Svetlana Kuznetsova beat fellow Russian and world number one Dinara Safina to win the French Open at Roland Garros. The Seventh seed Kuznetsova, won the encounter to come through 6-4 6-2 for her second major title. Her other title win was the 2004 US Open. Kuznetsova reeled off the last four games to win in one hour 14 minutes.

Safina had hoped to confirm her number one status with a first Grand Slam title, but was well below her best and double-faulted on match point. An emotional Safina slammed her racquet into the dirt in frustration after making her seventh double-fault of the day on match point. The 23-year-old has now lost in the French Open final for two years running, and was also heavily beaten by Serena Williams in February’s Australian Open final.