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Daniela Hantuchova has long been a popular figure at the Porsche Tennis Grand
Prix, and she came close to winning the tournament in 2002 when she conceded
the final to Kim Clijsters in three sets.
"I think it’s one of my most favourite tournaments because it feels like being
home there, especially because it’s so close to my country, and I speak a bit
of German," said Hantuchova earlier this year. "The people are so nice to me,
especially after I made the final. I was really close to winning that one. It
was a great match.”
Perhaps that is why she played so well against Meghann Shaughnessy, beating the
American 6-4, 6-0. Although the first set score was close, it disguises how
dominant the Slovak was. She gave up only five points on her serve in the set,
and held five break points before making a breakthrough at 5-5 when Shaughnessy
sent a forehand long.
After serving out for the first set, Hantuchova immediately stamped her
authority on the second, breaking in the opening game with possibly the best
point of the match, a double-handed backhand winner that landed right in the
corner.
Hantuchova had been putting pressure on Shaughnessy’s serve throughout the
match with some fine returns, and it paid off handsomely as the American
increasingly struggled to put any first serves into play. A double-fault gave
Hantuchova another break for 3-0, and Shaughnessy’s fifth double-fault left
Hantuchova serving for the match.
"I missed a few opportunities early in the first set, but I just kept going
for my shots and tried to stay calm and believe in what I was doing," said
Hantuchova. "She serves hard, but I felt I was in control and it was just a
matter of time.
"I was expecting a tough match, because definitely Meghann is very tough to
play, especially on a court like this. It’s so fast, and with her serve it
always tough to break her. I always thought it was going to be very close and
I’m really glad the way it went in the second set and I got on top of her."
It was a day of mixed fortunes for the German players bidding to win their
way through to the main draw. In the final round of qualifying, Kathrin
Woerle was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Czech Zuzana Ondraskova, but Stephanie Gehrlein
pulled off a fine 6-4, 6-4 victory over another Czech, Michaela Pastikova.
Her reward is a first round meeting with 2004 French Open champion and this
week’s number eight seed, Anastasia Myskina of Russia.
Two more qualifiers came through extremely difficult matches and will face
each other for the right to meet second seed Kim Clijsters. Eleni Daniilidou
of Greece overcame yet another Czech, Kveta Peschke, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-2),
and Croatia’s Karolina Sprem beat Tszvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-3, 6-7
(4-7), 7-5.
In the main draw, Germany’s Julia Schruff fell 7-5, 6-2 to recent U.S. Open
doubles runner-up Flavia Pennetta of Italy, and another German, Sandra
Kloesel, fell 6-2, 6-2 to Marat Safin’s sister, Dinara Safina.
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