Svetlona Kuznetsova, ranked No.9 won the Porsche Grand Prix for the first time defeating the world No.1 Dinara safina 6-4, 6-3 on sunday. Kuznetsova was in command with her strong return and big hitting game. She had lost her last six finals and had not made any this year before Stuttgart.
Kuznetsova feels happy and she is proud to win against world No.1. she enjoyed her victory with her team and she made quite comfortably. She also said that "this victory is always special to me". Kuznetsova won at Stuttgart in her fifth try.
Safina, the Australian Open runner-up, dropped her serve in the final game of the first set. Kuznetsova set it up with a perfect return down the line and Safina then put a backhand into the net. Safina cant able to really return properly as she might hoped.
She had two chances to break Kuznetsova's serve in the third game of the second, but Kuznetsova held. Kuznetsova never looked back after taking a 4-2 lead.
Safina saved one match point at 5-3 and one more in the next game, but Kuznetsova had too much fire power.
"She played very well and I didn't feel very well today," Safina said. "But I am still No. 1."
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