Dinara Safina turned in a brutal display of power tennis Saturday to annihilate Nadia Petrova and set up an all-Russian final against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Safina went into the match having never beaten Petrova in five previous attempts, but soon set the record straight as she bludgeoned her way to a 6-1, 6-0 victory in just 52 minutes at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum.
After struggling to overcome Estonia's Kaia Kanepi on Friday night, Safina looked like a completely different player as she gave an 'almost perfect" semifinal performance.