Tennis: Ex–champ Safina battles through to second round
AFP, February, 2007
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PARIS (AFP) — Seventh seed Dinara Safina struggled to find her rhythm early on but eventually battled through to the second round of the 600,000-dollar WTA Paris Open here, beating Michaella Krajicek 6-4, 7-5.
In a clash between two sisters of considerably more famous tennis-playing brothers, a solitary break of serve in each set sufficed to send the Russian through at the expense of the Dutchwoman.
Safina, who was champion here in 2005, made the most of a loose ninth game from Krajicek before serving out for the set at the first opportunity.
The second set followed a similar pattern but this time it was a poor 11th game from Krajicek that handed her opponent another break and Safina served out the match despite dropping to 15-30 in the final game.
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