Ana Ivanovic of Serbia stopped the heroic performance of Russian player Dinara Safina in the final of French Open title and won her first Grand Slam title. This time Ana was lucky unlike Australian Open where she was defeated in the final by Maria Sharapova this year. The 20-year-old wasted a first set point but wrapped up the opener after 45 minutes when Safina, pinned behind the baseline, slapped a backhand high and long.

 

Ana with perfect groundstrokes and power broke service of Dinara many times in the game where she finally won the set. 22-year-old Dinara could not do well in nerve-wracking start to the final being broken twice to quickly slip 1-4 down before fighting back to 4-4 with two breaks of her own. She handed Ana three match points with the title gratefully gobbled up when an Ana’s return died at her feet.