Dinara Safina News

Jelena Jankovic slumped to the court, lay on her back for nearly a minute, then slowly rolled to her side. She eventually picked herself up and walked painfully to the net to shake hands with Tsvetana Pironkova. Jankovic had won, but there was no joy in her gestures. Cramping severely in an epic third set, the eighth-seeded Serb prevailed 4-6, 6-2, 7-4 over Pironkova, a 19-year-old qualifier from Bulgaria, to ...

Teenage qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland upset top-seeded Elena Dementieva 7-5, 6-2 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Fortis Championships. The 17-year-old Radwanska will play Francesca Schiavone, who beat Patty Schnyder 6-1, 6-1. The 95th-ranked Radwanska upset Venus Williams on Thursday. Kveta Peschke beat fourth-seeded Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3. Peschke will face Alona Bondarenko, who defeated Nathalie Dechy 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. Dementieva had trouble with her serve, with five ...

Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva won the U.S. Open women's doubles title Sunday, beating Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (5), 7-5. It's the first Grand Slam championship for both France's Dechy and Russia's Zvonareva, who were playing in only their fourth tournament together and second major. Russia's Safina and Slovenia's Srebotnik held three set points in the opener, leading 5-4 and love-40 on Zvonareva's serve. But Dechy-Zvonareva won the ...

Coming off a three-set struggle against Serena Williams, Mauresmo was pleased to have a short workday, beating No. 12 Dinara Safina 6-2, 6-3 to move a step closer to her third Grand Slam title of the year. Mauresmo next faces No. 3 Maria Sharapova of Russia or No. 27 Tatiana Golovin, who squared off under the lights.

The racket-throwing tandem of Marat Safin and sister Dinara Safina got tossed out of the U.S. Open. The 12th-seeded Safina lost first, falling to No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-3 in the quarter-finals Wednesday. Then her older brother got beaten by No. 14 Tommy Haas 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the fourth round. Safin slammed his racket to the court with both hands after a bad shot. Safina ...