Serena having trouble backing up boasts
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...of each. No matter how much it sticks in her craw (or anyone else's) that Dinara Safina supplanted Serena as the No. 1-ranked player a few weeks ago, the cold truth is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009Safina the beneficiary of a failed system
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Grand Slam title in New York. His sister, Dinara, became No. 1 without having won a major...to slip into that No. 1 slot. And Safina is starting to look like this year's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2009Five imperative questions heading into the clay
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comWhoever wrote the script for the tennis year clearly didn't know a lot about writing good drama. The first act of the season ought to end, not begin, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009We have learned that we have a lot to learn
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comNow that the second major chapter of the tennis year has been written, read and closed, we're entitled to ask: What takeaways do we have following tho...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009Time is ripe for mentally mature Zvonareva
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comThere are tears of sadness and tears of joy, but maybe nothing is better than seeing the former turn into the latter. Just ask Vera Zvonareva, the 24-...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009"Top" WTA players failing to seize the opportunity
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Venus and Serena Williams, followed pretty closely by Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova. I could give you a snapshot of certain records and statistics (including Grand...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2009A lot at stake in the Oz finals
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...less obvious things that are at stake in the upcoming finals: On the women's side, Dinara Safina has been unwittingly cast in the role of WTA face-saver, even though Serena is the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2009If you can't stand the heat ...
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...a window of opportunity for two players who have yet to take a Grand Slam title: Dinara Safina and Dementieva. It's funny, but while neither of these women has won a major or...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 23, 2009Parity versus mediocrity?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...t cause it. The women who eventually emerged from the crowded field were Ana Ivanovic and Dinara Safina -- the former a frustrated two-time Grand Slam finalist, the latter playing her maiden major for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2008Bad case of spring fever for WTA
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...the winners during prime-time for European tennis have been: Maria Kirilenko, Vera Zvonareva, Gisela Dulko, Dinara Safina and Jankovic. On the men's side, the champion's roll looks like this: Federer, David...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2008Players not to watch in 2007
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...popped on the radar last year also won events: Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Russia's Dinara Safina. Plus, Scotsman Andy Murray, now coached by Brad Gilbert, made the final at Doha before losing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 08, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
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