Safina 'mission' stays on course at French Open

PARIS: Top seed Dinara Safina blasted her way into the French Open final for the second year in a row yesterday by outgunning Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3.

The Russian, who lost in straight sets in last year's final to Ana Ivanovic, will play the winner of the other semifinal opposing Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Samantha Stosur of Australia.

It was a comprehensive, if nervy victory for the 23-year-old Muscovite who is on a mission here to win her first Grand Slam tournament and silence those who say she is not worthy of being the world No1 until she does so