Ohio, August 17: Jelena Jankovic defeated world number one Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 Sunday to capture the title in the two million-dollar WTA Tour Cincinnati Open.
The fifth seed from Serbia needed an hour and 25 minutes to get past Russia’s Safina, who was playing in her eighth final in 14 tournaments this year.
Jankovic started the year ranked number one in the world, but has seen her ranking drop with a series of lackluster results.
However, she captured her second title of the year, to go with her victory in the claycourt tournament in Marbella in April.
–Agencies