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Post by dinarafan91 on Jan 27, 2009 20:40:29 GMT -5
She never smiles! Im like yeah ok you've had a hard life but dude, smile once in a while! Call yourself Aussie and you don't smile! I thought 'yeah ok, im proud that she's come this far, has over come so much' but they just go on, and on, and on about her and give no credit to Dinara over the win. "Dokic's dream run came to an end against No.3 seed Dinara Safina" Than they show all this footage of Dokic, no one cares, show the victorious one!!!
Oh and i have a question (its not in the right topic and nothing i say is ever in the right topic lol! but when people call Dinara "dinarochka" is that just like a Russian language thing like how the Japanese use 'san'? Or...?
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Post by Russian Girl on Jan 28, 2009 4:21:05 GMT -5
Oh and i have a question (its not in the right topic and nothing i say is ever in the right topic lol! but when people call Dinara "dinarochka" is that just like a Russian language thing like how the Japanese use 'san'? Or...? Dinarochka is kind of sweet address to Dinara. In English the same sound like Micky for person named Michael. In Russia such address is spreaded widely ;D it means we love person very much ;D
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Post by dinarafan91 on Jan 28, 2009 5:43:42 GMT -5
Oh i see, interesting! Thanks
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Post by verso on Jan 29, 2009 23:20:15 GMT -5
Safina not planning to celebrate like Safin29 January 2009 (14:34) If Dinara Safina wins Saturday's Australian Open final, don't expect any wild parties or crazy celebrations from her. The 22-year-old is on the verge of winning her maiden grand slam title after advancing to Saturday's final against American Serena Williams. There is also the added bonus for the winner as the number one ranking is also up for grabs. But neither of these prizes has tempted Safina to let her hair down. Unlike her older brother Marat Safin, whose post-match celebrations were just as famous as some of his on-court performances, Safina does not go to nightclubs and rarely touches alcohol. When Safin won the US Open in 2000, he celebrated his victory by bringing a crate of chilled Russian vodka to his press conference. Asked whether she might do the same if she wins on Saturday, Safina's reply was quick and dry: "I'm not drinking any alcohol. The most you will see me drinking is some pure water. "I don't drink so much. Maximum I can drink is maybe one glass of wine. I don't drink any alcohol." There was no free vodka on offer during Safin's visits to the Australian Open, culminating in his victory in 2005, but he always kept the photographers and gossip columnists happy by regularly bringing a bevy of blonde female supporters to watch him in action. Safina almost blushed when asked whether she might consider bringing a bunch of guys to her next match. "No," she said. "I'm not this kind of person. No, no." Safina has spent most of her tennis career living in the shadow of her more famous sibling but has now grabbed the spotlight herself. While Safin has struggled with injuries and slipped down the rankings in the last few seasons, Safina's career is on the ascendency. She won four titles last year, made her first grand slam final at the French Open and won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics. Her brother was knocked out in the third round at Melbourne Park this year by Roger Federer and has since returned home to Moscow where he will be watching Saturday's final on television with the rest of their family. "It would be amazing to have the same trophy as my brother. It'll be a dream come true," she said. "It was his birthday two days ago, maybe I have earned some money to buy him a gift."
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Post by dinarafan91 on Jan 30, 2009 0:03:28 GMT -5
Haha, she's so cute when she speaks about Marat. The on court interview after the match was so adorable. LOL! Could you imagine Dinara walking into a press conference with a create of chilled Russian vodak!? Would be hilarious. I think only her brother could pull something like that off!
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Post by Russian Girl on Jan 30, 2009 7:07:55 GMT -5
Somebody ask to translate Russian article here is scans: www.photogallery.dinarasafina.su/index.php?album=scans%2Frussian-magazines&image=page-1.jpgwww.photogallery.dinarasafina.su/index.php?album=scans%2Frussian-magazines&image=page-2.jpgwww.photogallery.dinarasafina.su/index.php?album=scans%2Frussian-magazines&image=page-3.jpgI have briefly translated first 2 pages. Little later will translate the last page. When your brother used to be no one, when your father is owner of tennis sport club and your mum work in sport club as tennis coach you have least change not to be a tennis player. Now Dinara Safina is close to her dream become no one in tennis world. The outcome of last season is number 2 of rating, 5 win tournaments, Silver medal for Olympic games in Beijing and breakthrough of the year 2008 in Russian tennis. It usually that everyone compare you with your brother. What you feel about it? Do you have competition between you?It was the time when I was introduced only like Marat’s sister. I didn’t like it, but we have never had competition between us. Of course there was Marat has influence on me, but I guess that my today achievement is merit of my parents. I always have my own air and work for it hardly. Of course I want to play as good as Marat does and I guess now I’m very close to this aim. Rumour says that Marat have broken thousand of racket. How many have already broken you?Yes, sometimes I break rackets. For example during last tournament I broke 3 rackets. For all career the number around 50 maybe. On cournt you seems more condident and calm. Do you have any any special self-discipline rules?I used to be such emotion as Marat, but later understood that for good result you need to be calm and do not pay attention to negative emotions during the game otherwise you have to fight with 2 rivals – you game rival and yourself. Marat is famous ladies man. What about you?Actually I’ve notice such talent for myself. I live only on court and I don’t exist outside it. Nothing matter to me except tennis. Who do you thing your main rival?Every girl from world top 10. What is you main advantage?Strong serve and hit. But I don’t move on court fast enough so I can’t make such estimation. Do you have any competition outside court?Yes, only inside Moscow traffic jams. When somebody tries to cut in front of me. What do you feel when think that person of same ages go to clubs, think of boys and so on?I don’t think of it. I have a job that I choose myself and I like it.
