Sporting Life - Tennis | Tennis News, Tennis Results, Davis Cup final, Argentina v Spain, Andy Murray, Net Talk

22/11/08 19:32 GMT

Latest Odds

�50 Free Bet

Sky Games

News

Draws

Results

Fed Cup

Columns

Competitions

Calendar

About Us

Careers

AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN'S PROFILES

(16) Dinara Safina
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	66/1
NATIONALITY:	RUS
BIRTH DATE:	27/04/86
BECAME PRO:	2000
WORLD RANKING:	16

VERDICT

Safina has yet to shake off the tag of 'Marat Safin's sister'. And until she makes a significant impact on one of the Grand Slam events - her famous sibling is a former champion here - she will continue to do so. Safina arrives here having won two and lost two of her matches so far this term. Also holds a poor record in Melbourne (she's never been past the third round in five appearances), so it's hard to see her being a contender at the business end of the tournament.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99	98
Australian Open	3R	2R	2R	3R	1R	-	-	-	-	-
French Open	4R	QF	1R	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	-
Wimbledon	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	-
US Open	4R	QF	1R	1R	4R	2R	-	-	-	-

Women's Profiles

(1) J Henin
(2) S Kuznetsova
(3) J Jankovic
(4) A Ivanovic
(5) M Sharapova
(6) A Chakvetadze
(7) S Williams
(8) V Williams
(9) D Hantuchova
(10) M Bartoli
(11) E Dementieva
(12) N Vaidisova
(13) T Golovin
(14) N Petrova
(15) P Schnyder
(16) D Safina
(17) S Peer
(18) A Mauresmo
(19) S Bammer
(20) A Szavay
(21) A Bondarenko
(22) L Safarova
(23) V Zvonareva
(24) Na Li
(25) F Schiavone
(26) V Azarenka
(27) M Kirilenko
(28) K Srebotnik
(29) A Radwanska
(30) V Razzano
(31) S Mirza
(32) J Vakulenko

for