You are right - Daniela is free to decide. However, in both Fed Cup
and Hopman Cup Daniela would play also singles (two and one match,
respectively), so she could be still focused on her singles career
while playing in team. In addition, when playing in front of own
crowd, she would have better chance to beat some players she would
not beat on regular WTA tournament - and that victory could be
important for her in upcoming matches against the same opponent.
Like Dominik Hrbaty - he lost to Ljubicic on ATP tour something like
3 times last year, he could not beat him and in the finals of Davis
Cup, in Slovakia, he finally beat him. I guess that victory and
feeling was better than winning a Grand Slam tournament.

--- In danielahantuchova@yahoogroups.com, "mercedescavani"
<mercedescavani@y...> wrote:
>
>
> I think Daniela is free to decide what her schedule should be
like.
> She has already won the Hopman Cup, so it is seems good to me she
is
> putting more focus into her singles career because there´s a lot
of
> imporvement to do.
>
>
> --- In danielahantuchova@yahoogroups.com, tenms1 <no_reply@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I agree that if Daniela would play in Hopman Cup, she would not
be
> > No. 17. However, I am questioning if two places in rankings
> > (actually it is not ranking which is important but more money)
is
> > more valuable than representing your own country. Daniela is not
> > 100% fit due to playing those two tournaments - so her decision
> not
> > to play with Dominik is questionable. Really GREAT PLAYERS
prefer
> to
> > represent their own country in team competition than to make
> > money...I don't care if I am right or wrong, but I just don't
like
> > Daniela's attitude to Slovak people and country, that's all.
> > Good news is that Jarmila Gajdosova won her three qualification
> > matches and is in the main draw. After not being 100% fit,
> Daniela
> > might lose her 1st round match against Obata, and consequently
> > Jarmila has a chance to become the best Slovak girl at this
years'
> > AUS OPEN. She has already won three matches!!!
> >
> >
> > --- In danielahantuchova@yahoogroups.com, Rex Nebres
> > <nebrexx218@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > if daniela played in hopman cup, her rankings will not be at
> > number 17 right now, its a good move for daniela and a stupid
post
> > from you
> >
>