The pictures above show Dinara Safina at Wimbledon 2009, where she reached the semi-finals
before losing out to Venus Williams. Safina also reached the final of the first two Grand Slam
events of the year and the results from the French Open can be seen above.
LAST 16. FRENCH OPEN 2009
DINARA SAFINA beat ARAVANE REZAI 6-1, 6-0
VICTORIA AZARENKA beat ANA IVANOVIC 6-2, 6-3
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA beat AGNES SZAVAY 6-2, 6-4
MARIA SHARAPOVA beat NA LI 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
SORANA CIRSTEA beat JELENA JANKOVIC 6-3, 0-6, 9-7
SAMANTHA STOSUR beat VIRGINIE RAZZANO 6-1, 6-2
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA beat AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
SERENA WILLIAMS beat ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK 6-1, 6-2
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QUARTERFINALS
DINARA SAFINA beat VICTORIA AZARENKA 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA beat MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-0, 6-2
SAMANTHA STOSUR beat SORANA CIRSTEA 6-1, 6-3
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA beat SERENA WILLIAMS 7-6(7-3), 5-7, 7-5
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SEMIFINALS
DINARA SAFINA beat DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 6-3, 6-3
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA beat SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-3
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FINAL
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA beat DINARA SAFINA 6-4, 6-2
Safina retired in 2014 after a lengthy absence from the tour since 2011 due to an ongoing back injury.