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Safina outs Jankovic at East West Classic

CARSON, Calif., July 27 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Dinara Safina eliminated top seed Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals at the East West Bank Classic in Carson, Calif., Saturday.

With the 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 victory, Safina advanced to Sunday's final, where she will face tenth seed Flavia Pennetta, who defeated qualifier Bethanie Mattek 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in Saturday's other semifinal.

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Safina came back to pull into a 5-5 tie in the first set and then forced a tiebreaker before easily disposing of Jankovic in the second set to advance to the final.

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