By Tennis Guru on Jun 17, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis News, Wimbledon | 0 Comments
The seedings for this year’s Wimbledon were released on Wednesday revealing world number ones Rafael Nadal and Dinara Safina leading the pack. Both were also the top seeds at the recently concluded French Open. Wimbledon is known for having a unique ranking system. Aside from the world rankings, the organizers also take into account the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jun 4, 2009 in Dinara Safina, French Open, Grand Slam | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina virtually crushed her opponents in the first four rounds of this year’s Roland Garros. However, she had to tough it out in three sets against Belarussian Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals. Will she encounter the same resistance against Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova? On paper, Safina is favored to win the match [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 27, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Featured, French Open, Grand Slam, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Top seed Dinara Safina of Russia continued her impressive play at this year’s Roland Garros after cruising to the third round by beating compatriot Vitalia Diatchenko in less than an hour 6-1, 6-1. It seemed like Safina would be handing someone another bagel score as she raced 5-0 into the first set but Diatchenko managed [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 17, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina gave a strong statement to all the doubters of her capability as the top-ranked women’s player by overpowering ninth seed Danish teen Caroline Wozniacki to win the inaugural WTA Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open on Sunday.The score: 6-2, 6-4. On Friday, the Russian defended herself from critics who believe that she [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 16, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina is through to her third consecutive final after a convincing semifinal win over claycourt specialist Patty Schnyder at the WTA Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. The Russian beat the Swiss veteran in two sets 6-4, 6-2. In the other semifinal, 18-year old Danish player Caroline Wozniacki reached her third final of [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 10, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Having lost her past three final appearances this season, world number one Dinara Safina this time played one of her best tennis and won the prestigious Italian Open title, her 10th career WTA title, beating compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in two sets 6-3, 6-2. It was simply a one-sided affair with Kuznetsova committing 30 unforced errors [...]
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