Maria Sharapova's trailblazing upset of Elena Dementieva aside,
yesterday was a black day for me as Daniela and Jelena both lost in
the first round of the Italian Masters! :-((

The only positives for me are that they both lost to nice players.


Daniela lost 6-2 6-2 to Karolina Šprem, a 19-year-old up-and-coming
Croatian I've never seen play, but I've read great things about
her "stunning array of winners and controlled aggression"
[www.wtatour.com] and "she plays like iva, but with about as much
power as lucic. she hits amazing angles and dtl winner and her
serve is HUGE!" [croat123 at www.wtaworld.com - Iva's Divas forum].

So Šprem has very impressive-sounding tennis-qualities (I must admit
I expected a result like this, considering Šprem's recent form), and
is rather cute too! ;-)
http://photo910.tripod.com/sfotohtm/spr1318s.htm

Daniela photos:
http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=114342


It's so hard for me to see Daniela and Jelena slumping
simultaneously, and going into the French Open with such low
confidence. At least Maria Sharapova is doing well - in fact very
well! :-)

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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