Something unbelievable has happened - Daniela played for her own
country in FED CUP. I criticized her for not playing in the past three
years - and now when we are on the very bottom of Fed Cup, she was
able to find time in her schedule. That was one of the best decisions
Daniela made in her career. If she sacked Nigel Sears because he
insisted she would not play in Plovdiv, than saking him was
undoubtedly THE best decision of her tennis life. No matter what was
the reason for saying good bye to Nigel, she should do this long time
ago and find much better coach (or more suitable one). She did some
good progress with Nigel, but they work together too long and since
2001 Daniela has not made such a big progress that she should have or
she would with somebody else. Nigel did great job with Daniela, but
for some time he was not able to give her more, she kind of overcame
his abilities and definitely she needs a fresh air. Hopefully, she
will be lucky to pick the best coach, so she can move in her game
forward and attack top 10. With Nigel, Top 10 would be unreacheable
for Daniela. It's going to be very interesting and exciting who is
going to be the coach....Any guesses?

oogroups.com, andrewbroad <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> It's Daniela's 23rd birthday today, so I wish her Štastné Narodeniny!
>
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> FED CUP http://www.fedcup.com/
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> Photos
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>
> Daniela:
> http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=hantuchova
> http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=210331&page=16
>
> DIRECT's Europe/Africa Zone photos (Daniela and others):
> http://www.wtaworld.com/showpost.php?p=7843297
>
> Filipo's Europe/Africa Zone photos (Daniela and others):
> http://www.fedcup1.hit.bg/ (Monday)
>
> Stanko Dapa's Europe/Africa Zone photos (Daniela and others):
> http://www.wtaworld.com/showpost.php?p=7848915
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Europe/Africa Zone Group I: Round robin
> (TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; red clay)
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Pool A:
> 1. Slovak Republic (won 3 ties, lost 0)
> 2. Netherlands (won 2, lost 1)
> 3. Luxembourg (won 1, lost 2)
> 4. Finland (won 0, lost 3)
>
> SLOVAK REPUBLIC d. LUXEMBOURG, 3:0 (Monday 17th April)
> + Magdaléna Rybáriková d. Mandy Minella, 6-3 6-3
> + Daniela Hantuchová d. Anne Kremer, 6-3 6-3
> + Hantuchová/Janette Husárová d. Minella/Claudine Schaul, 6-2 6-4
>
> SLOVAK REPUBLIC d. NETHERLANDS, 2:1 (Tuesday 18th April)
> + Magdaléna Rybáriková d. Elise Tamaela, 6-3 6-2
> + Daniela Hantuchová d. Michaëlla Krajicek, 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-2
> - Dominika Cibulková/Janette Husárová lt.
> Marrit Boonstra/Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, 6-1 0-6 4-6
>
> SLOVAK REPUBLIC d. FINLAND, 3:0 (Wednesday 19th April)
> + Dominika Cibulková d. Katarina Tuohimaa, 6-2 6-1
> + Magdaléna Rybáriková d. Piia Suomalainen, 6-0 6-0
> + Cibulková/Rybáriková d. Suomalainen/Tuohimaa, 6-3 6-2
>
> Slovakia had a great team this week, with Queen Daniela and her two
> lovely handmaidens (the beautiful Domi and the gorgeous Magda), and
> they won all their singles-rubbers! :-)
>
> Daniela (after beating Krajicek): "There were really hard
> conditions, very slow and slippery clay. I think I had match under
> control, especially in third set.
>
> "Why do they change tennis-balls after 9-11 games and not after 7th
> or 9th game? I feel sometimes that I hit the hard balls like a
> medicine ball, and I can't hit the ball on the other side of the
> court after 10th game."
>
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> Europe/Africa Zone Group I: Promotion play-off
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> SLOVAK REPUBLIC d. GREAT BRITAIN, 2:1 (Saturday 22nd April)
> + Magdaléna Rybáriková d. Elena Baltacha, 7-5 6-3
> + Daniela Hantuchová d. Anne Keothavong, 6-2 6-1
> - Dominika Cibulková/Janette Husárová lt. Baltacha/Claire Curran,
> 4-6 3-6
>
> I may be British, but I was delighted to see that Slovakia won this
> tie, with victories for Dani and Magda! :-)
>
> I only wish the BBC had had the decency to televise this
> mouthwatering tie. They televise every Davis Cup tie involving GB,
> but they wasted both their Freeview interactive channels on
> snooker! :-||
>
> Slovakia face a play-off in July (draw to be made on 25th April) to
> go into World Group II for 2007.
> GB remain in Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
>
> --
> Dr. Andrew Broad
> http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
> http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/
> http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/hantu/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/danielahantuchova/
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeldani/
>