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Safina the beneficiary of a failed system

By Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

Monday, April 20, 2009

All right, I'll be the first to admit that I get all warm and fuzzy thinking about how nice it is that, for the first time ever, a brother and sister have each held the No. 1 ranking. But I don't think it means a whole lot, because it was accomplished with the equivalent of smoke and mirrors. Marat Safin became No. 1 in November 2000, shortly after winning his first Grand Slam title in New York. His sister, Dinara, became No. 1 without having won a major, putting her in what is, ironically, a ...

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