Dinara Safina, a retired Russian tennis star born in 1986, achieved world No. 1 status and is the sister of fellow former No.

1. Take control If you want to master the art of putting your opponent on the defensive early in a point, watch Dinara Safina. When the Russian has a chance to take a cut at a ball, she doesn’t ...

Dinara Safina is happy to see her former coach Davide Sanguinetti joining Elena Rybakina's team as the Russian tennis legend ...

Dinara Safina spoke of her delight to see her former coach Davide Sanguinetti joining Elena Rybakina's team as the Russian tennis legend lauded the Italian for his understanding of players as well as ...

We just did one week of preparation with him,” Rybakina told AFP. “I knew him a little bit from before. So he was actually available. We’ll see how it goes but for now Im ...

NEW YORK(AP) Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis Thursday to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open with a three-set victory over Kristina Barrois. Safina won 6-7 (5 ...