PARIS, June 2 (UPI) -- No. 1-ranked Dinara Safina won eight of the 10 final games Tuesday and escaped the quarterfinals with a three-set win at the French Open in Paris.

ROME, May 7 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Jelena Jankovic was among the losers Thursday at the Italian Open women's tennis tournament in Rome.

TOKYO, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and countrywoman Dinara Safina will meet in Sunday's tennis final at the $1.34 million Pan Pacific Open.

MONTREAL, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Russian Dinara Safina won her third WTA title of the year Sunday, easily beating Dominika Cibulkova in the championship match of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

CARSON, Calif., July 26 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic ground out a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Nadia Petrova Friday to move into the semifinals of the East West Bank Classic at Carson, Calif.

BERLIN, May 10 (UPI) -- Seventh-seeded Elena Dementieva beat No. 2 seed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets at Saturday's semifinals of the German Open tennis tournament in Berlin.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 2 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva won but No. 2-seeded Shahar Peer was upset in quarterfinal play Friday at the $145,000 Prague Open.

'S HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 22 (UPI) -- Jelena Jankovic and Anna Chakvetadze, both hoping for a major breakthrough at Wimbledon, Friday set up a championship meeting at the Ordina Open.

ESTORIL, Portugal, May 5 (UPI) -- Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and German Greta Arn meet Sunday in the finals at the Estoril Open in Portugal. Azarenka defeated third-seeded former champion Czech Lucie Safarova, 6-4, 6-0, and Arn defeated Spaniard Nuria Llagostera Vives, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, i

PARIS, June 6 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Kim Clijsters and fifth-seeded fellow Belgian Justine Henin- Hardenne will meet in Thursday's semifinals at the French Open.