WTA Tennis Most improved player: 1. Dinara Safina; 2. Vera Zvonareva; 3. Aleksandra Wozniak 
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Quotes about Dinara Safina
WTA Tennis Most improved player: 1. Dinara Safina; 2. Vera Zvonareva; 3. Aleksandra Wozniak
was said
in Sports Blogs
We all know for Dinara, her toughest challenge is really keeping her emotions together. When you're playing high-caliber tennis day-in and day-out, it can be testing, so it's going to be very tricky for Safina.
was said
in ESPN
It is so messed up ... I don't get anything of who's going to be number one. For me the toughest player of the summer was Dinara Safina.
said Svetlana Kuznetsova
in iAfrica.com
I think forever I'm going to be his little sister. Dinara Safina on whether she will ever be able to overshadow her brother - as she spends an entire press conference answering questions about her brother. I think if she will do everything opposite of what I've been doing throughout the years she will be number one in the world for a long time. That's as simple as it is.
was said
in BBC Sport
Quotes from articles mentioning Dinara Safina
I wasn't sure why he was arriving so late, why he was requesting to play a day later, but now I know why
was said
in Canada.com
I got in trouble in Moscow but it's OK, I can survive. It's just a small problem. I wasn't in the right place at the right time
was said
in Canada.com
It was not an easy match, she's a very good player ... At the beginning we were both struggling with our rhythm.
was said
in IBN Live
My serve saved my game today ... I couldn't ask for a better start than that.
said Marat Safin
in IBN Live