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Post by dinarafan91 on Jan 30, 2009 7:58:22 GMT -5
Thanks heaps Russian Girl! Haha "Any competition outside court" - "Only when somebody tries to cut infront of me".. i wouldnt dare lol!
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Post by CoolGirl on Jan 30, 2009 8:08:14 GMT -5
thank you for the translation, russiangirl!
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Post by ¤º¤ Anik ¤º¤ on Jan 30, 2009 10:26:19 GMT -5
Russian Girl
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Post by madisone69 on Jan 30, 2009 12:57:55 GMT -5
one very thank you very much
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Post by verso on Jan 30, 2009 16:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by ¤º¤ Anik ¤º¤ on Feb 15, 2009 11:51:19 GMT -5
I hate Wimbledon: Safina By Jaydip Sengupta, Sports Writer
World No. 2 Dinara Safina may not consult her brother Marat Safin about her game, but she does share his immense dislike for the surface at Wimbledon. Speaking ahead of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Safina said: “Grass makes me angry. The bounce is so unpredictable, one time it goes high, then it stays low. I don’t think I will ever get to like this surface ever. I hope they dig up the grass and replace it with hard courts.”
When asked if she was planning to work on her game to get better on grass, pat came the reply: “No way, I am going to play the same way. I am not going to change my game for that surface,” she said.
Having made it clear which her least preferred surface was, Safina then went on to talk about the one aspect of her game that has really improved over the past one year or so. “I have become a lot tougher mentally. Physically I have improved as well, but then you can be the fittest player in the world and not do well because you are not mentally strong enough,” she said.
With only 282 points separating her from Serena Williams at the top, Safina believes she would still need to win a Grand Slam title to get there. “It’s difficult to be No. 1 without winning a Grand Slam title. I know Jelena [Jankovic] did so last year, but with the Williams sisters back to their best, you need the jump that you get by winning a Grand Slam title,” she said.
Still just 22, Safina says she will be more experienced going into the French Open this time.
“The final last year came too soon for me. And I do think it was inexperience which cost me the Australian Open this year. I really want to enjoy my next Grand Slam final. I want to let my racket talk and if I continue playing like this, I will get there for sure,” said the Russian who hopes to play till she is 30.
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Post by sara on Feb 15, 2009 17:49:59 GMT -5
thanks anik
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Post by ¤º¤ Anik ¤º¤ on Mar 21, 2009 12:47:15 GMT -5
www.mydesert.com/article/2009...TS10/903180332Safina emerging from dark days INDIAN WELLS — While life on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour can be glamorous, Dinara Safina revealed that the tour can have a lonely side, too. Because of the dedication and long hours required as a junior, Safina said she had virtually no friends in her home in Moscow. So when Safina's time on the court was over, there was not much for her. “It's good now. I have two, three friends, but there was a moment there was nobody,” Safina said. “You come home and you just sit at home, and there's nothing else to do. “So now I start to create friends. It's not easy because you can meet many fake people and especially now when you're higher ranked.” And when Safina went through her toughest time this year, when her 90-year-old grandfather died, she had few people she could turn to. Safina said she didn't find out until before her third-round match at the Australian Open. That was two weeks after her grandfather had died. “I had no idea because my parents didn't want me (to know) because I was playing the tournament,” Safina said. “I really was shocked. Then I called my parents and I was like, ‘Is it true?'” Safina said she then tried to turn her attention to winning the Australian Open for her grandfather, but she fell short, losing in the finals to Serena Williams. Safina said her grandfather was a big supporter of her and her brother Marat Safin. He got involved soon after his wife had died. “He was really down,” Safina said. “My mom said, ‘Just live for the grandkids. They still need you.' It was in that great moment that my brother started to play good. “Suddenly he went so much into tennis and whenever I would go, he was like, ‘Work hard, come on, everything.' It was really amazing support that he was giving.”
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Post by ROSIE on Mar 21, 2009 23:07:58 GMT -5
WOW, I did not even know about her grandfather dying, that is really really sad for her. And about her having no friends, very sad, but I can imagine it would be a lonely life. Her and Kuzy are friends now .
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