Dinara Safina has withdrawn from the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha with a back injury, leaving Serena Williams to end 2009 as the world’s number one.
The 23-year-old Russian was serving at 1-1 in the opening set with Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic today when she had to retire.
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