If Dinara Safina is to win the Australian Open, she will become the world's number one player regardless of how anyone else performs. Unlike the Men's side, this spot is unlikely to be preserved ...

At approximately 3:15pm, Eastern Standard Time, world No. 1 Dinara Safina smacked a forehand winner with three match points, effectively completing her third-set comeback against 18-year-old ...

A chronic back problem has forced former world No. 1 Dinara Safina to retire from professional tennis, according to her older brother, former men's No. 1 Marat Safin.

Dinara Safina's brother told the Russian sports agency R-Sport on Friday that the former top-ranked tennis player considers her decision 'as a next step in her life.' ...

Reporting from Carlsbad — Dinara Safina attacked any short balls that came off the racket of Alona Bondarenko. Any Bondarenko shot that landed in the middle of the court, Safina pounced on it ...

June 5, 2006 — -- At 6 feet 4 inches, 195 pounds, Marat Safina casts an enormous shadow. But it is his tennis resume -- two Grand Slam singles titles and two other finals -- that has always ...

It was predictable that Dinara Safina would struggle at the U.S. Open. The initial clues could be seen not in her recent Grand Slam results -- which have been admirable if not extraordinary for a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia – Jelena Jankovic went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open today and No. 3 Dinara Safina was twice a point away from following the top-ranked player to the exi… ...