Thursday, May 7, 2009

SAFINA AND VENU IN SEMIFINALS

Dinara Safina won the tight quarterfinals against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the Italian Open semifinals. Safina lost the first set because of the errors she made. She didnt score quite well and lot of shots went to net and away. Safina after losing the first set didnt start good for second set as the opponent was 3-1 and safina continuously won 11 games to win the match.

Safina is so strong of her backhand and forehand. "It is not easy to be in the No.1 spot" said Safina. During the second set Safina called for the trainer to have her right ankle taped. The 23-year-old Russian, who tripped during her first match here in Rome, said she wanted to avert a bigger injury with the French Open coming up on May 24.

Venus williams won against Agnieszka Radwanska of poland 6-1, 6-2. Venus williams will be playing against Safina in the finals, if both of them won the semifinals. Last time defending champion Jelena Jankovic lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova quite easily in the straight sets.


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