WWW Australian Open R1: Dinara Safina vs. [3] Kim Clijsters.

Saint Kim in two :angel:

:hysteric:

LORD. :eek:

wow :eek:

Poor Dinara :o God give her a chance!

Dinka is so unlucky :tears:

Poor DinDin. :sad:

Dinara isnt a good match-up for Kim but sadly she is no where in any sort of form to still trouble kim.

:sobbing:

Safina for the upset! lol

:bigcry::bigcry: cmon Dina lets dooo thiss!!!! :rocker2:

Safina will be lucky to get more than 2 games

Kim in straight sets. Poor Dinara:sad:

Kim easily.

:happy:

*DEAD* :haha:

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....

No luck :sobbing:

Kim 6-0 6-0

No luck for Safina again. Auckland , Hobart and now AO

Poor Dinara, she has been so unlucky with the draws :sad:

#2 seed, #1 seed, #3 seed. yayyy...

Good luck Dinara :yeah:

Poor Dinara, I hope she'll do it competitive and the loss would not ruin her confidence

Wickmayer, Bartoli and Clijsters:o Dina:hug: Get the huge upset!!!

Omg, Sucks sooo bad for Dinara. But oh would I love an upset here. GO DINA!

That's just pathetic. :lol: I mean come on.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....
:sobbing: :hug:

talk about bad luck......... this is beyond crazy
Dinara :hug:

Erm, yeah this isn't funny at all. I feel really bad for Dinara.

Kim 6-2 6-1.

Someone must be working off some really terrible karma. :eek:

Kim in 2. :shrug: Poor Dinara.

oh. my. god. :speakles:

pull a petrova, dinara! :cheer:

Poor Dinara :awww: she's not having any luck with the draws.

Kim will win.

poor safina. :tears:

Seriously! Dinara isn't getting any luck with the draws. Someone just give her a chance.

Kimberly.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....

There will be a candlelight vigil to remember Cara...

i hope kim doesnt underestimates this match.
in fact kim has a quite difficult draw from early on,
not a walk through the park
but henin is on the other side so that s ok

Our reactions on this match:lol:

Kim in 2.:tears:

If Safina can stay with Kim from the get go she could possibly make it close. Kim has been very patchy. Kim in three sets 4-6 6-2 6-2

why her:sobbing:

I will say Dinara because she is one of the few players to beat Kim after her comeback.

can be very tricky for kim. not a very good match up for her.

if she gets through...potentially, she still has to playpenneta,petrova jaja and bepa, kim has struggled against them since her comeback.

justine kim final pls. maria/venus and kim final are also acceptable for me.

Cara :sad: :hug:

kim by pwnage

Kim in 2 sets. Maybe one close set at best for Dinara, but probably not even that.

What's next for her, Kim in AO's 1R? :hug:

:lol: Called it

:lol: Called it

Jinx :fiery::fiery:

ultimate sign telling Safina should retire. She was #1 for some reason God don't even know why. Good riddance, she was horrible to watch.

Dinara is so pathetic. She's not a bitch you can count on. A disgrace. Kim is gonna stomp her like a true G.
Kim in two.

Dinara only got 1 game in Hobart. After this she should play 25k's. Unless somehow she makes this competitive.

61 62

kim easily

Poor Dinara!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh Din din , we can't even count on you to get rid of Kimothy :sobbing:

6-0 6-1 for Kim :o

Would somehow love it if Dinara won this, even though I hate her. :lol:

Poor Dinara Tough Tough Draw one by one

Would somehow love it if Dinara won this, even though I hate her. :lol:
me too! :lol:

Dina :help:

Good luck Dinara,

These are the kinds of matches that she will have to start winning if she wants to be taken seriously again.

Saint Kim is gonna rape Dina :hysteric:

The draw gods hate her.

What has she done to deserve these sucky draws? :sobbing:
Really feel sorry for her. :awww:

:spit:

If Safina had any sort of form, she would have a chance. Her game just troubles Kim.

Too bad Safina has no form.

Kim in 2. A tight set followed by a rout

Davai Dinara... :tears:

Stay strong Dinara :(

Dinara please summon your inner strenght and remember those Nr.1 days
You deserve it

hard to say:awww:

wow:o

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....

because you deserve it :kiss:

:help: speechless

I can't see this match being anything other than a 6-1 6-2 win for Kim.

I don't know what's going on with Dinara, but I won't have any qualms if she her 08 form came back into play

What has she done to deserve these sucky draws? :sobbing:
Really feel sorry for her. :awww:
She sold her soul for the number 1 ranking. She wanted fame, but fame costs and here is where she starts paying.

Kim in str8 :bounce:

Bad draw for Dina :hug:

Bad draw for Dinara, it should be no problem for Kim to close it out in 2.

Stay strong Dinara :(

"stay strong" ? Because next she has to pick up potatoes in some fields in Russia maybe ?

