Posts Tagged ‘Safina’

Serena Williams vs Dinara Safina 2007 RG Highlights

Serena Williams vs Dinara Safina 2007 Roland Garros 4th round Highlights. Serena’s shot at times were just WOW! a re-upload with the vid a little darker to somehow see the ball better lol

Dinara Safina vs. Venus Williams Rome 2009 Highlights

Dinara Safina vs. Venus Williams Rome 2009 Highlights

did maria sharapova really cried during her match with safina?

it’s so unusual to see sharapova, known for her mental toughness, cry because of frustration… my heart melted when i saw maria crying… the crowd is really rude, and she was making so many unforced errors…

Juan Martin Del Potro And Dinara Safina Practicing Together

Juan Martin Del Potro And Dinara Safina Talking To Each Other During A Practice Session At The 2009 US Open

Dinara Safina vs Venus Williams Rome Highlights 2009 Part 1

A very close duel. The scrappy Safina fending off Venus in three grueling sets. Enjoy! No copyright infringement intended.

Serena Williams Crushes Dinara Safina (2009 Highlights)

2009 Final Serena Williams vs. Dinara Safina:6-0;6-3 total domination

Who do you think will win between Venus Williams and Dinara Safina?

Match is due to start within a matter of minutes. Any scoreline guesses?

How can Dinara Safina be No. 1 in the WTA rankings over Serena Williams?

Serena Williams has won 2 Grand Slams to Safina’s 0 in 2009 and has beaten her head to head. It appears to me that Serena should be # 1.

Grand Slam Tennis – Safina, Williams to Dispute Ladies’ Crown

If Roger Federer is going for history by winning his 14th Grand Slam singles titles, Williams is going for her 10th and a piece of tennis history as she joins an elite club of women tennis players who have won 10 or more Grand Slam singles titles. And it surely is a club that she is bent on being a member.

When I looked at the draw a week ago, I really felt that Serena Williams was the player I expected to win. Maria Sharapova’s withdrawal gave her a clearer path to win the crown. Perhaps the only person who can beat her is her big sister Venus, but because of her erratic performances in past stagings of the Australian Open, I had my doubts if she could have made it until the quarterfinals even. Her early exit in this season’s staging has proved me right. Jelena Jankovic may have been seeded ahead of her but Jankovic does not yet possess the game that can beat Serena or even Venus in a highly charged, tennis match final. Dementieva may have beaten her previously but it was more of Williams not helping herself by committing more mistakes than by Dementieva producing more winners.

Williams should thank her lucky stars that on the day she played her semi-final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova, it was obvious that she was affected by the extremely hot weather conditions. I think she purposely lost the first set of that match so that the organizers can close the roof. It did provide a 15 minute respite from the heat and a chance to regain their bearings as both players returned to their quarters. However, it became apparent that between the two, Kuznetsova was very much against the roof closure. She knew that she coped better under the conditions and closing the roof could give her rival a chance to come back in to the match, which is what happened eventually. Hence, Williams survived another day.

In Dinara Safina, who subdued Vera Zvonareva in the other semi-final with a 6-3, 7-6 tennis scores, Williams shall be facing a formidable opponent  in the Australian Open tennis finals. If Serena has beaten her in the past, I expect that the Australian Open tennis final encounter to be a closer and tighter match. Safina has improved so much. Just when her career appeared to be heading nowhere, she suddenly found this incredible transformation in her game that saw her barge into the finals match of the French Open for the first time in her career. Surely the next step for her is  to win a major title and what better tournament to win than the Australian Open, the crown that older brother Marat Safin last won.It shall be an added feather in the siblings cap if Safina wins her own crown and be the first brother and sister champions of this tournament.

With this ladies’ singles final match, not only is the title on the line but also the added bonus of taking over the top ranking in women’s tennis for this year is at stake. And with Safina and Williams emerging to be the contenders for this event, whoever wins shall be a worthy tennis queen.

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Safina disappointed to prove the tennis significance

Russia’s tennis star Dinara Safina, who will put back Serena Williams as world top ranked later this month in spite of never having won a Grand Slam title, insists she will provide evidence she belongs on top of the rankings.

Dinara Safina, whose brother Marat was the men’s tennis top player in the world in 2000, will substitute Williams, who has been on top for 11 successive weeks, and 72 in all, on April 20.

Safina, who is the runner up to the American at the Australian Open year, said, “There’s no question that while I am very proud of my consequences over the past year, I would have wished to arrive at this achievement in an unusual way. I expect to demonstrate to everyone over the coming months that I deserve the honor of being world number one.

She further said by expressing her feelings, “It’s a big honor to get the top ranking and it is a dream that each girl who has ever wanted to play professional tennis shares. It is yet extra ordinary for me since my brother Marat was capable to obtain the number one ranking and I am excited and happy to share this triumph with him.”

Safina is the only second Russian woman, along with Maria Sharapova, to hold the top spot. Her elevation was declared just after Williams endured a shock 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 first round conquer against world number 95 Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in Marbella.

Safina has gained four WTA Tour singles titles over the past year. Montreal, Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo and was runner-up five times, including the Australian Open and Roland Garros. She was also a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics. Her constantly move up the rankings will symbolize the first time a brother and sister have been number one in the world.

In the Meanwhile, Williams fell off to beat in Marbella in her initial clay court outing of the season handing her Czech rival a first win over a top 10 player since 2003. Williams had been downed in the final of the Miami hard-court occasion on Sunday when her performance in opposition to Victoria Azarenka was harshly handicapped by a thigh injury which required serious strapping.

Williams who once more was wearing a bandage on her left leg said, “I am very disappointed about my defeat. She further said, “In face I wanted to play my excellent tennis and best performance but because of my injury I couldn’t perform well.”

Fighting champ Djokovic proceed at Indian Wells

Novak Djokovic set up his defence of the Indian Wells Masters succession title with a straight-sets conquest on Sunday, as world No.1 Rafael Nadal prepared to open his campaign. Serbia’s Djokovic seeded third behind Nadal and Swiss world No.2 Roger Federer in the $US5.4 million ($A8.2 million) occasion overcame 54th-ranked Argentinian Martin Vasallo Arguello 7-5 6-4 to achieve the third round.

Djokovic, who claimed his initial title of 2009 at Dubai two weeks ago, raised an early break in every set only to surrender his serve before breaking Vasallo Arguello once more. When the Argentinean sent a service return long, he precluded the match on a breezy stadium court at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on his second match point.

Spain’s Nadal the 2007 champion who has additional promoted his hard-court recommendations with his Australian Open triumph this year, was to play German qualifier Michael Berrer in a second-round match. Confronting China’s Peng Shuai in the third round, women’s top seed Dinara Safina of Russia was also in action.

Safina, who has a chance to supplant the absent Serena Williams atop the world rankings by reaching the final of this WTA event, will be trying to avoid the upset bug that saw 15 of 32 seeded women eliminated in the second round, including second-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, No.3 Elena Dementieva and No.6 Svetlana Kuznetsova, both of Russia.

In other early matches, last year’s surprise men’s finalist Mardy Fish, who surprised Federer in the semi-finals in 2008, was beaten 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-1) by France’s Jeremy Chardy. Fourth-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva prepared it securely into the fourth round with a 6-3 6-1 win over Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic. Fish admitted that after last year’s heroics, it was deflating to lose his first match.

He said.”I will undoubtedly never forget last year, also never forget the semi-final match against Roger. Maybe it all evens itself out in the end,”

Now Chardy next faces Spain’s David Ferrer, runner-up to Djokovic in Dubai, who defeat US qualifier Todd Widom 6-4 7-5.