Forest Hills, NY (Sports Network) - Czech Lucie Safarova had no problem defeating China's Peng Shuai in the final at the $74,800 Forest Hills Tennis Classic, a final U.S. Open tune-up.The unseeded Safarova, who upended third-seeded fellow Czech Iveta Benesova in the semifinal, breezed past Peng 6-4, 6-2 to claim the $22,000 first prize. The 21-year-old Safarova, performing in her sixth career final, improved to 4-2. Her previous title came at Gold Coast, Australia in 2006. Peng, who advanced to the final by beating fourth-seeded Suarez Navarro, fell to 0-2 in two career WTA Tour finals, the first being a 2006 loss in Strasbourg. She is now 1-1 lifetime against Safarova and collected $12,000 as the runner-up.
The 2008 men's tennis season was full of
highlights, but the biggest ones were provided by Rafael Nadal, who halted
Roger Federer's five-year reign at Wimbledon and supplanted the mighty Swiss
atop the rankings, a perch Federer owned for a record 4 1/2 years without
interruption.
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