Lol, all I can do is laugh. :lol:

I think it will be closer than your expectations guys. I'm sure it will be an entertaining match! :D

^ +1! Go Safina! :cheer:

Third time's the charm :)

:bigcry: whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? :sobbing:

"stay strong" ? Because next she has to pick up potatoes in some fields in Russia maybe ?

Oh hilarious :worship:


No, because she has been incredibly unlucky this year so far, and no, she doesn't deserve it. GTFO with your hating crap.

Kim is the one who should be worried, this is one of the toughest frst rounds possible....former finalist, former world number 1, you dont know what to expect from Dinara

Kim in 3

Kim in 2

There is no mercy for Safina these days... :sad:

Dinara，just shock the world，beat that Kimom！！

from former finalists (Kim 2004 - Dinara 2009) to first round match up, i feel bad for Dinara as i don't think she has a chance in hell against Kim in her current form.

from former finalists (Kim 2004 - Dinara 2009) to first round match up, i feel bad for Dinara as i don't think she has a chance in hell against Kim in her current form.

I'll get flame for this but i think if its a backhand match its in Dinara favor and she has to play lights out or first strike tennis.

Dinara's everything is weak now..this is my biggest feeling after watching her match against Marion.If she keeps playing like that with Kim...I'm sure the match will be a DISASTER.....Dinara,,plssss try to do better!!I wanna die..Whyyy is Kim first round????

OH my God jesuss Christ.
Dinara has such bad luck.

What :hysteric:

Even if you're not a Safina fan, ya gotta feel for her :lol: :awww: She keeps running into the top players in the first round of every tournament and it's been impossible for her to build any momentum and regain some of her old form.

I do think she'll put up a fight in at least one of the sets, but Kim should win in straights :shrug:

Safina really hasn't been lucky with draws lately...

Wow. Dinara is one REALLY, REALLY, REALLY UNLUCKY bitch. She's been up against probably the worst/one of the worst opponents in a tournament since the year started.

I'm dead :haha:

:awww:

Love all this "unlucky" talk.

fuuuuukc. ugh.

i guess it's safe to say that saint kim has a first round bye.

Poor Dinara but Kim usually gets bad luck in Melbourne even being as a favourite (retired after injured halfway, shocking losses etc.), so Dinara may have a shot.:unsure: :scared:

Poor Dinara :sad:

Kim in 2.

Safina to pull off a Petrova this year.:rocker2:

Third straight top 3 seed... Has this ever happened??

Hopefully Dinara can give Kimberly a run for her money

Wow, gotta feel for Safina. Sadly, she could really trouble Clijsters if she was playing well, which she isn't. Kim in 2, unless Safina pulls off a miracle win.

Unfortunately for Safina, she is not going to have enough matches to build momentum if she keeps drawing opponents like Clijsters in the very 1st round. Hopefully, she won't do what Ivanovic did during her slump (i.e. play all the biggest tourneys and keep getting mauled left and right until benefiting from divine intervention to regain some form), but play some MMs and build her confidence and serve.

Kim in straight sets

Oh no! Dinara!!!

Sanowa ain't wiinning this. ;)

Pushters in 2 sets, 6-0 6-0

OK at first I thought this was hilarious but my sympathy for Din Dins have kind of taken over now. :awww:

might be good for kim if safina puts up a bit of a fight. kim usually cruises through early rounds in slams so easily that when she comes to a test later on she colapses.

kim in 2 sets 6-1, 6-4

Please, let there be a miracle. :sad:

Someone must be working off some really terrible karma. :eek:

Kim in 2. :shrug: Poor Dinara.

she's paying for all the stuff marat has done :scared:

Unfortunately for Safina, she is not going to have enough matches to build momentum if she keeps drawing opponents like Clijsters in the very 1st round. Hopefully, she won't do what Ivanovic did during her slump (i.e. play all the biggest tourneys and keep getting mauled left and right until benefiting from divine intervention to regain some form), but play some MMs and build her confidence and serve.

But she did, she went to Auckland and Hobart instead of Brisbane and Sydney and she still got hosed on the draws. :sobbing:

Oh well. I mean, what are you going to do? :shrug:

ugh, poor Safina. :\

I don't like Dinara but I feel sorry for her:hug:

Shit, bad draw. Safina is a former number one, in form or not, who knows what can happen ? Might be closer that people think.

Kim easy

I don't like Dinara but I feel sorry for her:hug:
So true. this girl has no luck.

Beat the shit out of her Catfina.

Dinara indeed has no luck with the draws recently ...
But I also think this is a rather bad draw for Kim. Still I think she'll win in two, but not two easy sets IMO

dinara ... so unlucky with draws this year so far.

do your best sanowa

Called this :happy:

bye bye Dinara

Safina may suck beyond all reason now, but she does have some bad luck with her draws I have to say.

I do believe Dinara must have made a pact with the devil to have that 2 years of good play, and now she is paying the price in the form of horrific draws. Sorry, Dinara. Bring your sports psychologist.

Go Dinara cause the upset :cheer2:

Clijsters doesn't match up well with Safina at all. Not liking this draw! :mad:

OTOH it would be a fantastic win for Dinara! :cheer:

poor Dinara, she has no chance :tears:

I hope Dina can win a couple of games at least...

