The year 2008 has been a kind one to Dinara Safina. As this is written, she's No. 3 in the WTA singles rankings. Safina reached six finals in 2008, winning four tournament titles.
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Venus Williams, Serena Williams, and Dinara Safina all advanced in women's singles, and now the Olympic quarterfinals are set. Russia claims three of the last eight spots, with Russian Vera Zvonareva taking on Sybil Bammer at the top of the draw and Serena Williams playing against Elena Dementieva.   more...

Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic have met once before on clay (at the 2005 Berlin Open), and Dinara Safina won that match 6-1, 6-4. Ana Ivanovic leads their head-to-head series 2 to 1, however, scoring two wins over Safina in 2006 (one three set win over the Russian on grass court, and then a   more...

Dinara Safina upset Maria Sharapova 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 in a battle of wills. Safina was down 2-5 in the second set, fought off a match point, and was two points from defeat in the second set tie-break. Safina beat Sharapova at the French Open just two years ago. Recall that Safina beat Justine Henin   more...

And you should be too. If this photo of Dinara from the French Open doesn't just scream "Hey, guess what...I have a [ahem...] taped up under this skirt", then I don't know what does. I was a bit surprised when I heard about our lovely #1 seed, Maria Sharapova, getting knocked out so early at   more...
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Venus Williams ended her 2008 campaign in perfect fashion, capping off a flawless week at Doha, Qatar's Sony Ericsson Championships with a 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-1 victory over Vera Zvonareva on Sunday. Related posts:Venus beats Serena to stay perfect in Doha Venus Williams defeated little sister Serena ...
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We had written on May 21, 2008 that Maria Sharapova was poised to win the French Open. Obviously, we were wrong, since she lost today in her match to Dinara Safina. We thought that she was ready, but the hill was too tall to climb. She had struggled mightily throughout the French Open, but had   more...
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By winning the China Open, Jelena Jankovic pulled within 21 points of world no. 1 Serena Williams. Wha...?!? I didn't realize the race for the No. 1 ranking on the WTA Tour was going to go down to the wire. Shouldn't be a surprise, then, that Serena and Jelena are both playing, along with Elena   more...

Venus Williams defeated little sister Serena 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday night in the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar. The victory ensures Venus, a perfect 3-0 in pool play, the No. 1 seed out of the maroon group heading into the semifinals. Venus beat Dinara Safina in ...
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Still alive for a berth in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships despite her crushing loss to sister Venus, Serena Williams pulled out of the season-ending event in Doha, Qatar with a stomach injury on Friday. Serena would have played Elena Dementieva for the final semifinal spot out ...
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Venus Williams survived Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday. Williams, who went undefeated in group play, will meet Vera Zvonareva in Sunday's final. Zvonareva is also without a loss this week.Related posts:Venus ...
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Olympic gold for Elena Dementieva in Beijing. Dementieva defeated Dinara Safina in the gold-medal match, 3-6, 7-5 6-3.
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Olympic gold for Elena Dementieva in Beijing. Dementieva defeated Dinara Safina in the gold-medal match, 3-6, 7-5 6-3.
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Flavia Pennetta reached the quarterfinals at the 2008 U.S. Open before falling to Dinara Safina. Pennetta, from Italy, has two tournament wins so far this year, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and the Cachantun Cup, both on clay; she's reached on other final. Her WTA singles ranking as of this writing   more...
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Flavia Pennetta reached the quarterfinals at the 2008 U.S. Open before falling to Dinara Safina. Pennetta, from Italy, has two tournament wins so far this year, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and the Cachantun Cup, both on clay; she's reached on other final. Her WTA singles ranking as of this writing   more...
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