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Safina downs Jankovic, will face Pennetta in East West championship

Associated Press

Saturday, July 26, 2008

CARSON, Calif. -- Dinara Safina beat Jelena Jankovic 7-6 (3), 6-1 Saturday night to reach the championship of the East West Bank Classic and deny Jankovic the world's top ranking. Safina will face Flavia Pennetta in the final round. Pennetta was a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 winner over unseeded American Bethanie Mattek in Saturday's other semifinal. "It was another great match," said Safina, who let a 4-2 lead get away in the first set but won five of the final six points in the tiebreaker and dominated t ...

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