Williams sisters, Safina, Dementieva in Wimbledon 2009 semifinals
Semifinal pairs are set at Wimbledon: twice defending champion Venus Williams will play top seed Dinara Safina, while last year’s finalist Serena Williams will face Elena Dementieva.
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams wasted little time...
Calm Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly beats No.1 Dinara Safina to win Roland Garros 2009
The 2009 French Open championship match was much shorter and less thrilling than we had expected, with Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly defeating favorite Dinara Safina 6-4 6-2 in an-all Russian final. To make things worse,...
Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova to battle for French Open crown
This is probably the first time I was successful at predicting finalists, Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova have been by far my strongest favorites for Roland Garros title. The top-seeded Safina and seventh-seeded Kuznetsova...
Cibulkova ends Sharapova’s run in French Open quarters, Safina through
Comeback player Maria Sharapova, who definitely spiced up this Roland Garros, was defeated in the quarterfinals by Slovakian seed No.20 Dominika Cibulkova 6-0 6-2. The favorite for the title, top seed Dinara Safina, advanced...
Sharapova gets past Petrova, Safina cruises into French Open third round
The most interesting match-up of the day lived up to the expectations with Maria Sharapova defeating No.11 seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 1-6 8-6 in the second round of the 2009 French Open. World No.1...
Dinara Safina wastes no time in demolishing Anne Keothavong
Top seed Dinara Safina of Russia powered into the second round of Roland Garros without losing a game to British world No.48 Anne Keothavong.
Some of us thought Keothavong could challenge Safina, as she was...
A look at women contenders for 2009 French Open, Dinara Safina top favorite
The draw for the 2009 French Open is out and here’s my analysis of contenders. I would just like to mention that despite all the facts, I'm sure we all deep inside feel that...
Dinara Safina wins Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open for second straight title
World No.1 Dinara Safina solidified her position at the top of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings, as well as her role of the favorite for winning upcoming Roland Garros, with a 6-2 6-4...
Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki advance to Madrid Open final
Top seed Dinara Safina and ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki will meet in the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open final to play each other for the first time.
The world No.1 Safina defeated Patty Schnyder 6-4 6-2...
Safina, Jankovic advance into Madrid quarterfinals, Azarenka upset
Top seed and world No.1 Dinara Safina fought off a gutsy comeback from Lucie Safarova to beat the Czech 6-0 4-6 6-3. Safina raced through the first set, but stumbled in the second to...
