SportsJanuary 23, 2009
Safina reaches fourth round at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Olympic silver medalist Dinara Safina reached the fourth round for the first time in seven trips to the Australian Open, beating Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-2 earlier today. The 22-year-old Russian took 4-1 leads in each set and ousted the 25th-seeded Kanepi in 66 minutes...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Olympic silver medalist Dinara Safina reached the fourth round for the first time in seven trips to the Australian Open, beating Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-2 earlier today.
The 22-year-old Russian took 4-1 leads in each set and ousted the 25th-seeded Kanepi in 66 minutes.
Fellow Russians Vera Zvonareva and Nadia Petrova also are in the fourth round.
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In the biggest upset so far at the season's first major, sixth-seeded Venus Williams lost 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday night in the second round to Carla Suarez Navarro, a 20-year-old Spaniard ranked No. 46.
Williams was broken while serving for the match and dropped the last five games.
— AP
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