Dinara Safina had no problem defeating Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.
Despite some ill-timed double faults and forehand miscues, Safina’s ability to make big shots when it counted the most helped her to take the first set at 6-4.
Schnyder had a chance to break Safina’s serve early in the second, but failed to capitalize on the Russian’s unforced errors. Safina held serve and went on to break Schnyder in the next game. From there it was full steam ahead as Safina overpowered Schnyder to win the second set at 6-2.
The World No.1 one took just 75 minutes to secure her spot in tomorrow’s final against No.11 seed Caroline Wozniacki.
Wozniacki beat Amelie Mauresmo of France in a nearly two hour match that went to a tiebreak in the first set and ended at 7-6 (1), 6-3. Mauresmo, who hit five double faults and won a dismal 39% of her first serves, had no answer for the soon-to-be 10th-ranked Danish teenager’s game. Mauresmo was up 5-3 in the first with two set points before Wozniacki broke back to level the score and then blaze through the tiebreak.
Wozniacki and Safina will meet Sunday, May 17th 2009 for the final.
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