SAFINA CLINCHES THE NO.1 SPOT

Safina has been announced as the No.1 ranking on WTA tour on Monday. She was the second women from Russia after Maria Sharapova to acquire the No.1 spot. Safina is the sister of Marat Safin, who also ranked No.1 in 2000. She shares her happy moment with her brother and she feels very excited as well. She said"its a previlege to be No.1 in world tennis". She has not yet won a grand slam title yet and she wants to win it. Safina becomes the 19th woment to top the ranking since they were introduced in 1975. Safina feels that her brother is better than him.

SAFINA WILL BECOME THE WORLD No1 0N APRIL 20

Dinara Safina was previously the second seed after Serena Williams. This is because the top seed Serena williams conceded her crown with a 6-4 3-6 6-1 defeat against world number 95 Klara Zakopalova on Wednesday. Dinara Safina was the sister of Marat Safin who was also the world No.1 on 2000. When he becomes No.1 he shares with safina. Now she will be sharing her joy with safin. She is just 22 year old and she has a big future.




Safina was the second women tennis player to reach the Top after Maria Sharapova, who reached in very early age. But the Russian has yet to win a Grand Slam title, despite reaching the finals of the Australian and French Open over the last year. She feels that it was a great honour and she will go ahead and win this tournament. Zakopalova had only won two Tour matches in 2009 before this week. It was the first clay court match for Zakopalova. Safina looks more beautiful as well and she is hard to taste.

WOMENS WTA TOUR RANKING 2009

This ranking is published on April 6th 2009
 1 S Williams US    11 A Radwanska Pol
 2 D Safina Rus     12 C Wozniacki Den
 3 E Dementieva Rus 13 M Bartoli Fra
 4 J Jankovic Ser   14 A Cornet Fra
 5 V Williams US    15 F Pennetta Ita
 6 V Zvonareva Rus  16 D Cibulkova Svk
 7 A Ivanovic Ser   17 J Zheng Chn
 8 V Azarenka Blr   18 P Schnyder Swi
 9 S Kuznetsova Rus 19 A Mauresmo Fra
10 N Petrova Rus    20 A Medina G Spa