"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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Diana Shnaider became the latest WTA star to announce a “super coach” hire in 2025, announcing a new partnership with former world No. 1 Dinara Safina. “The past few months, I have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

151; -- NEW YORK -- Dinara Safina has a single finger up in the air as she holds her phone in front of her, excusing herself for just one minute. "I'm sorry, it's my mom," she says in accented ...

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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 ...