World number one Dinara Safina swept to her second claycourt title in as many weeks with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki in the Madrid Open final on Sunday.
After her triumph over compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in last week's Rome final, the powerful Russian top seed sealed another comfortable win and looks in fine form leading up to the French Open at the end of this month.
Ninth seed Wozniacki missed a chance to break serve in the second game and Safina found her range in the sunshine in the new Magic Box stadium to open a 5-1 lead before serving out the set. The Dane committed far too many unforced errors and the winners flowed for Safina and she broke again at the start of the second set.
Wozniacki tried to mix up her game with some looping shots to the baseline and had chances to break in the eighth game but Safina held firm. She missed one championship point on the Dane's serve but made no mistake on her second when serving for the match to clinch an 11th career title.
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