ROME, May 8 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Dinara Safina came from behind and beat Venus Williams in the semifinals of the $2 million Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis tournament in Rome.
That put Safina into the finals of a clay-court tournament against fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova for the second time in six days. Kuznetsova defeated Safina 6-4, 6-3 Sunday in the title match at Stuttgart, Germany.