It's very optimistic preview what is positive, although it might not
be also so realistic...I think that for Daniela the most important and
also most difficult will be 1st round. You call Lourdes Dominguez Lino
as a diminutive player, but in contrary to Daniela she was able to win
a WTA tournament this year (although Tier III category), while Daniela
won only a few matches matches on clay so far. For Lourdes - clay is
the most favourite surface - for Daniela the least ...I would not
underestimate Lourdes as she was able to beat in Bogota No.1 seeded
and defending champion Pennetta - that's something very dificult to
expect from Daniela. I wish Daniela would win today, but it's going
to be tough and Dani does not need to have an excceptionally bad day
to lose. Hopefully, she will go through, otherwise Slovakia will have
no player in the draw after 2nd round as Jarka Gajdosova has no chance
against Pattty Schnyder today...
Maria Sharapova barely beat Mashona Washington in 1st round, she say
she is not 100% fit, I guess she might make few rounds here, but I
doubt she can go beyond 4th round.


> Daniela preview
> ---------------
>
> 1r: Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a diminutive claycourt-specialist who
> was banned for three months after testing positive for cocaine in
> 2002. Daniela has never played her before, as the 25-year-old was
> ranked outside the top 100 until last year (she is currently #44).
>
> Domínguez Lino won the Tier III at Bogotá in February (beating
> beautiful Flavia Pennetta in the final), but a quick look through
> her match-results reveals that she has beaten only a handful of top-
> 50 players in her career. Daniela would have to have an
> exceptionally bad day at the office to lose to her.
>
>
> 2r: I hope and expect that beautiful Maria Elena Camerin will defeat
> Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the first round, as Maria Elena is ranked
> #53 to Gagliardi's #104, and thrashed her 6-2 6-1 at Tashkent 2005.
> Maria Elena is having a solid but unspectacular year, with a
> win/loss record of 15:12 (Gagliardi 10:13).
>
> Daniela thrashed Maria Elena 6-2 6-1 in qualifying for Sydney 2002,
> and beat Gagliardi 4-6 6-0 6-4 in their only meeting - sf Indian
> Wells 2002 (and we all know what Daniela did in the final!).
>
>
> 3r: For once, the draw has been kind to Daniela after she lost in
> the third round of six consecutive Grand Slams - a pattern which
> changed when Daniela knocked Serena Williams out of the Australian
> Open 2006!
>
> Daniela has a 3-2 head-to-head over Nathalie Dechy, but lost 6-1 6-4
> to her at Luxembourg 2005. Dechy's win/loss record for 2006 is an
> abysmal 3:11, so it's doubtful that she'll even justify her seeding
> here.
>
> Catalina Castaño is dangerous on clay, although Daniela beat her 6-4
> 6-3 at last year's French Open, and there's nothing particularly
> scary about her 2006 results apart from a 7-5 6-2 win over Nicole
> Vaidišová at Charleston.
>
>
> 4r: Daniela lost to Kim Clijsters at last year's French Open, and
> the rematch would take place one round later this year. Daniela has
> a 0-7 head-to-head against Clijsters, and their last five matches
> have all had dispapsinating scorelines for Daniela. :-O
>
> Clijsters says clay is her least-favourite surface, but she was
> runner-up at the French Open 2001 and 2003, and won Warszawa earlier
> this month before losing to Dinara Safina in the third round of Rome.
>
> I should like nothing better than to watch Daniela grind Mingin'
> Clijsters into the red dirt (and go on to win the title), but
> Daniela's best chance is if the feisty Anabel Medina Garrigues can
> do the job for her in the third round.
>
> ---------------
> Andrew's wishes
> ---------------
>
> 1r + Lourdes Domínguez Lino
> 2r + Maria Elena Camerin
> 3r + NATHALIE DECHY [21]
> 4r + ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES [26]
> qf + TATIANA GOLOVIN [23]
> sf + MARIA KIRILENKO [20]
> f + MARIA SHARAPOVA [4]
>
> -------------------------
> Doubles: First-round draw
> -------------------------
>
> * DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ/AI SUGIYAMA [5] v
> Caroline Dhenin/Mathilde Johansson [WC]
>
> -------------------------
> Order of Play for Tuesday
> -------------------------
>
> Court 7 (start 11:00 CEST = 09:00 GMT = 10:00 BST)
> 1. WS 1r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [15] v Lourdes Domínguez Lino
> 2. MS 1r: Albert Montanes v ROBBY GINEPRI [17] (to finish)
> 3. MS 1r: Óscar Hernández [Q] v Gilles Simon
> 4. WS 1r: Clarisa Fernández [Q] v Emilie Loit
> 5. MS 1r: DAVID FERRER [15] v Guillermo García López
>
> Full order of play:
> http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/
>
> --
> 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/
>