Safina vs. Kuznetsova at 2009 French Open
June 5, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Tennis
The women’s semifinals are over and, on Saturday, top-ranked Dinara Safina will face off against seventh-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 2009 French Open final which will take place on Saturday at Roland Garros.
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Safina defeated 20th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova yesterday 6-3, 6-3. This is the second consecutive time that she has made it to the French Open final but, if she is victorious on Saturday, it would be her first Grand Slam title since she lost last year to Ana Ivanovic in last year’s tournament.
Meanwhile, Kuznetsova had to really fight for her win, beating 30th-seeded Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 . This is also her second French Open title match (she was the runner-up in 2006). Last year, Kuznetsova faced Safina in the semifinals and lost in straight sets.
It is interesting to note that Safina has a 20-1 record on the clay this year but her lone loss came at the hands of her fellow Russian, Kuznetsova, against who she has played 13 times in their careers.
I think Saturday’s match up could be extremely intense if both women are on their games. It will be exciting to see who wins it!
