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September 6th 2008: Dinara came up a bit short in yesterday's semifinals, as she was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by American Serena Williams...

September 3rd 2008: Dinara continued her road today in New York as she took out Italian Flavia Pennetta with a 6-2, 6-3 win!! She will now face either Venus or Serena Williams in the semifinals! “It’s going to be a big match. You know, they’re both playing good,” Safina said. “I just want to focus again on myself and to give my 100 percent and see who’s going to be stronger.”

September 3rd 2008: By the way, it was confirmed that Dinara would not be playing in the Fed Cup final, read about it here.

September 1st 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the US Open as she defeated Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld with a 7-5, 6-0 win, she will now face Flavia Pennetta...!

August 30th 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the US Open as she defeated Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 win, she will now face Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

August 28th 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the US Open as she defeated Italy's Roberta Vinci with a 6-4, 6-3 win, she will now face Timea Bacsinszky.

August 26th 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the US Open as she defeated Belgium's K. H. Ahn with a 6-3, 6-4 win, she will now face Roberta Vinci.

August 17th 2008: Dinara continued her road today but unfortunately she came up short, losing in the final, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3!! Dinara still wins the silver medal, with fellow Russians Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva taking gold and bronze!

August 16th 2008: Dinara was in action today in Beijing and put on a great performance as she won against China's Na Li with a 7-6, 7-5 win!!! She will now face fellow Russian Elena Dementieva in the final as the winner will get a gold medal and a top 5 ranking!!!

August 14th 2008: Awesome win by Dinara today in Beijing as she advanced to the semifinals defeating world #1 Jelena Jankovic with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win!!!! She will now face surprise Na Li who has been very impressive so far.

August 13th 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the Summer Olympics as she defeated China's Jie Zheng with a 6-4, 6-3 win, she will now face Jelena Jankovic, the #2 seed.

August 12th 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the Summer Olympics as she defeated Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez with a 7-6, 6-1 win, she will now face Jie Zheng.

August 11th 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the Summer Olympics as she defeated Italy's Mara Santangelo with a 6-3, 7-6 win, she will now face Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez.

August 3rd 2008: Awesome news for Dinara as she won the Rogers Cup, the first time she's won back to back events in her life! She defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1! Now, Dinara heads to Beijing to play the Olympics as the world #7 ranked player!

August 3rd 2008: Dinara was able to reach a 2nd straight final, this time in the Tier 1 Montreal event as yesterday as she defeated Victoria Azarenka with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 win! Dinara will now face surprise finalist Dominika Cibulkova in the final.

August 1st 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the Montreal as she defeated Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win, she will now face Victoria Azarenka.

July 31st 2008: Good news as Dinara won her match today in the Montreal as she defeated Switzerland's Patty Schnyder with a 6-2, 6-2 win, she will now face Svetlana Kuznetsova.