Jelena Jankovic defeated top seed Dinara Safina in staright stes to win the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati. Jankovic won the match 6-4, 6-2. Safina and Jankovic met twice earlier and both times Safina came out on top. But this time it was Jelena who had the joy of winning. It was 5th loss of Safina of 8 finals she reached this year. Her career final record is 12-12 now. It was Jankovic's first title this year while her career title count went up to 10.
Earlier in the semifinals Safina stopped Flavia Pennetta's 15 match winning streak by defeating her 6-2, 6-0. Jankovic got the better of 7-6(2), 0-6, 7-6(6) in a marathon match where she saved 4 match points at 2-6 in the tiebreaker in the final set, which she finally won 8-6.
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