Dinara's only hope is if Kim does a Vika before match

Time to make a comeback din din.

Clijsters doesn't match up well with Safina at all. Not liking this draw! :mad:

OTOH it would be a fantastic win for Dinara! :cheer:didnt Safina beat Kim in Cincy 2009,she is capable of causing an upset:rolleyes:

Far be it from me to point out the obvious, but the kind of tennis Dinara was playing in summer '09 is not exactly the kind of tennis she's playing now.

Far be it from me to point out the obvious, but the kind of tennis Dinara was playing in summer '09 is not exactly the kind of tennis she's playing now.
yeah..exactly!!Dinara is totally different now on court...if she had half of her form like 09summer,i would say she has the chance to win.but unluckily,she doesnt have it at all!!

Far be it from me to point out the obvious, but the kind of tennis Dinara was playing in summer '09 is not exactly the kind of tennis she's playing now.well if not Dinara then Jankovic will stop her..believe it or not Jankovic will stop Kim in the qtrs.

Poor Dinara :o God give her a chance!

She had three great chances in her career and blew them all. She doesn't deserve anything right now...

some people not even happy that she broke her back, they want more.
low TF, really low.

Excuse me, but the nature of her GS final defeats was disgusting and deprived me of any warm feeling towards her plain and simple :shrug:

Excuse me, but the nature of her GS final defeats was disgusting and deprived me of any warm feeling towards her plain and simple :shrug:

I feel similarily. Safina in a slam final is just a gaurantee of a terrible match and easy win for the opponent. She has had 3 chances which most players dream of and botched all of them badly and she isnt even that good of a player even at her best, so why root for her to get even more opportunities. Not to mention there are many women on tour who play more interesting and aesthetically pleasing games with a better on court temperment (even on the current mess of a WTA).

I feel similarily. Safina in a slam final is just a gaurantee of a terrible match and easy win for the opponent. She has had 3 chances which most players dream of and botched all of them badly and she isnt even that good of a player even at her best, so why root for her to get even more opportunities. Not to mention there are many women on tour who play more interesting and aesthetically pleasing games with a better on court temperment (even on the current mess of a WTA).

She only really botched one slam final IMO... 08 RG was her first slam final, no one really expected her to make the finals and it's understandable that she lost to Ivanovic who had 2 slam finals for experience. 09 AO she was blown off the court by Serena. She didn't have a chance to lose it for herself. 09 RG is only slam final that she should've and could've won but she cracked under the emense pressure.

She only really botched one slam final IMO... 08 RG was her first slam final, no one really expected her to make the finals and it's understandable that she lost to Ivanovic who had 2 slam finals for experience. 09 AO she was blown off the court by Serena. She didn't have a chance to lose it for herself. 09 RG is only slam final that she should've and could've won but she cracked under the emense pressure.

08 RG was a good enough performance for her I guess. Still if losing comfortably to Ivanovic is her best then that doesnt say much and 3 slam finals is enough for her. 09 AO of course she had no chance of winning even if she had played her best but her play still sucked bigtime. And 09 RG was an atrocity. Sorry 3 slam finals is plenty enough for her. Not that there is much chance we will ever see her in another one, and the WTA is better off for it.

Dinara could actually win this.

08 RG was a good enough performance for her I guess. Still if losing comfortably to Ivanovic is her best then that doesnt say much and 3 slam finals is enough for her. 09 AO of course she had no chance of winning even if she had played her best but her play still sucked bigtime. And 09 RG was an atrocity. Sorry 3 slam finals is plenty enough for her. Not that there is much chance we will ever see her in another one, and the WTA is better off for it.

Well it's obvious losing in 2 to Ivanovic isn't the best she can perform but I think she's a much better player than she's played in slam finals. The media ate her alive and during the 09 RG finals, it looked like she wanted to win for everyone else more so than winning for herself and I think that's why she choked epically. The weight of the world was on her shoulders and she was starting to crack. It's really a shame that so much pressure was put on someone who clearly couldn't handle it.

:sad:

Gosh. Harsh. I go with Safina in 3 why not. :lol:

Kim in 2.

I am not even counting the loss against Serena against Safina. Serena is probably the best player ever when playing well. Kuz played amazingly in that french final(maybe her best match ever).. and at her first FO.. Safina had to have been dead tired from all the 3-set matches.. plus Ana was better than her then. I would see if she actually went into a final expected to win, but in all her finals she was the underdog...

Kimberly 6-3, 6-0

and by the way, I think kim will win this.

Safina, in 3.

Don't hold it against me.

Safina, in 3.

Don't hold it against me.

Britney will win in 3.

After Wickmayer in Auckland, Bartoli in Hobart
Now Clijsters in Australian Open. Perhaps Serena Williams for her come-back at Miami :p

Bad draw for Dinara :awww:
Kim in 2, easily.

Feel so bad for Dinara. :sad: You never know though, so good luck to her. :hug: