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By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
March 14, 2009
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-seeded Dinara Safina fought off three set points in a first-set tiebreaker and beat Tina Pironkova of Bulgaria, 7-6 (8), 6-2 in a second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night.
Safina, the younger sister of 2000 U.S. Open champion and former....