Tennis: Safina ousted in second round
Associated Press
TORONTO — Dinara Safina is out of the Rogers Cup.
The No. 1-ranked Russian fell 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Aravane Rezai of France in a second-round match today at the $2 million WTA Tour event.
Safina's loss comes one day after No. 3 seed Venus Williams was upset by Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko.
Safina opened strong, but fell apart in the second set with six double faults and winning fewer than half of her points on serve.
The 23-year-old was broken three straight times in the third and deciding set, slamming her racket to the ground after the final point.
In other early action, No. 7 Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3; No. 14 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland routed Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-1, 6-1; Shahar Peer of Israel ousted Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-6 (2), 6-4; and Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko cruised past Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 6-3, 6-0.
