Safina, Sharapova, Kuznetsova march in step at US Open
Published: 02 September, 2009, 08:23
Women's World No. 1 Dinara Safina has survived a first round scare at the US Open to stay in the race for her maiden Grand Slam title.
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Dinara Safina left the court in tears after being beaten in the second round of the China Open. The world number one lost to local wild card Zhang Shuai, who is ranked 225 places below her.
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Dinara Safina has reclaimed the top spot in the WTA rankings from Serena Williams just a day before the season-ending championship kicks off in Doha.
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Russia’s Fed Cup squad find themselves in the midst of somewhat of a crisis, seeing their entire contingent of Top 20 players pull out of February's quarter-final clash with Serbia.
Number one ranked Roger Federer and Serena Williams top the lists of seeded players for the Australian Open, which also include ten Russians.
The draw for the first grand slam of the tennis year has been made, throwing up some tasty opening clashes for the top ranking Russians at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday.
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Published: 02 September, 2009, 08:23
Women's World No. 1 Dinara Safina has survived a first round scare at the US Open to stay in the race for her maiden Grand Slam title.