Safina lost last week to her countrywoman in straight sets, but gained form to win with an easy score of 63 62.
"I think yesterday's match really helped me to push myself to play my best," Safina said, referencing her win over Williams. "Really, really I think I played one of my best matches yesterday. Against Kuzy, I had in my head that I had lost three finals this year. I didn't want to have a reputation that I'm losing finals."
"I couldn't find the solution today. Dinara was playing good tennis and fought her way to the final unbelievably," Kuznetsova said. "I couldn't play my game at all. I made too many unforced errors. It was a little bit like Christmas today: I was giving too many presents. I knew what I had to do but I just couldn't do it. I'm definitely very disappointed about this because I've been playing much better."
The two are now 8-5 in head-to-head results in advantage to Safina, and they are now 4-4 on clay.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Singles - Final
(1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. (7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 62
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