Comments on: Incoming No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, Dinara Safina Reach 2008 French Open Women’s Final http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/ Women's Professional Tennis News, Results, and Commentary Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:27:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: gooberz http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/comment-page-1/#comment-24524 gooberz Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:51:10 +0000 http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/#comment-24524 Dinara's talent rising and shining! It's high time she goes out of her brother Marat's shadow. I hope she brings home the Cup! She certainly deserves it after beating Justine (in Berlin), Svetlana, Dementieva, and Maria on clay. Allez Dinara!!! Dinara’s talent rising and shining! It’s high time she goes out of her brother Marat’s shadow.

I hope she brings home the Cup! She certainly deserves it after beating Justine (in Berlin), Svetlana, Dementieva, and Maria on clay.

Allez Dinara!!!

]]> By: Will.I.AM http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/comment-page-1/#comment-24515 Will.I.AM Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:12:47 +0000 http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/#comment-24515 Safina is soooooooooo fierce! She's even knocking out the media! I love her! Safina is soooooooooo fierce! She’s even knocking out the media! I love her!

]]> By: pov http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/comment-page-1/#comment-24513 pov Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:25:07 +0000 http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/#comment-24513 Other players aren't all Safina is taking out. Q. What do you think of this final, Slav final? Do you have an explanation why there are so many Russian/Serbian players in the top at this moment? DINARA SAFINA: This is first time you are in a press conference? Because every time the same questions you ask. I don't know how many times we have to say, I guess from the beginning, that we have a pretty good school for the technique. Other players aren’t all Safina is taking out.

Q. What do you think of this final, Slav final? Do you have an explanation why there are so many Russian/Serbian players in the top at this moment?

DINARA SAFINA: This is first time you are in a press conference? Because every time the same questions you ask. I don’t know how many times we have to say, I guess from the beginning, that we have a pretty good school for the technique.

]]> By: PaulaV http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/comment-page-1/#comment-24509 PaulaV Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:55:55 +0000 http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/#comment-24509 Ditto on that...so glad to see her getting past her mental roadblocks to win BIG. Ditto on that…so glad to see her getting past her mental roadblocks to win BIG.

]]> By: Brian Thurogood http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/comment-page-1/#comment-24508 Brian Thurogood Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:41:02 +0000 http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/06/05/dinara-safina-powers-into-french-open-final/#comment-24508 MENTAL STRENGTH Safina has despatched Sharapova, Dementieva and Kuznetsova because she has a much better level of mental strength this year. Maria and Svetlana can look fragile, but often combine talent, skill and grit at key moments to turn a match. And they both have some power shots. Elena can turn a match on shot combinations. But none of them have been able to respond with the sheer mental determination of Dinara. Which has built to such an extent that she basically blew Svetlana off the court. She looked to build points. She overcame double faults. She took chances. She dug in and battled. All, sometimes, in the same game! Let's not hear about players below strength. Let's hear it for a player turning up the heat, rising to the occasion, and getting the rewards of years of hard work and practice! Safina - my new Amazon inspiration! MENTAL STRENGTH
Safina has despatched Sharapova, Dementieva and Kuznetsova because she has a much better level of mental strength this year. Maria and Svetlana can look fragile, but often combine talent, skill and grit at key moments to turn a match. And they both have some power shots. Elena can turn a match on shot combinations.
But none of them have been able to respond with the sheer mental determination of Dinara. Which has built to such an extent that she basically blew Svetlana off the court. She looked to build points. She overcame double faults. She took chances. She dug in and battled. All, sometimes, in the same game!
Let’s not hear about players below strength. Let’s hear it for a player turning up the heat, rising to the occasion, and getting the rewards of years of hard work and practice! Safina – my new Amazon inspiration!

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