By Tennis Guru on Oct 10, 2011 in Dinara Safina, Marat Safin, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 1 Comment
Russian former world no. 1 Dinara Safina said that she’s not going to retire from tennis and will continue undergoing therapy for her back. She finally made her thoughts known via her official website. “Hey everybody. I just want to inform you that I AM NOT retiring at this time. I will continue to use [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 2, 2011 in Dinara Safina, Featured, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Former world no. 1 Dinara Safina announced that she won’t be competing for the rest of the 2011 season due to persistent back injury. “I’m sorry to report that my back is still acting up and I will not be able to play until at least the end of the year,” Safina said on her [...]
By Tennis Guru on Oct 18, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
Eleven-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams began her fourth stint as world number one last week after she fared better than Russia’s Dinara Safina at the recently concluded China Open. Safina lost in the second round of the event while Williams crashed out in the third round. The tournament winner was Svetlana Kuznetsova. The reigning [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 17, 2009 in Cincinnati Masters - Open, Dinara Safina, Jelena Jankovi?, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Finally, Jelena Jankovic has something to smile about. The Serbian former world number one clinched the Cincinnati Open title on Sunday after beating top-ranked Russian Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2. This places Jankovic among the leading contenders for the U.S. Open title. The hardcourt Grand Slam tournament begins later this month. “My smile is back and [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 16, 2009 in Cincinnati Masters - Open, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Rogers Cup, Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
World number one Dinara Safina proved that she’s the most consistent player in the women’s tour right now after reaching the final of the Cincinnati Open on Saturday. The Russian defeated Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals.This is Safina’s eighth final out of 14 tournaments she joined this season. “Every match I [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 15, 2009 in Cincinnati Masters - Open, Dinara Safina, Featured, Kim Clijsters, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The impressive run of comebacking Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters in Cincinnati came to an end following a loss to the world’s number one player. Top-ranked Russian Dinara Safina stepped up on her game to beat Clijsters 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open on Friday. The Belgian said after the match that [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 19, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Tennis News, watch online tennis, WTA | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina leads the women’s field at this week’s Banka Koper Slovenia Open, a $220,000 WTA International event that’s played on hardcourts, a perfect preparation for the upcoming US Open. Defending champ Sara Errani is the tournament’s fifth seed. Here are the top eight seeds of the singles event: Dinara Safina (RUS)[1], [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 3, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Tennis Feature, Wimbledon | 1 Comment
For free, live Wimbledon 2009 online video coverage, click HERE. Dinara Safina interview transcript, Wimbledon 2009 on July 2, 2009 following her semifinal loss to third seed Venus Williams of United States 1-6, 0-6. The Russian is still assured of the number one ranking after Wimbledon since she’ll be gaining additional points for her semifinal [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 1, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Tennis Feature, Wimbledon | 0 Comments
For free, live Wimbledon 2009 online video coverage, click HERE. Dinara Safina interview transcript, Wimbledon 2009 on June 30, 2009 following her quarterfinal victory over Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-7, 6-4, 6-1. The world number one is slated to meet two-time defending champion Venus Williams of United States in the semifinals. Q. At Rome this [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 30, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Tennis Feature, Wimbledon | 0 Comments
For free, live Wimbledon 2009 online video coverage, click HERE. Dinara Safina interview transcript, Wimbledon 2009 on June 29, 2009 following her fourth round victory over former champion Amelie Mauresmo of France 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. The world number one is slated to meet Sabine Lisicki of Germany in the quarterfinals. Q. How did it feel [...]