Tennis: Dinara Safina Defeats Alize Cornet
January 25th 2009 13:57
Russian third seed Dinara Safina survived has two match points against France's Alize Cornet to claw her way through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Safina won the clash 6-2 2-6 7-5 in a touch over two hours.
Cornet, the No.15 seed, started slowly against Safina, dropping the first five games of the match.
Cornet turned the match around to the extent that she held two match points at 5-4 in the deciding set.
But she was unable to convert either of them and Safina pounced, winning the last five games to advance to the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time.
"I feel so lucky that I have the chance to play in the quarter-finals," Safina said.
"I think in the next round I need to relax for me and my team - I think they nearly had heart attacks watching me."
Safina won the clash 6-2 2-6 7-5 in a touch over two hours.
Cornet, the No.15 seed, started slowly against Safina, dropping the first five games of the match.
Cornet turned the match around to the extent that she held two match points at 5-4 in the deciding set.
But she was unable to convert either of them and Safina pounced, winning the last five games to advance to the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time.
Dinara Safina
"I feel so lucky that I have the chance to play in the quarter-finals," Safina said.
"I think in the next round I need to relax for me and my team - I think they nearly had heart attacks watching me."
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