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Friday, April 22, 2011
The Slow Resurrection of Dinara Safina
I am happy to see Dinara Safina reach the semifinals of Fes, a good indication that she is finding her footing once more on clay. In fact, this was the surface where she suddenly had a resurgence a few years ago, by defeating, then Queen of Clay, Justine Henin in Rome, if I'm not mistaken.
Will she be able to go all the way here in Fes? Well, we'll have to see. In today's quarterfinal match with Russia's Pivovarova, she had to finish it off in three sets! However, if you look at the draw, only Simona Halep is the seeded player left and if the draw falls into place, she might be Dinara's opponent in the final. In the semi's, Dinara will have to wait for the Brianti - Oudin match - and my pick for that match is Brianti, since clay should be more her surface than the American Oudin.
Still, Dinara's semifinal appearance here should her Dinara's confidence a bit so good luck to her!
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