Kimiko Date-Krumm vs Dinara Safina 2010 RG Highlights

[potterfansteve]

The French Open gets one of these matches every year and this was the one of this year. It's just one where you follow and cheer on the underdog in a great match and the lesser ranked player wins in the end! I remember the headlines and thinking 'go Kimiko, that's a good one to remember!' watching her play is so much fun!

[saihimesh]

cool match

[falks941]

wow. pretty special coming back from a double break down in the final set :)

[JacquesHsu]

Kimiko has beaten two formal No.1 players, Safina and Sharapova, since she came back from a long retirement, and almost dethroned Venus Williams in Wimbledom this year. Amazing!!!

[dannyklkl]

It's a joke these young girls can not beat a granny Date.

Who said women's tennis evolves and improves in these years?

Actually women's tennis deteriorates in these years.

[jigokushojo1969]

すばらしい！！！感動した。

[realchimera]

I hope other female tennis players could moan as sexy as these two players.

[joepod]

@Alaric05 You can actually that while comparing to Safina's horrible grunt after every freaking shot!?

[twarren20]

i love Granny Krumm...I was laughing so hard when she beat girls young enough to be her child. It is hilarious. Granny has a very unique game and I don't where in the hell she gets her power from but she be getting it in.

[tennisfreak01trfan]

If Dinara Safina is going to win a Grand Slam her 1st will be at the French Open.

[frodoireland]

@tennisfreak01trfan

Imagine if Kimiko could win a grand slam at her age. That would be amazing.

[RebCha93]

I personally think, it was the toughest Slam loss for Safina.

[fistnaut1]

What a great fighter Kimiko is! Great player!

[2038165479]

I do not like Dinara Safina but she should go back to her old service motion

[TheRaptors505]

She uses the rising shot really well that takes a lot of skill

[allemagne92]

Kimiko Date-Krumm awesome her play in this age absolutely great

we love her. Greatings from Germany ;)

[xaniimax]

:') 

[forcemajeur08]

Safina has a spine injury. Despite of that, I don't want to take away from Kimiko's win because she is an inspiration to people who think they're too old to achieve anything significant not just for tennis players.

[goingplaces69]

Kimiko's knows how to control her shot. i like the way she swings her racket. not so powerful but can place the ball well.

[GlennDeBlock]

WTF? Kimiko plays better now than she did in her prime!

[spicemeupnl]

Kimiko is an inspiration...at the her age she could still beat seeded players who are way younger and hit harder than her...i don't even remember narvatilova beating younger modern tennis players at 40 !

Great job Kimiko !!!

[mariahfan444]

LOL SAFINA FAIL.

[xaniimax]

@mariahfan444 LMFAO! <:D

[deusexmachina85]

15.10.2010 - Kimiko made history, becoming the first 40-something in WTA Tour history to beat a Top 10 player, stunning world nr 8 Stosur in QF of Osaka 57 63 76(4).

16.10.2010 - Kimiko moves into the F after beating Peer 36 76 75, in the final Date Krumm will try to become the first 40-something ever to win a title. Go Kimiko!

[nikerep13]

Goes to show how much the "Age" Factor is nothing but media hype..

[wanameetyou]

i really think Kimiko might have won a Grand Slam if they didn't force her to play right-handed. Sucks to belong to such a strict culture!

[tomashiby]

@wanameetyou A commentator, at Coomonwealth Championships in Bali, just mentioned that Pat Rafter was forced to be right-handed as everybody was. Some people live with stereotypes as you do.

[crazylover2012]

i wonder how many return winner did date get???? DATE win win win!!!!!! more matches , more ranking points , higher the ranking luv to see her ranked in the top 40 or maybe top 30 okay im just pushing it

[jankovictennis]

You know, at the time, this was a SHOCKING loss for Safina. Everyone was like, how can anyone ranked that high lose to someone that old?

But it isn't so shocking. Date was once #4 in the world and just beat Sharapova.

It wasn't a loss Safina can be ashamed of.

[Brajan93]

Kimiko is soooooo cute! And also she's a miracle! She's 40 and plays like this! That's like dream come true!

[remcap]

To win that match even when her leg was injured shows a real fighting spirit.

[sayuridp]

Kimiko is such a great player. At 39 she's still getting many good wins. She beat Sharapova today in Tokyo 7-5 3-6 6-3.

[AJB3]

Kimiko is good. But Chokefina really showed up for this one.

[axebadwolf]

This is such a mess of a match. Love them both.

[ksmith05]

haha Kimiko is so cute! glad she kicked Safina's butt!

[wayshow4]

lol i love kimiko...

she has a funny grunt though... and her come on sounds funny :P lol

why does she have such a short follow though tho

[tennisproderek]

gosh the safin family needs to get a grip...

[underworld143]

great match!

[lourdesbollera]

I love Kimiko playing so agressive

[sorenisawsome567]

Safina what happened to her I think the media contsantly attacking her really has worn down her confidence I think she is going to go ANa on us but she didnt win the FRench OPen!

[lostintranslation901]

I'm torn between feeling sorry for Safina and being totally annoyed. If I was Date Krumm I would have walked across the court and whacked Safina with my racket after all of her whining and screaming.

[lostintranslation901]

@lostintranslation901 On a side note, Date Krumm has the most adorable "come on" I've ever heard.

[falks941]

apparently kimiko's a natural lefty, who has to play right-handed because of her japanese culture. shame, cuz she used to be world number 4, she could've been a legend at the sport, if she could play left handed.

[MisterMusic74]

i cant stand safina & pedrova. date was so good here.

[spicemeupnl]

Wow respect for Kimiko. I mean she's one of the oldest players out there and could still win a match against seeded players. Congrats. DInara needs a lot of mental coaching now

[jojoyoyo2006]

@spicemeupnl quite possibly the oldest in the top 100 :) Kimiko is awesome!

[falks941]

i only heard the result of this match. i didn't realise kimiko made such a great comeback from a double break down.

[pn2xtreme]

Kimiko Date-Krumm kept asking the questions in the match, she never went away, kept plugging in her own style, and sometimes that is enough to win matches. It was fun to watch for the drama and the scrap, I was glued to it at the time.

[hamton1]

Kimiko was a great player!! good to see her playing tennis again.

[kcgraf1]

Stick a fork in Safina, she's done.

[deusexmachina85]

because of Kimiko I still believe in ladie's tennis :) Arigato Kimiko :)

[SuperBlanka10]

I feel sorry for her. She's on a 5 match losing streak

[rambaldioo]

no words... come back dinara!