PARIS Dinara Safina cursed at herself in English, muttered to herself in Russian and generally carried on in much the same manner of older brother ...

PARIS Svetlana Kuznetsova never struck Dinara Safina as a Grand Slam champion in the making when they were kids in Russia. Kuznetsova showed up for matches toting a 2-liter bottle ...

... Stosur of Australia, who defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 6-3. The other women's semifinal is No. 1 Dinara Safina of Russia against No. 20 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia. - Advertisement - If Stosur-Cirstea was as onesided as ...

... Grand Slam tournament, where a Williams has won seven of the past nine championships. If No. 3 Venus gets by No. 1 Dinara Safina of Russia in Thursday's semifinals, and No. 2 Serena eliminates No. 4 Elena Dementieva of Russia, the siblings ...

... I felt like I was down pretty much the whole match." Venus followed and dominated the No. 1-ranked woman, Dinara Safina, in an astonishingly easy 6-1, 6-0 win that took merely 51 minutes and equaled the most lopsided semifinal result ...

... Venus should be seeded No. 1, instead of top-ranked Dinara Safina, who is 0-3 in major finals. "I'm not sure it's right at all that Dinara Safina is the top seed at Wimbledon. Venus has won it five ...

... Even a ballkid skidded to a facedown fall on Centre Court. Williams was joined in the second round by No. 1-seeded Dinara Safina (Safin's younger sister), 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic ...

... she sobbed. The 41st-ranked Lisicki now meets yet another teen, No. 9-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, and No. 1 Dinara Safina will play 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo. Williams has won five of six previous matches against Ivanovic ...

... Stepanek vs. Lleyton Hewitt, and No. 24 Tommy Haas vs. No. 29 Igor Andreev. And in the women's draw: No. 1 Dinara Safina vs. No. 17 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 2 Serena Williams vs. Daniela Hantuchova, No. 3 Venus Williams vs. No. 13 ...

... a single point had been contested indoors until earlier Monday, when a light sprinkle interrupted No. 1-ranked Dinara Safina's 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo. After the fifth game of the second set, the ...