froze, Daniela won first set 6-4
at 11:56.

Daniela is winning a woeful 10% of her second-serve points. She
might as well just take two first serves.

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SECOND SET
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Hant 0-0: held to love
Mori 0-1: 0/40 (3 BPs), 15/40, scoreboard froze, held

A real missed opportunity for Daniela to stamp her authority on the
second set. Missed opportunities... the story of Daniela's year in
2004. I still think she'll win this match in two sets though.

Hant 1-1: 0/30, scoreboard froze, held
Mori 1-2: 30/15, scoreboard froze, held
Hant 2-2: 15/15, 15/40 (2 BPs), broken for 2-3.

Daniela's straight-sets victory is in danger now. Akiko is holding
serve much more consistently than in the first set.
Prediction: Daniela in three sets. She seems to be having a
walkabout, but she's too much better than Akiko not to get her act
together sooner or later.

Mori 3-2: 15/0, scoreboard froze, held
Hant 2-4: 40/0, held
Mori 4-3: 40/30, 40/40, ad Hant (BP), Deuce #2, ad Mori, held for
5-3.

Another opportunity goes begging. :-|| If Daniela loses this match,
it will be because of that missed break-point.

Hant 3-5: 15/30, 40/40, ad Mori (SP), 40/40, ad Hant, held.

Good girl. At least made her serve for it...

Mori 5-4: 15/30, 15/40 (2 BPs), 30/40, 40/40, scoreboard froze,
broken.

Thank goodness Daniela didn't have to pay for squandering 15/40!
This should be a huge psychological boost for Daniela.

Hant 5-5: held to love
Mori 5-6: 15/15, 15/30, 40/40, Daniela won 6-4 7-5 at 12:58.

From www.dhantuchova.com:
>>>
MATCH SUMMARY- with a break at the end of the first set took Daniela
6-4 leading after 36mins with 3 aces and 11 winners.. Break for
Akiko at 2 all in second, 5-3 up, Daniela faced 2 setpoints, saved
them and was back on track, but still 5-4 down. There was a break
point at 40-30 on Akikos serve, but shortly after Daniela faced 3rd
setpoint. 3times deuce. 5 all. 6-5 easy serving game for Daniela,
by 0. 30-15, deuce,and Daniela took first matchball into her
advantage after 96 mins with 5 aces and 27 winners.
<<<

Daniela hit 27 winners, but 40 unforced errors is too many. Akiko's
W:UE ratio was 16:23. Daniela hit 5 aces and no double-faults, Akiko
one ace and 4 DFs.

Daniela got 62% of first serves in (Akiko 60%), winning 70% of
points when she did so (Akiko 53%), and 35% on second serve (Akiko
43%).

Seeing as Daniela's second-serve percentage was so poor despite
serving no double-faults, I would suggest she goes for much more on
the second serve.

Daniela broke 6 times from 13 break-points, Akiko 4 times from 9.

IMO, these statistics flatter Daniela's performance more than did
the sequence of scores.

She'll need to buck up her ideas if she's going to go much further,
although the draw has been uncommonly kind to her. She plays the
winner of Barbara Schett and Tiffany Welford next - possibly the
last match of Babsi's career - and her third-round draw has really
opened up with the doubts over Elena Dementieva's fitness.

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