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**kubekniekubek** · 05-16-2009, 01:47 PM

MADRID (AP) -Dinara Safina may just be the most underappreciated No. 1 in women's tennis.

Why is that?

"I guess they're jealous that I'm so young and No. 1.," Safina said at the Madrid Open on Friday. "I don't know. I really don't know."
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"To become No. 1 it's not just winning the Grand Slams, it's how you compete the whole year," the 23-year-old Russian said. "I won last year four tournaments ... I beat almost all the top-10 players so I think I deserve that spot."

Jelena Jankovic, another who rose to No. 1 without a Grand Slam win, endorsed that overall thinking.

"She's in this moment No. 1 and that's all that matters," Jankovic said. "What everybody else is saying it doesn't matter, everyone has their opinions and everyone can talk all they want but not everyone can say they're No. 1.

"I finished last year No. 1 and I didn't steal that, it didn't fall from the sky - I earned it."
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Only a handful of journalists bothered to attend Safina's press conference after a quarterfinals victory over Alona Bondarenko in front of half-empty bleachers in the "Magic Box" tennis center's main stadium. http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/story/11750395

05-16-2009, 01:47 PM	#1
kubekniekubek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 701 Senior Member	Safina on the Haters MADRID (AP) -Dinara Safina may just be the most underappreciated No. 1 in women's tennis. Why is that? "I guess they're jealous that I'm so young and No. 1.," Safina said at the Madrid Open on Friday. "I don't know. I really don't know." (...) "To become No. 1 it's not just winning the Grand Slams, it's how you compete the whole year," the 23-year-old Russian said. "I won last year four tournaments ... I beat almost all the top-10 players so I think I deserve that spot." Jelena Jankovic, another who rose to No. 1 without a Grand Slam win, endorsed that overall thinking. "She's in this moment No. 1 and that's all that matters," Jankovic said. "What everybody else is saying it doesn't matter, everyone has their opinions and everyone can talk all they want but not everyone can say they're No. 1. "I finished last year No. 1 and I didn't steal that, it didn't fall from the sky - I earned it." (...) Only a handful of journalists bothered to attend Safina's press conference after a quarterfinals victory over Alona Bondarenko in front of half-empty bleachers in the "Magic Box" tennis center's main stadium. http://www.cbssports.com/tennis/story/11750395
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