Top seed Safina advances at Indian Wells (AP)

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 men’s No. 1 Marat Safin, can replace Serena Williams atop the [...]