Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (3) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 62

Congrats Dinara!!!

Nice to see you in form at the begining of 2005

pls stay healthy!

Safina can go further in season 2005

Not surprising result. Ai's getting older now and with the her game will probably struggle against a consisent power player :sad:

go safina!

I hope that she will be the next russian to rise. :bounce:

Again a match between two I like! :rolleyes:


Congrats Dinara! You are in great from and I feel that this season will be a good one for you! :kiss: :bounce:


But Ai. :sad:

great win dinara ;) :yeah: :)

And two of this years defending champs have fallen!

Is it a bad omen for things to come?

OMG :eek: :banana:

Way to go Dina :woohoo: :bounce: :hearts:...keep it going baby :)

Well done Dinara, Now Tatiana :eek: Good Luck!! :)

The result everyone was expecting, Ai's well past her prime now.

well done Dinara :D

The result everyone was expecting, Ai's well past her prime now.


That's a really brainless comment...Didn't Ai JUST get to the Wimbledon QF and the 4R of the US Open? And now everyone says she's too old and past her prime???? Please!! It's ONE MATCH!! This happened to her in 2003 at the Gold Coast and I think everyone remembers what kind fo year she had then...

GO AI!!!!

Ai said she simply ws not ready at all.
Nothing much to worry about.

Yeah Dinara! :bigclap:

Dinara, well done!

Congrats dinara :bounce:

i expected her to win but not in an easy way :eek: :worship: :worship: congrats dinara, hope you'll go far here and do a wonderful 2005 season! you deserve it!! :kiss: