Brother: Ex-No. 1 Dinara Safina retires (AP)
Former top-ranked player Dinara Safina has retired from tennis, according to her brother Marat Safin. Safin told Russian sports agency R-Sport on Friday that the 25-year-old Safina considers her decision "as a next step in her life." In May, Safina took an indefinite break from tennis in hopes of recovering from chronic back pain, but was pessimistic about her chances of returning.