Tennis: Safina beats Dementieva to win German Open
                   
honoluluadvertiser.com     May 11, 2008            

BERLIN — Dina Safina pulled off her third upset of a top-10 player in a week at the German Open, winning the title today by defeating ninth-ranked Elena Dementieva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. The 17th-ranked Safina also beat No. 1 Justine Henin and No. 8 Serena Williams at the clay-court event. [read full story]                

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