Dinara Safina with the trophy (AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)
Safina triumphs in Tokyo’s all-Russian final
Published 21 September, 2008, 12:59
Edited 18 September, 2009, 11:00
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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