SAFINA TOWERS OVER WILLIAMS
Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her second major scalp in two days as she sent former world number one Serena Williams out of the German Open just 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin.Having beaten neither Williams nor Henin before this week, the 22-year-old Russian, ranked 17th in the world, out-muscled Williams’ power-game to book her place in the semi-finals with a dramatic 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) win.
She also ended Williams’ 17-match unbeaten run after a tense two hours ten minutes battle and will play unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka in Saturday’s semi-final.
“Tomorrow is just another day,” said Safina, who admitted she was just taking one game at a time after her second major win of the tournament.
“At the beginning of the game, I was playing like ‘oh, I won yesterday’ and I had to play differently to get back in the game.
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