Defending a No. 1 ranking at the most prestigious tournament in tennis -- a tournament effectively owned by the Williams sisters -- is more than enough to occupy Dinara Safina's mind these days.
But if the Russian happened to be wasting time online before Monday's match against Amelie Mauresmo, she might have stumbled across a debate raging about her merits as a Streak for the Cash selection. Or she might have been checking out the Museum of Bad Art. What the heck do we know.
A couple of comments sum up why discontent was growing.
"Not a safe pick at all here. Safina is not consistant. She might just collapse like at the French. I personally think she will lose the number 1 seed after this tourney. But Mauresmo isn't a safe pick either. Who knows if Safina's gonna show up or not." -- Nathan265
I really don't understand why this is so lopsided. Safina hates the grass and doesn't move well on it just like her brother Marat. Mauresmo is playing well and got the title back in '06, plus she leads Safina 4-3 or 5-2 in 7 matches, granted that goes back a couple of years. Also, this may be Mauresmo's last year, she loves grass and will be giving 110% -- wpepper71
All of which looked pretty prescient when Safina trailed 3-0 in the third set. But after breaking Mauresmo at 4-4, she held on for a 6-4 win and a spot in the quarterfinals.- Elsewhere at Wimbledon, 17-year-old American Melanie Oudin bowed out against Scrabble goldmine Agnieszka Radwanska. But just reaching the round of 16 was an impressive feat. In fact, 65 percent of SportsNation says more impressive than winning a NASCAR race at 19 years old, as Joey Logano did Sunday.
“Safa played amazingly. Beating Mauresmo when down 0-3 in the 3rd set simply amazingly.
” -- craigaldrean
“and that's why she's the number one, actually managed to handle the pressure this time
” -- cheese_returns
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