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	<title>WTA Tennis Tour News &#187; Dinara Safina</title>
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		<title>Safina contradicts retirement talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former World No. 1, Dinara Safina of Russia, says she has not made a final decision on her tennis future, contradicting her brother&#8217;s announcement that she had retired. Safina told her followers on Twitter that she hasn&#8217;t made any official announcement and asks her fans to please give her some time and she&#8217;ll let everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinara Safina&#8217;s career appears to be over</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former World No. 1, Dinara Safina of Russia, appears to be calling it quits for her tennis career, according to her older brother, Marat Safin. &#8220;Dinara was injured two years ago, in Beijing, remember?&#8221; Safin was quoted by Russian Eurosport as saying at a press conference in Beijing, where he was promoting a match against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former No. 1 Safina calls it quits for the year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dinara Safina of Russia, former World No. 1, has called it quits for the year because of chronic back pain. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry to report that my back is still acting up and I will not be able to play until at least the end of the year,&#8221; she said on her official website (www.dinarasafina.com). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goerges defeats Wozniacki in 2nd meeting in a row</title>
		<link>http://www.essentialtennis.com/wtanews/2011/05/goerges-wozniacki-wtamadrid-open-tennis.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 14:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Wozniacki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dinara Safina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julia Goerges, the 22 year-old rising star from Germany, defeated World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark for the 2nd time in two weeks. Goerges won the 3rd round of the 2011 WTA Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain in a see-saw 3-set match ending up 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. While Goerges hit 38 unforced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharapova advances over Rezai at Indian Wells</title>
		<link>http://www.essentialtennis.com/wtanews/2011/03/sharapova-rezai-indian-wells-wta-tennis.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anabel Medina Garrigues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aravane Rezai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dinara Safina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. 16 seed, Maria Sharapova advanced to the fourth round of the 2011 WTA BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells with an easy, straight sets win over No. 20 seed, Aravane Rezai of France, 6-2, 6-2. Rezai was celebrating her 24th birthday, and was hoping for a win to cap it off, but it wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clijsters destroys Safina at Australian Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australian Open]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a clash between two who were formerly ranked World No. 1, Kim Clijsters completely annihilated Dinara Safina of Russia, handing out a humiliating double-bagel, 6-0, 6-0. Dinara, the Australian Open 2009 finalist, became the first former No.1 in Open era history to suffer a double bagel defeat at a Grand Slam. Dinara has struggled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wozniacki takes over World No. 1 ranking from Serena Williams</title>
		<link>http://www.essentialtennis.com/wtanews/2010/10/wozniacki-takes-over-world-no-1-tennis-ranking-serena-williams.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rankings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Wozniacki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark officially will take over the World No. 1 ranking when the new rankings are released on Monday. In doing so, she has dethroned Serena Williams of the USA. The 20-year-old will become the first player from Denmark, male or female, to hold the top ranking after a 6-3, 6-2 win over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharapova loses in first round of Pan Pacific Open</title>
		<link>http://www.essentialtennis.com/wtanews/2010/09/sharapova-loses-in-first-round-of-pan-pacific-open.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agnes Szavay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agnieszka Radwanska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexandra Dulgheru]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. 15 ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia was sent packing today by No. 67 ranked wildcard Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan in the first round of the 2010 Pan Pacific Open being played in Tokyo, Japan. The 23-year-old Maria was the defending champion of this tournament, but was shown the exit door by a local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hantuchova sends Safina packing in 1st round at U.S. Open</title>
		<link>http://www.essentialtennis.com/wtanews/2010/08/hantuchova-sends-safina-packing-in-1st-round-at-u-s-open.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. 24 seed, Daniela Hantuchova downed former World No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round of the 2010 U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Safina was the top seed here last year, but was eliminated in the 3rd round. She has been plagued by a back injury which has forced her to miss almost three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safina pulls out of Wimbledon</title>
		<link>http://www.essentialtennis.com/wtanews/2010/06/safina-pulls-out-of-wimbledon-tennis.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Injury]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dinara Safina of Russia has decided to pull out of the 2010 Wimbledon, following the lead of countrywoman, Elena Dementieva who withdrew because of a calf injury on Tuesday. &#8220;I had to pull out today,&#8221; tweeted Safina on her Twitter feed. &#8220;My back injury came back and I can&#8217;t play&#8230; I tried but I can&#8217;t&#8230;sorry.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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