Dinara Safina was asked recently how often she faced questions from the media about her brother. "Every day," the 22-year-old Russian sighed. "I'm still his younger sister. It doesn't matter.

"God knows how I pulled it out,'' Dinara Safina said with a shrug. "Not me.''Safina, the beleaguered 23-year-old Russian, overcame a slew of double faults (11) and unforced errors (48) to gut out ...

There may be a handful of players with Dinara Safina’s talent on the women’s tour today, but the Russian woman, who is now 24 years old, may never find her way back to the top of women’s ...

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 ...

But it is his tennis resume -- two Grand Slam singles titles and two other finals -- that has always defined Dinara Safina as the little sister. On Sunday, here at Roland Garros, that may have ...

We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. 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 ...

Former World No. 1 Dinara Safina has always been known for her fierce competitiveness on the court. But in a recent candid revelation, she shared that her greatest battles came off the court ...

Former world No. 1 Dinara Safina recently opened up about the towering challenge of facing Serena Williams during her career, offering a candid glimpse into the mental hurdles she faced against ...

Watching with particular interest was Dinara Safina, who has been keeping odd hours in order to see the "Happy Slam" play out from her home in Monaco. The former No. 1 has found herself marveling ...

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This intangible inner turmoiled side of Dinara Safina coupled with the tangible-clumsy, clobbered and hampered movement on the court acts as Safina's downfall time and again. She isn't by any ...