WTA Tour - Safina out of China Open

Eurosport - Mon, 22 Sep 08:20:00 2008

Russian world number three Dinara Safina has pulled out of this week's China Open because of a lower back injury.

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The in-form 22-year-old beat compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday to win her four WTA Tour title this year, and had been third seed for the $600,000 tournament in Beijing.

Safina hurt her back during the Japan event and her match against Kuznetsova had "worsened her injury a lot".

The 2008 French Open finalist was among six of the world's top 10 players to enter the tournament.

However number one Serena Williams did not make the trip for the Beijing event, which finishes on Sunday.

Reuters

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  1. I hope the injury is not serious, i like watching Safina, her passion for game.

    From d3g3sh, on Tue 23 Sep 8:36AM
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