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Post by justsafin on Sept 4, 2008 4:48:02 GMT 3
pretty in pink!! there is definitly a mobile addiction problem in the Safin family lol  Oh, yeah! LMAO! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by safin4eva on Sept 4, 2008 10:07:41 GMT 3
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 4, 2008 10:18:38 GMT 3
Q. Do you feel mentally fresh now? Are you able to put aside being tired?
DINARA SAFINA: Honestly, yes, I feel really like ‑‑ already yesterday I was practicing, and I had already a smile on the face. I was like, Okay, now I can play and move.
I think it was ‑‑ sometimes it comes this moment in the body that ‑‑ especially I had like tough match against Bacsinszky.
Next day I had day off, and then to play again I was ‑‑ because it was not easy matches. It was like more mentally that I had to pull the match again being down.
Then with Anna it was not easy to come back. Then yesterday it was okay. I had to do what I had to do. I pulled these two matches, so now I can get only better so that slowly I'm getting back.
Q. So now that you have the experience this summer, when you get to this stage of the tournament, you almost see that the body's not so important anymore. It's more in the mind.
DINARA SAFINA: Yes. Most of the time the mind controls, but sometimes even the mind gets very tired of pushing every time yourself. So then this comes the moments that you really, like you say you don't care anymore.
But now I feel ‑‑ I'm feeling better.
Q. Do you think there might come a point in the semifinals ‑ obviously you'll play Serena or Venus, so the crowd will be with them ‑ where you'll feel nerves, or are you past that point now?
DINARA SAFINA: After being in China playing two times Chinese?
Q. It will never be like that again.
DINARA SAFINA: And also being in Israel, playing Israeli, it was even worse. So I think so. I guess. I mean, I hope the people will also cheer for me.
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 4, 2008 11:16:26 GMT 3
pretty in pink!! there is definitly a mobile addiction problem in the Safin family lol Only two things in their hands- a cellphone or a racquet, LOL!!   |
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 5, 2008 4:02:14 GMT 3
Dinara Safina have officially qualified for the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.!!!
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced the news on Thursday, just one day before Dinara and Serena are scheduled to meet in the semifinals of the US Open. “I am really happy about qualifying for the Sony Ericsson Championships,” Safina said. “I think this is the goal for every player to reach the Championships at the end of the year and finally my dream has come true.” ------------------------------------ Im so happy for her !!! This news will certainly make her feel good going into her match against Serena 
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Post by safin4eva on Sept 5, 2008 13:28:22 GMT 3
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Post by annie on Sept 5, 2008 16:11:44 GMT 3
Yeah, she's definitely more toned now...i guess that's what you get when you get someone like her fitness trainer who was into gymnastics(?) or something...
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 5, 2008 19:21:35 GMT 3
Dinara became the best sportsman of the August.
51.4 % viewer of russian chanel 'Sport' voted for her. Among other competitors were Elena Isinbayeva(gold medalist in pole vault), Pavel Pogrebnyak (FC Zenit), Anastasia Ermakova and Anastasia Davydova( gold medalists in synchronized swimming), Buivasar Saytiev (gld medalist in free-style wrestling), Alexey Tishchenko (gold medalist in boxing).
Congrats to Dinara! I hope at the end of the year she will win "the best sportsman of the year"
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 5, 2008 19:27:01 GMT 3
Yeah, she's definitely more toned now...i guess that's what you get when you get someone like her fitness trainer who was into gymnastics(?) or something... Safina's fitness coach is Dejan Vojnovic, who like Krajan is from Croatia. He's a former long jumper and was also an Olympian |
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Post by sabz on Sept 5, 2008 22:51:00 GMT 3
i noticed that too! she looks incredible!! and the pink is awesome too ;D
DAVAI DINA!!!
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 6, 2008 3:14:14 GMT 3
Safina didnt reach the finals in the USOpen but she will get a career ranking high of number 5 regardless of who wins the title.
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Post by justsafin on Sept 20, 2008 15:58:40 GMT 3
Safina, Kuznetsova set up all-Russian final at Pan Pacific sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3598873&campaign=rss&source=TENNISHeadlinesReuters TOKYO -- Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova muscled their way to straight-set wins on Saturday to set up an all-Russian final at the Pan Pacific Open. Tennis scores Need the scores from any match played in this or any other tournament? Results Fourth-seeded Safina crushed compatriot Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-0 after the fifth-seeded Kuznetsova had beaten Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik 7-6, 6-2 in the day's first semifinal. Safina took just 52 minutes to overpower Petrova, who had upset No. 2 seed Ana Ivanovic and No. 6 seed Agnieszka Radwanska on her way to the semifinals. "Everything went my way," Safina told reporters after her first win over Petrova in six meetings. "It was almost perfect. It showed me how I can play." Safina, a French Open finalist and U.S. Open semifinalist this year, is set to rise to a career-high three or four in the world if she can win her fourth title of 2008. Kuznetsova, who helped Russia retain their Fed Cup title in Spain last weekend, came out cold against Srebotnik, surrendering her serve in the first game. However, she quickly recovered to win the first set on a tiebreak, sealed with a superb drop volley. The former U.S. Open champion's greater big-game experience showed in the second set and she closed out the match with a huge serve which Srebotnik could only dump into the net. "The Fed Cup gave me motivation," Kuznetsova said. "It gave me power from inside." Kuznetsova identified her serve as the key to beating the hard-hitting Safina in Sunday's final. "I don't expect too many aces with my serve but it needs to be better," Kuznetsova said after facing 11 break points against qualifier Srebotnik. "Some days it works, some days it doesn't. If it doesn't work, I'll have to fight for every point." Six of the world's top 10 players entered the $1.34 million Pan Pacific tournament, although No. 1 Serena Williams did not make the trip. |
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Post by justsafin on Sept 21, 2008 9:42:10 GMT 3
Dinara Safina overpowered Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets (6-1,6-3  ) Sunday to win the Pan Pacific Open for her fourth WTA title of the season. CONGRATS TO DINA!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D What a fantastic year!!!  |
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 21, 2008 10:36:10 GMT 3
Safina crushes Kuznetsova to claim Tokyo title
Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:43am BST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fourth seed Dinara Safina overpowered fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-3 to win the Pan Pacific Open title on Sunday.
After posting her fourth tournament victory of 2008, this year's French Open runner-up and U.S. Open semi-finalist is poised to rise to a career-high third in the world when Monday's rankings are published.
The triumph was also Safina's third Tier One title of the year following wins in Berlin and Montreal.
The 22-year-old came out with all guns blazing, breaking for a 3-1 lead with a lunging backhand volley before closing out the first set with a blistering ace.
Fifth seed Kuznetsova was unable to match her opponent's power as the contest progressed and Safina moved in for the kill when she whipped a forehand past the former U.S. Open champion to gain the decisive break in the fifth game of the second set.
Kuznetsova, who helped Russia retain their Fed Cup title in Spain last weekend, did not give up without one last throw of the dice but was left yelling out in frustration after missing a forehand that would have hauled her back to 4-4.
Safina wasted little time sealing the emphatic victory in the next game when a Kuznetsova drop shot floated wide.
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Post by coolgirl on Sept 21, 2008 10:38:34 GMT 3
World number Three Dinara Safina
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