Went to Melbourne Park on Thursday ... As usual I was late and the 1st
set was drawing to a close when I arrived at the packed outside court.
As Andrew correctly observed, the 6-0 second set scoreline did not
accurately reflect the efforts of Schett. I think all her service
games went to deuce in that set. However it was Daniela's day, and
she was timing her shots superbly, only losing her composure
momentarily when she told a bunch of raucous Schett supporters to "get
lost!" towards the end of the first set. After the match a swarm of
autograph hunters including yours truly swamped Daniela who graciously
signed many items including my hat.

Later that afternoon I saw Daniela's doubles match. She was
partnering Martina Navratilova whose volleying reflexes are still very
sharp. They played Maria Fernanda Alves and Vanessa Henke. After
getting through a tight first game on Daniela's serve they
steam-rolled Alves and Henke 6-1, 6-3.

Mandrake