MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Dinara Safina progressed to the French Open final by beating her compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday.
The final will be her first in a major tournament.
"I feel amazing. I didn't expect that I could get to the final," the 22-year-old said after the game.
The No 13 seed will face the winner of the second semifinal between two Serbs - No. 2-seeded Ana Ivanovic and No. 3 Jelena Jankovic. The final is to be played on Saturday.
Safina beat fellow Russians No 1 seed Maria Sharapova and No. 7-seeded Yelena Dementyeva in the fourth round and the quarterfinals respectively.
