http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090928/sp_wl_afp/tennisjpnwtasafina]Safina crashes out of Pan Pacific Open (AFP) [/URL]



AFP - World number one and defending champion Dinara Safina crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open Monday at the hands of qualifier Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan, as Japan's Ai Sugiyama was forced to retire from the final singles match of her career