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Post by annie on Aug 4, 2008 11:20:12 GMT 3
Congrats Dina!!! Wow...
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Post by justsafin on Aug 5, 2008 13:08:43 GMT 3
Congrats, Dina!
So well deserved!!!!!!!
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Post by justsafin on Aug 8, 2008 6:13:33 GMT 3
www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2497 Newsroom August 3, 2008 Safina Clinches Olympus US Open Series Dinara Safina clinched the 2008 Olympus US Open Series women's title after winning her second consecutive Series tournament Sunday at the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montréal. Andy Murray won the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati to take a share of the lead atop the men's standings with Rafael Nadal with three weeks left in the Series. Safina defeated Dominika Cibulkova in the Montréal final, 62 61, to extend her winning streak to 10 matches. The 2008 Roland Garros runner-up will now compete for the largest payout in tennis history at the 2008 US Open - $2.5 million ($1.5 million for winning the US Open and a $1 million bonus for winning the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series). Murray defeated reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati final, 76(4) 76(5), to win his first Olympus US Open Series tournament. Murray and Nadal, the reigning Wimbledon and Roland Garros singles champion, are tied for first place in the Olympus US Open Series Bonus Challenge with 145 points each. Both the men's and women's winners of the Olympus US Open Series will compete for $1 million in bonus prize money at the 2008 US Open. OLYMPUS US OPEN SERIES STANDINGS (after Week 3): WOMEN 1. Dinara Safina (RUS) - 170 points (WINS SERIES) 2. Marion Bartoli (FRA) - 90 3. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - 85 4. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) - 70 5. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - 60 T6. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - 50 T6. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) - 50 8. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - 45 MEN T1. Andy Murray (GBR) - 145 points T1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) - 145 3. Gilles Simon (FRA) - 115 4. Novak Djokovic (SRB) - 95 5. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) - 75 6. Nicolas Kiefer (GER) - 70 7. James Blake (USA) - 65 8. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - 45 Roger Federer won the 2007 Olympus US Open Series men's title and Maria Sharapova won the women's title. Federer went on to win the US Open and collected the $1.4 million winner's check plus the $1 million OUSOS bonus payment for a record $2.4 million payout - the largest in tennis history. The final standings for the 2007 Olympus US Open Series were as follows: WOMEN 1. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3. Patty Schnyder (SUI) MEN 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 2. James Blake (USA) 3. Andy Roddick (USA)
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Post by sabz on Aug 8, 2008 22:27:09 GMT 3
wow how awesome for Dina!! CONGRATS!! ;D
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Post by coolgirl on Aug 9, 2008 16:25:21 GMT 3
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Post by coolgirl on Aug 11, 2008 15:06:27 GMT 3
Rd 1 Olympic pics: Dinara won 6-3 7-6. She had 13 aces in this match. This week she also reached #6 ( career high) in the rankings . |
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Post by yarina on Aug 12, 2008 13:47:49 GMT 3
dinara is safely through to the 3rd round in Beijing and continuing her winning streak!
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Post by annie on Aug 13, 2008 5:51:02 GMT 3
she's doing great! I hope she wins gold.
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Post by coolgirl on Aug 13, 2008 5:58:22 GMT 3
3rd round pics: The Feisty Safina
Nadia Petrova on Safina: "Dinara looks so dominant — her facial expression has changed, her mental approach is different and she looks more grown up. Reaching the French final really helped her confidence. Before she was just going to tournaments and trying to get as far as she could. Now, from what I've heard from her, she has the desire to become to No. 1 and has really set a goal for herself."
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Post by coolgirl on Aug 14, 2008 7:00:05 GMT 3
DAVAI, DINARA!!!QF matches
Singles: Dinara Safina vs. Jelena Jankovic
Doubles: (RUS)Safina/Kuznetsova vs (CHN)Zheng/Yan
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Post by Alya10 on Aug 15, 2008 20:48:10 GMT 3
And Dinara is in the SF!!!!!!!!!!!Safina Defeats Jankovic to Complete Semifinal Line-Up www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2525 some part from this.... Jankovic said.... "She's obviously a lot stronger than me and has a lot more endurance." "She's been playing great tennis the last couple of months," Jankovic said. "She's in great form in the moment. The results show that she's really playing well and deserves to be in the top of the women's game at this moment. She has a chance to become No.1 or very close to No.1. That's all I can say about her." Safina began the season with an 11-10 record but has since gone 31-3, winning Berlin, Los Angeles and Montréal and finishing runner-up at Roland Garros and 's-Hertogenbosch (her only pre-final loss came at Wimbledon, where she lost in the third round). She is on the verge of reaching her sixth final in seven events. Safina also becomes the first player since the inception of computer rankings in 1975 to beat three different reigning world No.1s in the same season. Before this year the record was beating two different No.1s; but with her wins over Justine Henin at Berlin, Maria Sharapova at Roland Garros and now Jankovic at the Olympics,Safina makes history as the first to down three in the same season.
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helloticky
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KEEP FLYING HIGH !!MARAT!!
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Post by helloticky on Aug 15, 2008 23:03:37 GMT 3
congrats Dinara she played very very tough & powerful game ....good luck for sami ^_^
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Post by coolgirl on Aug 16, 2008 20:27:22 GMT 3
Good Luck for the final Olympic match, Dinara  Go for Gold!!!   |
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evaki
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Post by evaki on Aug 17, 2008 9:46:06 GMT 3
1. I love her little skirt
2. It is amazing how much she's changed both physically and mentally
3. Her facial expressions often remind me sooooo much of Marat
4. Even her belly in these pictures reminds me of Marat! Should I be worried???
5. Saving 3 break points at 3-3 was more than a comeback....she just won the first set 6-3. Two more to go for gold baby!!! :-)
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6. Well...silver's not bad either! Congrats to both Elena and Dinara, they had a great olympics tournament :-)
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Post by annie on Aug 18, 2008 10:11:01 GMT 3
well, evaki...they are brother and sister, so the similarities in physical appearance and even in personalities may be present...as they say..."it's in the blood"...you don't have anything to worry about.
Anyway, congrats to Dina...for the silver...gold would've been better, but you tried your best...just the serve wasn't working...and i wish you could've attacked the net more...but hey, there's always the next one...
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