Until we get a forum for this later on, I will just post articles here. I received this one today, and am very excited about it:
Superstar Siblings for Hyundai Hopman Cup
21st July 2008
PERTH. Sensational news for tennis fans as it was today announced that former World Number 1 Marat Safin and his sister Dinara Safina will join Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt and Casey Dellacqua at the 2009 Hyundai Hopman Cup in Perth. It will be the first time that the Russian superstar siblings will compete as a team together.
US Open, Australian Open & Davis Cup Champion, former World Number 1 and Russia’s leading male player for many years, Marat Safin is a crowd favourite. Currently ranked World Number 40 and rising he returned to form at Wimbledon where he had a career best semi-final appearance. In a tumultuous career he has delighted tennis fans all over the world and has won 15 ATP singles titles and earned over $13 million in prize money.
His younger sister 22 year old Dinara has burst into the women’s Top 10 with a fantastic run which started in Berlin where she beat 3 other Top 10 players, including former World Number 1’s Justine Henin and Serena Williams en route to victory, and culminated in the Final of the French Open where she was runner-up to current World Number 1 Ana Ivanovic. It will be her debut appearance at the Hopman Cup.
The Hyundai Hopman Cup is the Official Mixed Championship of the International Tennis Federation, and has come to be regarded as the world’s most prestigious invitational tournament.
The 21st Hyundai Hopman Cup will be played at the Burswood Dome from 3 – 9 January 2009.
Superstar Siblings for Hyundai Hopman Cup
21st July 2008
PERTH. Sensational news for tennis fans as it was today announced that former World Number 1 Marat Safin and his sister Dinara Safina will join Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt and Casey Dellacqua at the 2009 Hyundai Hopman Cup in Perth. It will be the first time that the Russian superstar siblings will compete as a team together.
US Open, Australian Open & Davis Cup Champion, former World Number 1 and Russia’s leading male player for many years, Marat Safin is a crowd favourite. Currently ranked World Number 40 and rising he returned to form at Wimbledon where he had a career best semi-final appearance. In a tumultuous career he has delighted tennis fans all over the world and has won 15 ATP singles titles and earned over $13 million in prize money.
His younger sister 22 year old Dinara has burst into the women’s Top 10 with a fantastic run which started in Berlin where she beat 3 other Top 10 players, including former World Number 1’s Justine Henin and Serena Williams en route to victory, and culminated in the Final of the French Open where she was runner-up to current World Number 1 Ana Ivanovic. It will be her debut appearance at the Hopman Cup.
The Hyundai Hopman Cup is the Official Mixed Championship of the International Tennis Federation, and has come to be regarded as the world’s most prestigious invitational tournament.
The 21st Hyundai Hopman Cup will be played at the Burswood Dome from 3 – 9 January 2009.