is this rock bottom?

(POST EDITED -NM)

Or can Dinara Safina sink lower than a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Kim Clijsters in the first round of the Aussie? Her loss marks a first for a former world no. 1 at a Major. In 2000, former world no. 1 Monica Seles lost to Martina Hingis by the same score at Miami. But as other former female greats have showed us, there’s farther to fall. We just wonder what bottom is for Dinara. | Bagels: Those that have been served on TSF

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6 Responses to “is this rock bottom?”

chris Says:
January 18, 2011 at 4:01 pm | Reply
dear lord i hope not … i was hoping a resurging safina would be a good storyline for 2011. she’s still got the weapons but WTF happened to her? wozniacki be warned!
gordo Says:
January 18, 2011 at 5:45 pm | Reply
I find this emblematic of all of women’s tennis.
michael07seles Says:
January 19, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Reply
I dont get the article that you have a link to. It says she is the only former world number 1 to lose 6-0 6-0???? but sharapova lost 0 – 0 to davenport and seles lost 0 – 0 to hingis!

I’m confused any1 can explain?
- rami Says:
  January 21, 2011 at 12:25 am | Reply
  probably with respect to the slams
- nmccarvel Says:
  January 21, 2011 at 4:54 am | Reply
  Good point, michael. I have edited the post to reflect such a fact. Though, when Sharapova lost to Davenport in ’05, she had not been ranked #1 yet.
  -NM
kenneth Says:
January 21, 2011 at 1:10 pm | Reply
On the upside — for her, anyway — she starting to look a bit like a gigantic Tracy Austin.