Safina triumphs in Tokyo’s all-Russian final
Published: 21 September, 2008, 12:59
Edited: 18 September, 2009, 11:00
Dinara Safina with the trophy (AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)
Marat Safin’s sister, Dinara, is really becoming the biggest star in Russia’s first family of tennis. She's kept up her great form of late, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the all-Russian final of Tokyo's Pan Pacific Open
Safina devastated her opponent in the opening set, 6-1 and managed to keep it going in the second, winning it 6-3.
Dinara Safina has now won four singles titles on the WTA Tour this year and 41 of her last 46 matches.
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