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No. 24 seed, Daniela Hantuchova downed former World No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round of the 2010 U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows.

Safina was the top seed here last year, but was eliminated in the 3rd round. She has been plagued by a back injury which has forced her to miss almost three months of the 2010 season, including Wimbledon. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in April of 2009, but her ranking has now dropped to 50th in the world in just over a year. She has yet to win a Grand Slam tournament.

Shahar Peer of Israel was the highest seed to be eliminated in the 2nd round at Wimbledon 2010. The 13th seeded Shahar lost to No. 54 ranked Angelique Kerber of Germany 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

It was a round that saw many seeded players fall to much lower ranked players. Some of the higher seeds included No. 18 seed, Aravane Rezai of France, who lost to No. 66 ranked Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, and No. 19 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, who was defeated by countrywoman Anastasia Rodionova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

The 2010 WTA Tour Family Circle Cup came to an abrupt end for Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday in Charleston. Going for the second drop shot of the point against Vera Zvonareva, Caroline rolled her right ankle. After receiving treatment, Caroline tried to continue to play, but soon realized she could not go on. The No. 1 seed retired trailing 2-5 in the 1st set.

Caroline Wozniacki, the top seed at the
WTA Tour Family Circle Cup being played in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, advanced to the Semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win Friday over Nadia Petrova. Meanwhile, 2nd seed, Jelena Jankovic was upset by Daniella Hantuchova 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

“I feel like I’m playing very well,” said Wozniacki. “I’m very confident, and I’ve got some good results with my play.”

Amidst controversy and spectacular play, Serena Williams of the United States ends 2009 ranked No. 1 in the world on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Once before in her 14 year career she achieved the No. 1 year-end ranking, seven years ago in 2002.

Just three years ago, in 2006 she had dipped to No. 95 at year’s end following an injury-plagued season. She lost in the 3rd round at the Australian Open to Daniela Hantuchova. Williams then withdrew from all events until summer with a left knee injury, including Roland Garros and Wimbledon. She spent 18 weeks outside of the top 100 during that time. Then after starting up again, she lost at the U.S. Open in round four, ending the year at #95. In 2007 she started her climb back up the rankings, moving up to No. 7 at the end of the year, and finishing 2008, No. 3.[SonyEricssonWTATour.com]

Lovely cutie pie, Daniela Hantuchova, celebrated her 26th birthday yesterday. She was born April 23, 1983 in Poprad, Slovakia. She currently resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Hantuchova was born to father, Igor, a computer scientist and mother, Marianna, a toxicologist. She turned pro in 1999 at the age of 16. She is currently ranked 40 in the world. Her career high singes ranking was No. 5 in January 27, 2003. Her best showing in the Grand Slams was the Semifinals of the Australian Open in 2008.

Sexy, cutie pie, Daniela Hantuchova, is featured in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

Hantuchova was photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr. in Cap Cana, Juanillo, Dominican Republic. Her swimsuit is by V del Sol.

For the full gallery, go to Sports Illustrated.

The photo says it all – UPSET! The first round of the new season produced an early upset as No. 21 ranked Slovakian cutie pie, Daniela Hantuchova, was upset 7-6(7-1), 4-6, 0-6 by No. 41 ranked Sara Errani of Italy. They are playing in the 2009 WTA Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia.

It was tough for Hantuchova from the start, as the underdog, Errani, pushed her to a tie-break in the first set. Hantuchova was able to win the tie-break, but that was the end of the story. Errani took the final two sets, blanking Hantuchova in the final set.

Slovakian tennis cutie pie, Daniela Hantuchova, lost her quarterfinal match in the WTA Fortis Championships being played in Luxembourg Oct 20-26. Hantuchova’s opponent was 39th ranked Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea of Romania. Cirstea won the match 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.

In the first round, No. 15 ranked Daniela Hantuchova defeated No. 61 ranked Pauline Parmentier of France 6-2, 7-5. She had an easy win over No. 56 ranked Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-0, 6-2. Then Cirstea ended Hantuchova’s hopes for this tournament.

Hantuchova has made to the quarterfinals eight times this year in twenty tournaments. She won only two of those quarterfinal matches. In both cases, she lost the semifinal match. She has no tournaments wins this year.

Daniela Hantuchova, tennis cutie pie from Slovakia, lost bad in the 2nd round of the WTA Tour Ladies Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia which was played Oct 6-12, 2008.

Ranked 14th in the world, Hantuchova easily won her first round match against 23rd ranked Francesca Schiavone of Italy, 6-3, 6-2. But she was no match for 8th ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia. Hantuchova lost that match 1-6, 0-6.

Zvonareva was playing well in this tournament. She made it to the finals where she ran up against # 1 ranked Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, losing 2-6, 4-6.