ranked Russian Dinara Safina gained swift revenge on Svetlana Kuznetsova on Saturday by thrashing her compatriot 6-3, 6-2 to win the Italian Open in the pair's second consecutive final. Safina clinched a scrappy first set and ran away with the second for her 10th singles title, the first of 2009 after she lost her third final of the year against Kuznetsova at the Stuttgart Grand Prix last Sunday. The two 23-year-olds, both former finalists here, struggled for rhythm at the start. It was easily Safina's most straightforward match of the week. Her previous three games all went to three sets, including an epic semi-final victory over Venus Williams on Friday. Berdych-Youzhny final Mikhail Youzhny rallied to overcome big-serving German wild card Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday and reach the final of the BMW Open. The Russian will play Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, who beat Jeremy Chardy of France 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Wickmayer bags title Unseeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium captured her first WTA Tour title Saturday by beating Russia's Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-2 in the women's final of the Estoril Open. In the men's semifinals, which were interrupted by rain on several occasions, seventh-seeded Spaniard Albert Montanes defeated unseeded Paul Capdeville of Chile 6-3, 6-4. The other match between second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and No. 4 James Blake of the United States was suspended when it became too dark to continue. Davydenko won the first set 7-6 (3) but trailed 2-4 in the second. The match will be resumed on Sunday. Djokovic in final World number three Novak Djokovic recovered from an error-strewn opening set to beat Italian Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the final of the inaugural Serbia Open on Saturday. The 21-year-old Serb will meet Poland's Lukasz Kubot in Sunday's final after the tournament's lucky loser continued his remarkable run with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Croatian Ivo Karlovic. Dementieva in 2nd round Third-seeded Elena Dementieva beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States 6-4, 6-1 Saturday to reach the second round of the new-look Madrid Masters. The tournament is being played as a joint ATP and WTA Tour on clay for the first time, with men's play set to start on Sunday. It was previously a men's hard court event. Eighth-seeded Nadia Petrova also advanced after Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic retired when trailing 6-0, 2-1, while 15th-seeded Zheng Jie of China ousted Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 6-4. – Agencies No. 11 Marion Bartoli of France was eliminated, however, losing 7-6 (2), 6-2 to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada. Also advancing were Russian duo Alisa Kleybanova, Anna Chakvetadze, along with Virginie Razzano of France.
