Marat Safin Forum

Congrats to Dinara! She deserves it!!

Dinara won the title ! Two in a row ! Congrats to her !
That must give her a world of confidence for RG !!

Congrats Dina!!!

congratulations to Dinara Safina!!

finished watching the match last night..

Dinara played very well, very solid, aggressive !

She had couple of hiccups trying to close the match, but was not broken even once in a match !

Trophy presentation cerimony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZxB2sU ... r_embedded

and speeches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5waQLcI ... re=related

Dinara thanked the crowd for all their support, said she felt like being at home, that all was perfect. Thanked the sponsors and also Zeljko Krajan for being her coach. Said she is not an easy person to deal with so he has her thanks for knowing how to handle her. Also congratulated Caroline for such a good week and wished her luck for RG and then said goodbye and until next year.

Dinara's draw re Roland Garros.

She is seeded NO 1

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/score ... index.html

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Article about Dinara from gotennis.ru:

"Since I became #1, I won two titles, and once was in a Final, so I feel great! "

"What is the best advice Marat ever gave me ? Probably when he adviced to enjoy every moment in life. To live day by day, and enjoy it.
But there was also an advice that shouldn't be followed. For example, Marat can practice for an hour, an hour and a half a day, and that's enough for him. I am more stubborn, and I need to practice for 4 hours. He said that it's enough for me to practice half hour a day. Although if that's enough for him, it's not enough for me.."

I don't know...I've heard Marat & many commentators who see the players during practice, say that they see Marat practise much longer than that..

Best wishes for Marat and his sibling Dinara Safina at Roland Garros!!!

Yessss world No1 Dinara She was practicing at Roland Garros ....Go Go Dinara

http://www.sovsport.ru/blogs/blog/bmessage-mess/329


No. 1 Safina can look to Big Brother for tips...............from Yahoo sport
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

His best words of wisdom? “You just have to enjoy every moment,” Safina said Friday. “Have to live by the day and enjoy every day.”

“Since I became No. 1, I’ve been in a final and I won two tournaments,” Safina said, “so I guess I’m feeling pretty good.”

Last 2 week I watched Dinara live on TV both Rome & Maddrid. She played great....hopefully she keep playing well like this all season ^_^

http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=r ... &type=lgns

Safina not just Marat’s little sister any more


* Safina still expects questions on her elder brother

* Marat sees her as a woman now, not a child, she says

By Julien Pretot

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Perched at the top of women’s tennis, Dinara Safina is no longer just her brother Marat’s little sister.

The 23-year-old Russian has long lived in the shadow of Marat Safin, who topped the men’s rankings in 2000 and has two grand slam titles to his name.

Safin, however, is to retire at the end of the year and Safina will then be the only member of the family still playing professional tennis.

“I guess there will be less questions about my brother, or maybe more because people will want to know what he will be doing with his life,” Safina told Reuters in an interview before the French Open on Saturday.

Safina will begin her quest for a maiden grand slam title on Monday against Britain’s Anne Keothavong under the eyes of Marat, who will play France’s Alexandre Sidorenko on Sunday at his last French Open.

She believes she has gained the respect of her brother, who used to tell her to practice half an hour a day.

“I became more mature, he sees me more like a person, not like a little child. I think that he sees me more like a woman now,” the Muscovite said.

The woman she has become has, however, still has some problems staying focused on court.

In last year’s French Open, she saved match points before beating then world number one Maria Sharapova in the fourth round.

Safina repeated the feat in her quarter-final against Elena Dementieva, eventually bowing out in the final against Serb Ana Ivanovic.

She does not want to look back on it, preferring to stay focused on her first round match with Keothavong.

“I got here right after Sunday’s (Madrid) final,” said Safina, who won the Madrid and Rome clay court tournaments before arriving in Paris.

“I cannot think like that, looking back to last year. I start on Monday, I will think about my match tomorrow, that’s it.”

The French Open, to which she brings a 14-1 record on clay this season, looks like her best chance for a first grand slam trophy.

“I’m really looking forward to it, but when it will come, I don’t know,” said Safina.

“God knows. Maybe here. Maybe. But I will do my best.” (Editing by Rex Gowar. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

thanks for a picture & articles, Ticky !
I've missed you here..

Dinara has a great Official website!! with a forum too and maybe some nice links!!

Check it out if !!

I'm back ^_^

Please note ismail

ww.dinarasafina.com is not her official website - it is an unofficial site. Very nice but that is all it is.

The official site is www.dsafina.com

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