(Transworld Sport may be televised in other countries, but the
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There are two points from the Indian Wells final between Daniela
Hantuchová and Svetlana Kuznetsova in this week's Transworld Sport,
which is repeated with sign-language at 03:30 BST on {Friday night/
Saturday morning} on Channel 4.

The tennis was 12 minutes into Sunday's broadcast of Transworld Sport
(before the first adverts), so I recommend 03:41 as a safe start-time
for timer-record, and 03:50 as a safe stop-time (Transworld Sport has
been known to start up to 5 minutes late).


The points they showed:

* Daniela serving 6-3 1-2 (30/30): A chess-like rally started with a
big serve down the middle, forcing a short backhand lob-return;
Daniela hit a deep crosscourt forehand drive-volley, and although she
hesitated to come in behind it and got caught behind the service-
line, her long limbs enabled her to maintain the initiative with a
crosscourt backhand drop-volley; Kuznetsova ran it down and hit a
searing crosscourt backhand, but luckily Daniela was still covering
the left half of the court; she had to backstep and hit a backhand
half-volley down the line, but the court was completely open for it
to be a winner. There was a nice little smile on Daniela's face after
that.

Sue Carpenter said all the obvious things we already know about
Daniela's two WTA singles-titles, plus: "She's in inspired form as
she dismantles Russian world #4 Svetlana Kuznetsova."

* Daniela serving 6-3 5-4 (40/15): Daniela hit a good serve out wide,
on the service-line; Kuznetsova a short forehand return down the
middle; Daniela a short crosscourt backhand; Kuznetsova crosscourt
backhand; Daniela backhand down the line; Kuznetsova a short forehand
down the line; Daniela a rolling crosscourt backhand just inside the
sideline; Kuznetsova a short crosscourt backhand, and Daniela hit a
body-jamming crosscourt backhand, inducing Kuznetsova to hit a
forehand long on the tenth stroke of the rally. As soon as that ball
landed out, Daniela - who was shaping up to hit a forehand - raised
her arms and jumped for joy.

Sue Carpenter: "Hantuchová ends her run of four finals without a win
with a straight-sets victory, and joins the likes of Martina
Navrátilová and Steffi Graf as players who've won the tournament
twice."

Finally, they showed Daniela holding the 'whale' and smiling - which
is more than Eurosport showed of the presentation-ceremony! :-||

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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