Dinara Safina suffers biggest upset in history, Venus Williams also falls at China Open

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Top seed Dinara Safina and third seed Venus Williams lost in the second round of the China Open, with the Russian making history, in a bad way though. The world No.1 Safina, who is currently...

Serena Williams could capture the No.1 ranking again

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Serena Williams has another chance to overtake Dinara Safina at the top of the rankings. The one who goes further at the ongoing China Open will be No.1 after the tournament. Both the No.1 Safina...

Dinara Safina, Venus Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova exit Tokyo in second round

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Top seed Dinara Safina, second seed Venus Williams and fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova all suffered upsets in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. The fact that so many of them got...

US Open third round: Melanie Oudin ousts Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina sent crashing

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America’s third-highest ranked WTA player Melanie Oudin reached the fourth round of a second straight Grand Slam, pulling off a comeback victory over Maria Sharapova, while world No.1 Dinara Safina finally crashed out of...

Safina or Sanowa? Richard Williams would say “whatever”

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Richard Williams, the father of Serena and Venus Williams, is either playing a game on us or he really can’t remember the name of the top-ranked women’s tennis player. "I think she's playing great tennis,"...

Safina almost said goodbye in the first round, Kuznetsova cruises

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Top seed Dinara Safina was almost taken out in the first round of the US Open, while her fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded sixth, advanced to the second round much more easily. The world No.1...

US Open 2009 seeds announced, Safina No.1

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The list of seeded players for the 2009 US Open has been released and world number one Dinara Safina is seeded at the top. Here’s the full list: 1. Dinara Safina, Russia 2. Serena Williams, United States 3....

Dinara Safina sent packing by Aravane Rezai at Rogers Cup

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Defending champion Dinara Safina fell 3-6 6-2 6-4 to Aravane Rezai of France in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. The world number one and top seed hit 17 double faults against...

Revived Jelena Jankovic beats Dinara Safina to win Cincinnati title

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When the Western and Southern Financial Women's Open began, Jelena Jankovic was probably the last person I would tip off to win the title. And even through the tournament, I didn’t pay much attention...

Dinara Safina ends Flavia Pennetta’s winning streak to reach Cincinnati finals

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World No.1 Dinara Safina of Russia ended Flavia Pennetta’s 15-match winning streak in just 56 minutes, defeating the Italian 6-2 6-0 in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open. Pennetta, who...
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