Dinara Safina

1-17 of 29 results

QATAR WTA TENNIS

AP News 28 days ago

Dinara Safina of Russia serves shortly before she retired from her singles match against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia at the WTA Tennis Championships, in Doha, Qatar Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Copyright 2009 AP News

Serena Williams clinches year-end world number one spot

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 29 days ago

DOHA (Reuters) - American Serena Williams will end the year as world number one for the first time since 2002 after Dinara Safina withdrew from the WTA Championships with a back injury on Wednesday. Williams, who began the elite year-ending tournament 155 ...

Comeback queen Dementieva sends Venus crashing at Doha tennis

AFP Global Edition 29 days ago

Venus Williams wilted in Qatar's desert heat on Tuesday as feisty Russian Elena Dementieva staged a remarkable WTA Championships comeback to defeat the title-holder 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2. Williams had led 6-3, 3-1 before Dementieva recovered to record only her third win ...

Serena prepares to battle at WTA Championships

AFP Global Edition 30 days ago

Serena Williams, having stripped naked for an American magazine shoot, can lay bare her simmering frustration over losing her world number one ranking at the WTA Championships which start Tuesday. Despite winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles in 2009, taking her ...

Safina reclaims world number one spot on eve of Doha

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 31 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian Dinara Safina reclaimed first place in the WTA world rankings on Monday, edging back in front of Serena Williams on the eve of the season-ending Tour Championships in Doha. Safina, who went to the top of the rankings ...

Safina and Serena ready for Doha shoot-out

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 31 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The equation could not be simpler -- whoever performs best out of Russian Dinara Safina and American Serena Williams at next week's WTA Championships in Doha will end the year as world number one. Sunday's draw appeared to hand ...

Serena goes out, Nadal progresses in China

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 49 days ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - Serena Williams was knocked out of the third round of the $6.6 million China Open by an inspired Nadia Petrova on Thursday, leaving the WTA's new "crown jewel" event without a top three seed in the quarter-finals. Men's top ...

Serena again number one with Beijing win

AFP American Edition 51 days ago

American tennis superstar Serena Williams reclaimed the world number one ranking on Tuesday with an easy 6-3, 6-2 second round win over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova at the China Open. The path to the top spot was cleared for the 28-year-old Williams, who ...

Serena again number one with Beijing tennis win

AFP American Edition 51 days ago

American tennis superstar Serena Williams reclaimed the world number one ranking on Tuesday with an easy win at the China Open, and set her sights on the season-ending championships this month in Doha. The path to the top spot was cleared for ...

Serena again number one after Beijing tennis win

AFP Global Edition 51 days ago

American tennis superstar Serena Williams reclaimed the world number one ranking on Tuesday with an easy 6-3, 6-2 second round win over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova at the China Open. Russians Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva also advanced to the round of 16 ...

Last Page