French Open tennis in Paris
First seeded Dinara Safina of Russia returns the ball against Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their semi-final match of the French Tennis Open at Roland Garros, near Paris, June 4, 2009. Safina won 6-3, 6-3. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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BEIJING, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova stormed into the championship match of the China Open Saturday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova.
PORTOROZ, Slovenia, July 24 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Dinara Safina was one of Friday's quarterfinal winners at the Slovenia Open tennis tournament in Portoroz.
PARIS, June 4 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, meeting in their third finals in five weeks, advanced Thursday to the championship match of the French Open in Paris.
PARIS, June 3 (UPI) -- Svetlana Kuznetsova claimed a tight three-set victory Wednesday, eliminating world No. 2 Serene Williams in quarterfinal play at the French Open in Paris.
PARIS, June 2 (UPI) -- No. 1-ranked Dinara Safina won eight of the 10 final games Tuesday and escaped the quarterfinals with a three-set win at the French Open in Paris.
PARIS, May 31 (UPI) -- Top-ranked Dinara Safina rolled to another victory but defending champion Ana Ivanovic was ousted Sunday in fourth-round action at the French Open in Paris.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 18 (UPI) -- Madrid champion Dinara Safina is still No. 1 in the world and tournament runner-up Caroline Wozniacki cracked the Top 10 in the women's world tennis rankings.
MADRID, May 13 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina, who recently earned the top spot in the world rankings, reached the third round of the Madrid Open Wednesday with a straight-set win over Li Na.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 11 (UPI) -- Venus Williams jumped to No. 3 in the latest WTA tennis rankings, marking her highest ranking since 2002.
ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina banged out a 6-3 6-2 win over Svetlana Kuznetsova Saturday to capture the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome.
