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Ivanovic beats Russia's Safina to take French Open title

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beat Russia's Dinara Safina in the French Open women's final on Saturday to win her first grand slam title.
MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beat Russia's Dinara Safina in the French Open women's final on Saturday to win her first grand slam title.

Second-seeded Ivanovic, 20, outplayed 22-year-old Safina (13) to clinch the match in straight sets 6:4, 6:3.

Safina, the younger sister of Russia's former world No 1, Marat Safin, was playing in her first grand slam final after ousting three of her higher-ranked compatriots, including top seed, Maria Sharapova, Yelena Dementyeva (7) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (4).

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