I’m Now Officially a Dinara Safina Fan

I’ve found a new women’s professional tennis player to love. With shade’s of her brother’s flare and fire, Dinara Safina took down Sharapova and Dementieva in two successive come-from-behind French Open victories. These two matches have been my favourites of the French Open 2008 so far.

After being a set and two breaks down, Safina fought her way back, won the second set and routed Dementieva 6-0 in the third set of their quarter finals match. With this win Safina reaches her first-ever grand slam semi where she’ll be playing Kuznetsova.

[June 5, 2008 Update: I was delighted to see Safina take out Kuznetsova quite easily. She’s now headed to her first grand-slam final.]

Ana Ivanovic will be playing Jankovic in the other women’s semi-final. I will, of course, be cheering for Ivanovic in that one but, if Ivanovic and Safina both make it to the final, I’ll be cheering for my new-found tennis star - Safina.

[June 5, 2008 Update: With Ivanovic beating Jankovic in the other semi, this should be one of the better women’s slam finals in a long time.]

Interestingly, with her win in Berlin, Safina was the last player to play and beat Justine Henin before her retirement.

• Ivanovic Wins the 2008 French Open (June 7, 2008)
• Wimbledon 2008 – First Week (June 29, 2008)
• Nadal Crushes Federer to Win Fourth Consecutive French Open (June 8, 2008)
• Wimbledon 2008 - Nadal and Venus Win Championship (July 6, 2008)
• Wimbledon 2008 Begins (June 23, 2008)
• Men’s Semi-Finals at the 2008 French Open (June 7, 2008)
• Rafael Nadal’s Designer Tennis Shoes (June 7, 2008)
• French Open 2008 First Week (June 1, 2008)

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