KUZNETSOVA WINS TITLE

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."

SAFINA WILL MEET KUZNETSOVA IN FINAL

Dinara Safina defeated Flavia Pennetta 3-6,7-5,6-0 on saturday to play in the final against Svetlana Kuznetsova of the Porsche Grand Prix. Safina struggled at the beginning and Flavia almost to win the match, then Safina came back strongly to take the second set and the third set was a comfortable win over Flavia. Kuznetsova defeated Elena Dementieva 6-4 , 6-2. Elena the second seeded cannot able to finish it in Semis. It was a big mess for elena Dementieva. She has to improve her performance in order to compete the next open.

"I was a bit slow at the start," said Safina, who improved to 6-0 against Pennetta. "And she was playing her best tennis."

Safina, who became No. 1 last week, advanced to her third final of the year. She was runner-up at Sydney and at the Australian Open.

It should be safina's show in the sunday's finals. But we need to wait and see who acquire the trophy.

SAFINA WILL SOON MEET JANKOVIC

Safina played really a hard tennis and she won in a straight sets on thursday to meet in the Porsche Grand Prix Semifinals. Safina ended a three-match losing streak against Daniela Hantuchova by beating the Slovak 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. Safina said" I have some close matches in the past and I really played well to beat everyone coming up".

Jelena Jankovic outlasted Germany's Sabine Lisicki 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 and will next play against Flavia Pennetta of Italy, who won 6-2, 6-2 over sixth-seeded Nadia Petrova, the 2006 champion and 2008 runner-up.

Safina will soon meet Jankovic in their semis if Safina win against 8th seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in their quarterfinals.

Elena Dementieva started of slow by beating Agnes Szavay of Hungary 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 and set up a quarterfinal against Marion Bartoli of France.

Jankovic led 4-2 in the second set but couldn't stop a comeback by the big-hitting Lisicki, who won her first WTA title in Charleston, South Carolina, two weeks ago.

SAFINA WON HER FIRST MATCH AS No.1

Dinara Safina has been the world No.1 for second week has won her first match after No.1 against Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix. This tournament is a nine match version and safina has won one of it with lot of aces. Safina said"everything went on to my plan and it seems to be i was in great form". She also said that she was bit nervous before the match starts but she feels that she was very much focussed to tennis. It was a good match and most of the top players are there in this circuit and I need to win it. Elena Dementieva also advances to her second round by winning against Anna lena Groenefeld 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Definitely this circuit was a tight competition as it was like a warm up match before Grand slam title (French open).