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2003 - Made pro debut on ITF Circuit (played four events), also Tour debut (l. in Luxembourg qualifying).

2004 - Top 100 finish in first full season on the Tour, making the biggest ranking jump of any player in 2004 (608 spots); as world No.156 qualifier at Zürich (in third career main draw after Vienna, Birmingham earlier in season), upset No.29 Golovin 75 67(2) 76(3) in 1r (overcame 5-1 third-set deficit, 2mp), l. to V.Williams 76(11) 76(6) in 2r (held five set points in first set and three in second set tie-break); the next week, made Tour QF debut at Luxembourg (l. to Medina Garrigues), afterwards on November 1 made Top 100 debut (at No.96); started season winning first 21 matches and three titles, $10,000 ITF/Mallorca 2-ESP, $50,000 ITF/Gifu-JPN (as qualifier) and $50,000 ITF/Fukuoka-JPN (as qualifier); won two more $50,000 ITF Circuit titles (ITF/Fano-ITA, ITF/Batumi-GEO) just prior to qualifying for Zürich.

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Who knew that Sharapova will fall to Maria Sharapovafellow Russian, No.13 Dinara Safina? I guess 13 wasn’t so lucky for the new world No.1 after all eh?

Dinara Safina took advantage of Sharapova’s mistakes. While Sharapova was letting every single bit of her lead slip away, Safina continued to work her way back into the match. And after Sharapova collapsed to a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2 loss to the world No.13, majority of the male audience watching the latest tournament on clay, began switching channels.

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Born April 27, 1986, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. As of September 22, 2008, she is ranked World No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). She has won one Grand Slam title, the women's double title at the 2007 U.S. Open with her partner Nathalie Dechy and reached one Grand Slam singles final at the 2008 French Open. She is also an Olympic silver medalist at the 2008 games in Beijing. She is the younger sister of former world number one men's player, Marat Safin.

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Dinara Safina is one of the players featured in the 2008 Tennis Players to Watch series. (Dinara Safina Makes Her Mark as Russians Continue to Dominate Tennis).

Nikolay Davydenko: World number four player Kolya whines about not being able to relocate to Moscow because he cannot afford an apartment there. Davydenko is a Russian citizen of Ukrainian origin, currently living in Germany, lists tax-haven Monte Carlo as his permanent residence, AND has applied for Austrian citizenship. Talk about Globalization! (Tvoy Den).

Maria Kirilenko: Top seed Russian Maria Kirilenko defeated German Sabine Lisicki with a 6-3, 6-3 victory for a spot in the quarter-finals of the ninth $75,000 ITF Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge at the Habtoor Grand Resort and Spa. (Khaleej Times)

Russian Mafia: In an interview with a Russian newspaper, John McEnroe plays down his controversial comments about “the Russian mafia infiltrating tennis.” He said, “I didn’t talk about the “Russian” mafia per se, but more about the “Russian mafia methods” that any criminal organization might use to infiltrate the sport.” Well… to me it sounds the same in a more “politically correct” manner. Check out my earlier post about how the “Russian mafia plays sports.”

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Hamburg - Dinara Safina returned to the top and Caroline Wozniacki rose to a career-high fourth place in the WTA women's tennis rankings issued on Monday.

Russia's Safina has 7,731 points and ends Serena Williams' two-week reign at the top of the standings. The American Williams has 7,576 points and Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova is third on 5,772 points.

Wozniacki climbed two places to fourth with 5,485 points amid ongoing controversy about an injury-related withdrawal last week in Luxembourg which has led to a WTA probe.